Excellent Article on the History of Sustainable Agriculture
Reflecting on the “early days” of sustainable agriculture research and education …what can we learn from the past? By John M. Gerber EXCERPT: Today, many public [...]
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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: [...]
Duel Over Sugar Beet Seeds Could Create Shortage (New York Times)
by WILLIAM NEUMAN and ANDREW POLLACK EXCERPT: Unless regulators can devise new rules acceptable to the federal court, the rulings could force farmers to abandon the [...]
Rising Farmland Prices: A Cause for Worry?
Extreme Sales Stun But Don’t Set the Pace (From DTN Progressive Farmer) One $14,000-per-acre Iowa farmland sale won’t set standards for the market, but it has [...]
Article: Risk and Profit for Young Farmers
Good Selling Strategies Reduce Risk, Protect Profit Potential For Young Farmers (From DTN Progressive Farmer) By Barb Baylor Anderson EXCERPT: Marcus Hess may not fit the [...]
Article: Deficit Hysteria Versus Food System Reform
Why deficit hysteria isn’t good for food-system reform (Grist) by Tom Philpott EXCERPT: Within a year, Congress and the White House will begin negotiating the next Farm [...]
Guest Article: Permaculture Basics for Farms
Guest author Justin Murray is an Australian freelance writer and journalist. He writes extensively in Australia, Canada, Europe, and the US. He’s published more than 500 [...]
Conflicts of Interest Mar Food Producers’ Independent Inspections
Read the full article HERE Lena H. Sun, Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, October 22, 2010 The voluntary quality control system widely used in the nation’s $1 [...]
Beginning Farmers Administrator Taylor Reid Co-Authors new Paper on Biofuels
Green dreams or pipe dreams?: Media framing of the U.S. biofuels movement A paper by Wynne Wright, Associate Professor in the Department Community, Agriculture, Recreation, [...]
NYT Field Report: Will Work for Food – Tantre Farm
Somewhat romanticized, yes. But a nice New York Times Article about one of my favorite farms. Read it HERE Tantre really is a unique place where many aspiring farmers have [...]
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