Polyface Farm
Joel Salatin
Aug. 18, 2013
Joel Salatin Why do we need more farmers? What is the driving force behind USDA policy? In an infuriating epiphany I have yet to metabolize, I found out Wednesday in a private policy-generation meeting with Virginia Democratic gubernatorial [continue reading]
Archive for Politics and the Economy
A Note From Joel Salatin
Aug
21
2013
Food-safety rules a threat to small New England farms
Aug
19
2013
By GARY GEMME
Daily Hampshire Gazette
Monday, August 19, 2013
(Published in print: Tuesday, August 20, 2013)
WHATELY — As a vegetable grower in the Connecticut River valley, I have been involved in a customer-required food safety audit program on my farm for the past three years. The stringent [continue reading]
Daily Hampshire Gazette
Monday, August 19, 2013
(Published in print: Tuesday, August 20, 2013)
WHATELY — As a vegetable grower in the Connecticut River valley, I have been involved in a customer-required food safety audit program on my farm for the past three years. The stringent [continue reading]
MN Jury Convicts Schlangen on 5 Charges
Aug
16
2013
“Our Raw Milk in Jeopary” Says Lawyer
The Complete Patient
By David Gumpert
Despite my disparaging view of the prosecution in the Alvin Schlangen case, the six-person jury had its own view, and it wasn’t the same as mine or others on [continue reading]
The Complete Patient
By David Gumpert
Despite my disparaging view of the prosecution in the Alvin Schlangen case, the six-person jury had its own view, and it wasn’t the same as mine or others on [continue reading]
Judge Dismisses Suit in Costly Organic Crops Case
Aug
15
2013
Lincoln Journal Star (NE)
Evrett Lunquist
Evrett Lunquist of Raymond has won a summary judgment in a civil dispute involving production of organic crops.
Lancaster County District Judge Paul Merritt’s dismissal of a multi-million dollar complaint filed against Lunquist, an organic [continue reading]
Evrett Lunquist
Evrett Lunquist of Raymond has won a summary judgment in a civil dispute involving production of organic crops.
Lancaster County District Judge Paul Merritt’s dismissal of a multi-million dollar complaint filed against Lunquist, an organic [continue reading]
Why Picking Your Berries For $8,000 A Year Hurts A Lot
Aug
12
2013
NPR
by Eliza Barclay
As the supply chain that delivers our food to us gets longer and more complicated, many consumers want to understand — and control — where their food comes from.
But even if we meet farmers at the farmers market , [continue reading]
by Eliza Barclay
As the supply chain that delivers our food to us gets longer and more complicated, many consumers want to understand — and control — where their food comes from.
But even if we meet farmers at the farmers market , [continue reading]
Farm Laborers Get A Foothold With Their Own Organic Farms
Aug
7
2013
NPR
By Kirk Siegler
ALBA Organics Northern California’s Salinas Valley is often dubbed America’s salad bowl. Large growers there have long relied on thousands of seasonal workers from rural Mexico to pick , spinach and celery from sunrise to sunset. Many of these workers seem [continue reading]
By Kirk Siegler
ALBA Organics Northern California’s Salinas Valley is often dubbed America’s salad bowl. Large growers there have long relied on thousands of seasonal workers from rural Mexico to pick , spinach and celery from sunrise to sunset. Many of these workers seem [continue reading]
Urban Agroecology: A Lighthouse of Sustainability
Aug
5
2013
City farming illuminates a different paradigm
Earth Island Journal
By Maywa Montenegro
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Linda from Chicago, Wikimedia Rene Zazueta and I had crossed paths numerous times on the UC Berkeley campus. Since he rarely uttered a word in meetings we both [continue reading]
Earth Island Journal
By Maywa Montenegro
Image source:
Linda from Chicago, Wikimedia Rene Zazueta and I had crossed paths numerous times on the UC Berkeley campus. Since he rarely uttered a word in meetings we both [continue reading]
Raising Dough: The Complete Guide to Financing a Socially Responsible Food Business
Jul
24
2013
Food-based businesses can solve our social and environmental problems — yet the majority of food entrepreneurs say lack of access to capital prevents them from launching or growing their ventures.
Raising Dough: The Complete Guide to Financing a Socially Responsible Food Business is an unprecedented guide to [continue reading]
Raising Dough: The Complete Guide to Financing a Socially Responsible Food Business is an unprecedented guide to [continue reading]
spinning for the commons
Jul
7
2013
news from Shumacher Center for a New Economics On a shelf in the Library of the Schumacher Center for a New Economics sits a small wooden box with worn leather handle—13 inches by 8 inches by 2 inches. It opens to reveal the parts of an [continue reading]
save the honeybees
Jun
24
2013
A note from the folks at Greenpeace: Scientists have linked a powerful class of pesticides called “neonics” to increases in bee die-offs. Due in part to these deadly toxic chemicals, 31% of hives in the United States collapsed this past winter alone.
Last month millions across Europe [continue reading]
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