Article on Challenges for Grass-Fed Beef Producers
When Demand is Not Enough, Challenges are Steep for American Grass-Fed Producers By Ulla Kjarval, Food and Tech Connect EXCERPT: Grass-fed beef has become a household name, [...]
Statistics and Trends
I often post articles and opinion pieces that discuss new trends in agriculture and farming. You will usually find excepts with links to the articles.
Is Local Enough? Some Arguments for Regional Food Systems
By Kate Clancy and Kathryn Ruhf, From Choices Online EXCERPT: The focus on local food systems has been quite strong over the last decade, and the phenomenon has appropriately [...]
TED Talk: One seed at a time, protecting the future of food
Video OVERVIEW: The varieties of wheat, corn and rice we grow today may not thrive in a future threatened by climate change. Cary Fowler takes us inside a vast global seed [...]
You Know about Peak Oil, but What About Peak Phosphorus?
A Rock and a Hard Place: Peak Phosphorus and the Threat to our Food Security This 23 page publication from the Soil Association is a well written and well researched (with [...]
Article – Vertical farming: Does it really stack up?
Agriculture: Growing crops in vertical farms in the heart of cities is said to be a greener way to produce food. But the idea is still unproven (From The Economist) EXCERPT: [...]
Diverse Business Models Used to Satisfy Local Food Demand
Read the Amber Waves Article: Local Food Supply Chains Use Diverse Business Models To Satisfy Demand Research shows that as demand has increased, local foods are reaching [...]
Articles: DOJ & USDA Consider Ag Consolidation and Antitrust Issues
Farmers Speak Out for Fair Competition at DoJ-USDA Workshop (NSAC) EXCERPT: Farmers and ranchers spoke out loudly and clearly about the need for fair competition during the [...]
Farm Family Business: Boost the Next Generation’s Success
Article By Kim Adrian (DTN Progressive Farmer) EXCERPT: In the world of family-owned businesses, there are lots of scary succession statistics. One that appears most often is [...]
Article on Aging Farmers and the Need for New Entrants
Agriculture Gets Old: Will The West Run Out of Farmers? A nonprofit helps young farmers break into an increasingly tough business (From NewWest Food and Agriculture) By Tim [...]
Article: Panel proposes $10 billion cut in farm spending
by Philip Brasher (DesMoines Register) EXCERPT: A $10 billion cut in farm spending included in a deficit commission plan could be a taste of what’s to come for [...]
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