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Mar 21, 2023

On a recent market day at the San Francisco Ferry Building, Tory and Rebecca Torosian of Tory Farms, a second-generation, 80-acre orchard in the San Joaquin Valley, are hawking the last of their navel oranges, lemons and pomegranates as they head into a long hiatus.  Normally, a late winter crop of oro blancos, page mandarins […]

Beef raised in Brazil. Pork processed in Canada. Eggs raised in New Zealand. All of these products—and more—are eligible for a “Product of USA” label under the current label regulations.  But that could change if new regulations are passed by the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).  Using a “Product of USA” label is voluntary, […]

Anet Aguilar traces her passion for corn back to her grandmother. In the Mexican state of Baja California where Aguilar lived with her grandmother, flour tortillas were popular. Her grandmother Feliza Ramirez was from Mexico City, though, where she grew up milling corn in her neighborhood’s shared mill and forming it into tortillas daily. When […]

Turning a Locust Invasion into a Fertilizer Boon

They say when life throws you lemons, you make lemonade. But what happens when life... (more)

Joseph Maina

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Unlocking Secrets of the Honeybee Dance Language

The Greek historian Herodotus reported over 2,000 years ago on a misguided forbidden experiment in... (more)

James C. Nieh, The Conversation
March 12, 2023
US Explores Vaccinating Chickens In Response to Avian Flu Outbreak

A vaccine for avian flu could be on the way to a chicken coop near... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
March 9, 2023
Calculating New Options for Shrinking Rice Fields

George Tibbitts, a third-generation farmer in Arbuckle, CA, has been growing rice on his 1,200-acre... (more)

Naoki Nitta
March 6, 2023
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Meet the Forgotten Contributor to Sustainable Agriculture

When Louis Bromfield first arrived on his farm in Richland County, Ohio, he was shocked... (more)

Fiona Young-Brown
March 7, 2023
The Buzzy Edible Insect Trend is Gaining Traction in the West

When Mohammed Ashour walks into Aspire Food Group’s 150,000 square-foot cricket farm in London, Ontario,... (more)

Roberta Staley
February 23, 2023
Meet Montana’s Only Maple Syrup Producer

On a sunny spring day in 2015, David Knudson was admiring the Norway maple trees... (more)

Ella Hall
February 17, 2023
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‘Communities, Not Corporations’: Farmers March for Climate Action in D.C.

Hundreds of farmers and farmworkers gathered in Washington, D.C. this week to demand that Congress... (more)

Marin Scotten
March 10, 2023
Meta Ad Ban Hurts Hemp Entrepreneurs

Sara Day Evans runs an agriculture-based business accelerator, Accelerating Appalachia, which supports dozens of farmers... (more)

Judith Matloff
March 9, 2023
In Rural America, Right-to-Repair Laws are the Leading Edge of a Pushback...

As tractors became more sophisticated over the past two decades, the big manufacturers allowed farmers... (more)

Leland Glenna, The Conversation
February 24, 2023
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Meet the modern farmer
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Meet the Forgotten Contributor to Sustainable Agriculture

When Louis Bromfield first arrived on his farm in Richland County, Ohio, he was shocked... (more)

Meet the Modern Graziers Who Broke Into Regenerative Agriculture, No Farmland Required

When James Allen and his wife, Katie, started Heritage Graziers in the summer of 2015,... (more)

Meet Montana’s Only Maple Syrup Producer

On a sunny spring day in 2015, David Knudson was admiring the Norway maple trees... (more)

Meet The Modern Farmers Creating Public Oyster Gardens

Picture yourself harvesting oysters you grew yourself, sharing them with friends and family. Sound dreamy?... (more)