by Farm To Consumer Foundation | Sep 17, 2012 | Consumers, Farm-to-Consumer Foundation News, Farmers
Share photos of your favorite farmers market, farm or restaurant! We are looking for your photos that showcase food produced using sustainable practices and photos of those who grow, prepare and eat responsibly produced food. Photos will be collected on our Facebook...
by Farm To Consumer Foundation | Sep 6, 2012 | Consumers
An article from Grist discusses the recent news headlines over whether or not organic foods are more nutritious than conventional foods. These headlines are based on a Stanford University meta-analysis that combined data from 237 studies; however, this study does not...
by Farm To Consumer Foundation | Aug 28, 2012 | Consumers, Farmers
Here, you will see the logic of the modern industrial food system in its rawest form — a logic of prioritizing profit over human and environmental welfare. Alot has changed in the 400 years since the Elmina Fort was built, but this principle has not gone away....
by Farm To Consumer Foundation | Jul 16, 2012 | Consumers
A recent NY Times article addresses organic purists concerns with the influence that big companies have on the organic food industry.
by Farm To Consumer Foundation | Jun 18, 2012 | Consumers
Nick Maravell has farmed the land on Brickyard Rd. in Potomac for 30 years. He has farmed it organically and sustainably, benefiting the local community, consumers and other farmers in the county, and our environment, including the Chesapeake Bay. He has farmed so...
by Farm To Consumer Foundation | May 30, 2012 | Consumers, Farmers
“One of the great flaws in current food systems is that despite significant progress in development and food production hundreds of millions of people are hungry because they lack the means to produce or purchase the food they need for a healthy and productive...
