Conscious Consumption

Peyton Manning and the Broncos might not have shown up last night, but America’s farmers brought their A-game to the commercial breaks.

A look back at the Dust Bowl, when severe dust storms blew across the prairies of the United States, causing a mass migration of farmers.

When Sarah Ryhanen walks through the fields of flowers on her 107-acre property, the Farm at the World’s End, she may seem as far away from her previous career”‰ – ”‰curating New York City art galleries”‰ – ”‰as one can get.

A great tomato grown in the heart of the Israeli desert? This was possible thanks to the Salad Trail, a working farm and interactive museum designed to teach visitors about the techniques used to farm a desert.

Offers from the other representatives are about what you would expect. In the event of a Broncos win, the Washington representatives will offer apples, wine and salmon. If the Seah...

Chris Cates, who raises livestock in Rising Fawn, Ga., is appalled by the farm bill, which finally passed the House on Wednesday and is expected to sail through the Senate. In a petition he posted earlier at Change.org, Cates complained that the “enormous amount of amendments and taxpayer funded special interests and corporate handouts that have been attached to the Farm Bill are quite disgusting to say the least.”

While the product from Harley Farms Goat Dairy might sound strange those who grew up buying paint from the hardware store, it would make much more sense to anyone living before the...

If there is one word to describe the nearly 1000-page bill worth nearly a trillion dollars, it’s compromise. No one is entirely happy with the results, but just about everybody is happy to have results.

Think nothing is as emblematic of this country as apple pie? Or maybe baseball is the ne plus ultra of the American dream? You’ve clearly never seen a tractor square dance.