By Jana McNally Ten years ago I called myself a farmer. I rose at dawn with my co-farmer husband, drove to our farm thirty-five minutes away and put in a twelve, sometimes fourteen hour day. We didn’t take days off,…

If you are like me and have done a bit of reading about genetic engineering in agriculture, you are suspicious of the hype about the potential of GMOs for feeding the world. So far, commercial use of GMOs’ greatest success…

Sister Mary Ann Garisto at her non profit farm, Sister’s Hill Farm, in Dutchess county brings healthy produce to the needy in New York. (Phil Mansfield for the New York Times) Did you even know there was a Christian Vegetarian…

In anticipation of the Senate Agriculture Committee marking up the farm bill next week (scheduled for Tuesday, October 23) we will highlight a few of the issues on our blog this week. Today, we will focus once again on food…

I highlighted the dangerous effects of additives on kids below. Now, it looks like Budweiser is experimenting with unwanted additives in a favorite adult (usually) beverage! WASHINGTON – October 8 – Greenpeace released the results of analyses showing the presence…

Eric Schlosser woke up many of us in the United States about our Fast Food Nation. Now he tackles food additives, citing a study in the UK about the impact of food colorings and preservatives on hyperactivity. Take a look,…

From Saturday’s New York Times, Gloria Tosi, who represents most of the American ship owners involved in the food aid system, said buying commodities abroad would erode domestic political support for the program and lead to lower food aid budgets…

Be a gardener. Dig a ditch, Toil and sweat, And turn the earth upside down And seek the deepness And water the plants in time. Continue this labor And make sweet floods to run And noble and abundant fruits to…

Farmer-to-farmer training and on-farm research grow local adapted knowledge of biologically based integrated pest management that embraces biodiversity, careful observation and beneficial insects. By Timothy J. Krupnik (with permission of Rodale Institute – photos of Sawadogo in original article) September…

Meet some of the 10,000+ people that are fasting now to end illegitimate debts that cause so much poverty around the world. This video is a great tool to use for presentations on the Cancel Debt Fast! It really helps…