Farm School for Women
Saturday July 30, 2011
North Carolina Women of the Land Agricultural Network, a new nonprofit organization devoted to women farmers in North Carolina, is starting a total-immersion farm program just for women. Their inaugural class ... Read More
The Challenges of Farm to Table
Thursday July 28, 2011
I found something very familiar in this NYT article about Steven Hopp's (husband of author and food memoirist Barbara Kingsolver) locavore restaurant in rural Virginia. Perhaps because the difficulty he's ... Read More
Defending Organic Farming
Monday July 25, 2011
In last week's post, I linked to a Scientific American article that busted some "myths" about organic farming versus conventional. Grist blogger Tom Laskawy wrote a detailed, well-thought-out rebuttal to ... Read More
Link Love: Food for Thought
Monday July 18, 2011
Thought I'd share some links I've been reading lately, some food for thought if you will.
Vermont Town's Food Focus Still a Growing Concept (about the local-food happenings in my neck ... Read More
Wordless Wednesday: Homegrown
Wednesday July 13, 2011
Photo © Lauren Ware
Grass Fed Dairy Gets a Boost
Monday July 11, 2011
The USDA's Agricultural Research Service recently published a study called "Putting Dairy Cows Out to Pasture--An Environmental Plus" that concluded just what the title suggests: it's better for the environment, ... Read More
Wordless Wednesday: Happy Hens
Wednesday July 6, 2011
CSAs in Alaska
Tuesday July 5, 2011
I just read this neat article about how community supported agriculture and subscription plans for produce are taking off in Alaska - literally, in that some of the plans provide ... Read More