The Community Organizing Effort That Helped Save an Urban Farm in New Orleans
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To Reverse a Troubling Trend, Farmers Are Adding Rocks to Their Fields
Across the country, farmers are taking a chance on a new method: adding crushed volcanic rock to fields to improve soil health (and sequester carbon in the process).
Our culture is stunningly “seed stupid.” Here’s why we should understand how seeds work, what’s at stake and who is doing the work to preserve and protect this all-important resource, excerpted from What We Sow, a new book by Jennifer Jewell.
These Dogs are in Crisis. Who Looks After the Guardians?
Livestock guardian dogs can do important work on farms. But they are being surrendered and euthanized in epic numbers.
The American Chestnut Tree is Coming Back. Who is It For?
As federal agencies prepare to deregulate transgenic chestnuts, Indigenous nations are asserting their rights to access and care for them.
New Treatments for Citrus Greening Have Passed Initial Testing
Researchers are continuing to work on treatments for the devastating disease. Two new formulas now show promising results, and they could change the downward trajectory of the citrus industry.
This Farmworker Collective is Organizing For ‘Milk With Dignity’ and More
Migrant Justice, a Vermont-based, farmworker-led organization, is pushing for fair wages for the workers that underpin the US dairy industry.
Seattle’s Black Farmers Collective Nurtures Communities and Crops
At Small Axe Farm, producers learn how to tend vegetables and grow their businesses.
Meet the Poultry Farmer Teaching Others How to Make Regenerative Farming Add Up
Jeff Siewicki grew and marketed his business after years of trial and error. Now, he’s helping others quit their day job and build a more sustainable food system.
