Good Food Leaders Counsel Young Farmers
April 28, 2017 1:45 pmEnjoyable article from ‘Modern Farmer’ taps into the wisdom of farmers Wendell Berry, Eliot Coleman, Mas Masumoto, Richard Wiswall and... View Article
Categories for Background Articles on Farming, Rural & Science
Supporting Smallholder Systems the Key to Mitigating Ag’s Impact on Climate Change
April 27, 2017 8:48 pmYes, removing public subsidy of corporate concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), and re-directing support to family-scale farmers would solve a... View Article
The Farmers Share of Retail Food Prices March 2017
April 7, 2017 1:38 pmONE OF THE PROBLEMS OF AGRICULTURE: LOW FARM GATE PRICES = INADEQUATE SHARE OF END-RETAIL-PRICE. Incredibly enough, doubling the price... View Article
Citizens Opposed to Reckless Bald Mountain Mine
March 21, 2017 3:53 pmYesterday, the Maine Legislature’s Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (again) received an earful. Citizens from all across Maine,... View Article
Big Future Impact From Robots
February 21, 2017 6:41 pmHumans losing jobs to robots? Inevitability? Future mass unemployment? Taxing robots? Massive robotic-generated CHANGE WITHIN THE NEXT 20 YEARS? Valuable... View Article
Microplastics in Fish Tissue
February 20, 2017 3:18 pmWhat’s not known is just how harmful it is to eat these microplastics-in-fish-flesh. But it’s not just the microplastics themselves... View Article
300 Organizations Demand Anti-Trust Enforcement
February 14, 2017 7:26 pmIf organizations – representing millions of members – get their way, new Attorney General Jeff Sessions will ENFORCE EXISTING Anti-Trust... View Article
Bridging the Rural Urban Gap
January 23, 2017 2:50 pmGood interview with Oregonian Gabe Rowe in ‘Daily Yonder.’ Gabe has lived in two worlds and as a clear thinker... View Article
New Study Exposes USA Exports Do Not Go to Feed Hungry
January 9, 2017 3:57 pmIndustrial Ag has spent a lot of time and money on research and focus groups. They have learned good and... View Article
Organic Yields Higher than Conventional Corn
January 9, 2017 3:52 pmThe key concept here is WHEN ORGANIC SEED IS USED, bushels per acre of corn grown organically are greater than... View Article