Conscious Consumption

This week, we repped #iamamodernfarmer pride at Field + Supply in High Falls, New York. Plus, a post all the way from Romania!

To get at the heart of our nation’s love for llamas, Tanner Shinnick traveled the country making “Llama Nation: The Documentary.”

Welcome to our mugs, South Sudan.

Will the move help stave off the creation of more antibiotic-resistant superbugs?

I was just a gardener, growing garden-variety softneck garlic, when I headed to Iowa for my first Seed Savers Exchange Conference in 2002. I returned home to Pennsylvania with 10 varieties of heirloom hardneck bulbs, planted them that October, and before I knew what had happened, I’d become a garlic farmer.

Local farming coalitions are growing in popularity as young, first-time farmers seek out community.

A Chinese, and more literal, version of Alfalfa from the Little Rascals.

Farmers, eco-minded entrepreneurs, and nonprofits have launched companies and programs that turn composting into a community affair.

And some of the protests have already worked.