With its strong focus on social change for small farmers, agroecology is going mainstream worldwide, but the American food movement has yet to catch up.
“Pesticides cause a multitude of adverse effects on humans. However, they are especially harmful to children.” Pesticides cause a multitude of adverse effects on humans. However, they
This headline from the smart website newfoodeconomy.org caught our attention: “General Mills is transitioning 53 square miles of South Dakota farmland to certified organic.” That’s
On Friday, public interest organizations representing farmers and conservationists made their legal case in a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Monsanto Company, challenging EPA’s approval
Americans are expected to eat a record-breaking amount of meat and poultry this year: more than 220 pounds per person, according to the U.S. Department of
Food Standards Agency reports ‘significant increase’ of harmful pathogen campylobacter in British-farmed chickens. Chickens for sale in Britain’s supermarkets are showing record levels of superbugsresistant to
How we grow food determines who can eat and who cannot—no matter how much we produce. People yearn for alternatives to industrial agriculture, but they
Think about the soil when you think about what’s for dinner Press Herald–Apr 2, 2017 According to a 2014 paper published by the Rodale Institute,
Agribusiness plans for expansion The Register Star–Apr 20, 2017 … to support farmers working to regenerate depleted soil resources, and to help develop an integrated, regenerative