Fox News Latino By Carmen Sesín Marta Cruz left Michoacán, Mexico with her husband and 1-year-old son a decade and a half ago to work in the fields of Homestead, Florida, picking lemons and tomatoes as farm workers. A couple of years ago, she began suffering from headaches but figured it was from the long… Read more »
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Satish Kumar: The Link Between Soil, Soul and Society
We are losing connection with the soil. Satish Kumar wants us to understand the connection between soil, soul and society and drop ego in favour of eco The Guardian Satish Kumar Many historical movements in the world have three key words that express their spirit. During the French Revolution the words were “liberté, égalité, fraternité”,… Read more »
Young Farmers Break the Bank Before They Get to the Field
NPR By Luke Runyon As the average age of the American farmer has crept up to 60, fewer young people are filling in the ranks behind them. That’s prompted some to ask if young people even want to farm anymore. The quick answer is yes, just not in the same numbers as they used to…. Read more »
How A Seed Saver Discovered One Of Our Favorite Tomatoes
NPR by Eliza Barclay Fortunately for those of us who are suckers for novelty, every year fruits and vegetables seem to come in more bewitching colors, shapes and flavors. Lately, we’ve been tickled by the cotton candy grape and the vibrant Turkish eggplant orange . (Egg yolks can be ghostly white, too, but that’s another… Read more »
Organic vs. Conventional: Pundits Are Welcome to Their Own Opinion, But Not Their Own Facts
Food Safety News By Mark Kastel Because Food Safety News holds an important perspective in the industry, I was surprised to see the website publish a commentary by Mr. Mischa Popoff. Mr. Popoff has spent the last few years promoting his self-published book, Is It Organic. He has made irresponsible and unsupported claims that 80… Read more »
‘Plowing Old Ground’ Exhibit Puts Focus on Vermont’s Organic Farming Pioneers
Brattleboro Reformer By Jon Potter BRATTLEBORO — Time was when “organic” was a word of the lunatic fringe, and nobody had ever heard of “localvores.” Time was when there weren’t co-ops or CSAs or farmers’ markets in our local food system when nobody was even thinking there was such a thing as a “local food… Read more »
Organic-Food Champion’s Departure From USDA Sows Seeds of Concern
Kathleen Merrigan ushered in a fresh focus on organic and local food, so her departure from USDA has sown concern among her followers. National Journal By Jerry Hagstrom Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan’s upcoming departure has raised a lot of questions about the Obama administration’s commitment to organic and local food production, but she said… Read more »
National Organic Standards Board Meetings
Cornucopia is the most vocal and engaged watchdog of The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). The 15-member NOSB is an expert citizen panel created by Congress, charged with advising the Secretary of Agriculture on organic policy. Cornucopia closely monitors the NOSB’s biannual meetings and activities. One of the NOSB’s most important tasks is to determine… Read more »
A Simple Fix for Farming
New York Times By Mark Bittman IT’S becoming clear that we can grow all the food we need, and profitably, with far fewer chemicals. And I’m not talking about imposing some utopian vision of small organic farms on the world. Conventional agriculture can shed much of its chemical use — if it wants to. This… Read more »
Plenty at Stake in Farm Bill Standoff
North Country Public Radio by David Sommerstein Listen with NCPR Player Sep 20, 2012 — UPDATE: Thursday afternoon, the Wall Street Journal reports House Speaker John Boehner has officially confirmed that the farm bill won’t be taken up until after the November elections. North Country farmers are anxiously watching the status of the new farm… Read more »
