Farming in the Big City
Here we were, dreaming of a place with more land so that we could plant our organic seeds, only to be advised by the BBC that … there's going to be farming in New York City! And they're talking...
View ArticleFarm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
I'm a little late on this, but I wanted mention the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund. According to its website (at the rather unpronounceable ftcldf.org): LEGAL DEFENSE FUND TO DEFEND DIRECT FARM...
View ArticleThomas Jefferson quote is apropos to our times
I received the below Thomas Jefferson quote in an e-mail recently: "If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state...
View ArticleU.S. Farmers Shifting from Corn Crops to Soybeans
Because of the soybean's incredible profitability, many U.S. farmers shifting as much as four million of their six million available acres from corn crops to soybeans. While corn fetches a good price...
View ArticleOrganic Gardening in Pasadena
Our friend Pete Jalbert sent us a link to a most interesting website — Path To Freedom, built and maintained by a Pasadena, California family that farms on what it calls its "ordinary city lot" which,...
View ArticleEthanol — World Menacing Bio-Fuel from Corn
I’m sharing with WWOF the following material derivative of a small package insert (printed on recycled paper) that I found in a 6 pack of delicious farm-fresh brown eggs while traveling through New...
View ArticleTrust your farmer, she said
While reading at David Gumpert's The Complete Patient blog the other day, I took note when he, too, mentioned the call to "Trust your Farmer" that I've been hearing lately — along with various similar...
View ArticleImproving Food Quality through Brix Testing
High Brix Defines Farm-fresh, non-GMO and Organic Food Last Fall I drove an hour each way for 50 lbs. of farm-fresh, non-GMO produce — squash and carrots. I was on the trail of Winter storage...
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