Most Americans now live within ten miles of a craft brewery, making microbrews perhaps one of the best-understood and most widely embraced examples of “farm-to-consumer” products. These are independent producers using traditional methods to produce intentionally...
How to Understand the Difference in Seeds There’s been so much talk about different types of vegetable seeds, that it’s no surprise that some people might feel confused. Occasionally it has been suggested that genetically modified (GMO) seeds are the same as those...
The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Wal-Mart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table. By Tracie McMillan McMillan went undercover in three jobs that feed America, living and eating off her wages in each: California fields, a Wal-Mart produce aisle outside...
Every year the Environmental Working Group releases two lists: one of the “Clean 15,” those fruits and vegetables that carry the least possibly pesticide load. And the other, “the Dirty Dozen,” of those fruits and vegetables that have the most residual pesticides....
When the Harvard Business Review starts publishing warnings about the changing consumer preference from shiny and slick to hand made and less than perfect, it should be a pretty good indication that times are changing. Grant McCracken is a research affiliate at MIT...
Many people reacted to last night’s Super Bowl ad with dismay at how the industrial model of agriculture, which is harming our environment and the health of our citizens, was being romanticized, and how it misrepresented the reality of farming in the U.S. today....
From our friends at Grist: Upping the steaks: How grass-fed beef is reshaping ag and helping the planet is a great article on grass-fed beef and some of the hurdles that producers must address when managing pastures and the needs of our animals on pasture. Cost of the...
The 85th annual FFA National Convention was held in Indianapolis Indiana October 24 through October 27. Nearly 60,000 FFA members and teachers attended the convention from every state including Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico. There were 380 exhibitors at this year’s...
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...
“Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.” – Kenneth Boulding, Economist To read more, click here.