Local Food
The freshest food is always close to home.
It may seem that processed food rules the agricultural world, but local food sources are making a strong comeback. These articles document the benefits and the possibilities when you decide to know and trust your farmers.
Sustainable Farming, Soil and Big Agriculture
The growth of small farms, organic crops, and locally sourced foods.
Sweet Corn: Hybrid and Heritage
What's the difference between homegrown sweet corn and store-bought? Taste!
Organic Tomatoes = More Nutrition
The latest information on healthy, heirloom, organically raised tomatoes. Grow them yourself!
Permaculture: Local and Sustainable
How to put natural, sustainable gardening principles to use in your own backyard.
Heartened In the Heartland
We just returned from a tour of the heartland that gave perspective to the state of midwest farming.
The Stanford Study: Storm Over Organics
The controversy generated by the Stanford organic food study continues to grow.
Organic Food: New Study, Bad Reporting
To make the conclusion that the Stanford researchers did, let alone what headline writers did with it, is dishonest.
Free at the Farmers' Market: Advice
It's reassuring that farmer's markets are alive and well in this age of industrial agriculture and processed food.
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