The Transition Away From Factory Farming
A Q&A with author Leah Garcés about her new book, Transfarmation: The Movement to Free Us from Factory Farming.
Meet the Modern Farmer Cracking Cold Storage in the Coldest Places
An Alaska farmer demystifies affordable cold storage in his new book.
Chris Newman Wants to Help You Start Farming—Without Ruining Your Life
The first-generation farmer wants new farmers to stop thinking about individual small farms and start thinking about cooperatives.
When Corporate Sustainability Goals Are Good for Business
In her new book, Bon Appétit Management Company strategic advisor Maisie Ganzler talks about the business of marketing sustainability.
Making ‘Weeds’ Part of the Food System
Tama Matsuoka Wong’s new book, Into the Weeds, is an invitation to change the way you look at what grows around you.
Opinion: To Find the Future of Food, We Need to Look to the Past
In his new book, The Lost Supper, author Taras Grescoe argues that we’ve become too far removed from farming and food production. The best hope for ensuring food security in the future lies in reacquainting ourselves with the lost and neglected agricultural practices from the past.
What if Animals Had the Same Rights as Humans?
In his new book, Steve Cooke paints a picture of a world where human-animal interactions are radically different than they are now.
Staying ‘Fiber Curious’ in an Age of Fast Fashion
In her new book, Francine McCabe explores what it means to be part of your “fibershed” and what’s standing in the way of a local and sustainable fiber economy.
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.
