Cultivating the Next Crop of America’s Farmers
America’s farmers are aging. To avoid a crisis, we need to lower the economic barriers of entry for young farmers.
How Ethanol Became a Wedge Issue in Iowa
As Donald Trump and Ted Cruz face off over ethanol, the argument is of far greater consequence for the climate than the 2016 presidential race.
The Great Pumpkin Shortage Is Coming
Spooky weather patterns are disrupting specialty crops.
New England Can Feed Itself: A Vision for Regional Food Resilience
A regional food system does a better job at providing healthy food for all, supporting sustainable farming and fishing, and supporting thriving communities.
The Risky Business of Eating in America
How can eating too much rice can give you cancer?
Big Food Behemoths Embarrass their Organic Offshoots
Big Food’s mobilization against California’s right-to-know law is making more green-minded consumers aware of the companies that own their favorite brands.
Avoiding a 21st-Century Dust Bowl
We need a Farm Bill that plants the seeds of resilience.
Why We Need the Food from Family Farms Act
Had Congress heeded our advice, farmers and taxpayers would be far better able to deal with a lack of grain, grass, and water from the drought.
Healing Mother Nature’s Wounds
Our health is at stake.
Let’s Resist Herbicide-Resistant Crops
For farmers, fishermen, and consumers working to rebuild the fragile local food economy, a new kind of corn engineered to withstand toxic weedkillers is a disaster.
Climate Insurance
With climate change making extreme weather the new normal, it’s prudent to do everything we can to protect our food supply.
Afghanistan’s Poppy War
International efforts to stamp out opium production are failing.
Alabama’s Immigration Aftershock
HB 56 has been a disaster for agriculture, Alabama’s No. 1 industry.
Engineered Foods
You don’t even have to be smart to eat them.
Occupy the Food System
The world can feed itself, without corporate America’s science-experiment crops and expensive chemicals.