- For forty years EcoFarm has convened leaders, researchers, farmers and fans of organic food and farming at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove California. At the  2020 Vision event over 1,

  - It is becoming common to hear  celebrities tell the public that they must cut back on  meat and dairy consumption for the good of the planet.  Whether consumers believe the "expert" advice of their favorite performer,

Accompanied by occasional sounds of moos, oinks, clucks and baas , a big old barn in Ohio is the surprising base for cooking classes and state of the art learning experiences where chefs and other food and wellness educators make sustainability and min...

Will we preserve the Agrarian way that Wendell Berry calls "the given life"?  Farms and non-profits throughout the Country are stepping up to that challenge.  In the Ohio River Valley, Turner Farm is all in to preserve the way of life of a certain kind...

  - Could goats provide solutions to challenges such as: extra income, a new livelihood, chores for the kids, lower carbon foot print, poison ivy, forrest fire risks and even climate remedies, a bite at a time?  In Central Iowa,

"Cheap food comes at a high cost" says Bob Quinn, a progressive leader in promoting organic and sustainable agriculture throughout the state of Montana, United States, and world.  He grew up on the family farm in Montana when no one thought twice about...

Farming no longer just happens in the country.  It's increasingly taking place in cities around the globe.  Whether it's to feed a family or generate additional income, seeds in the ground, attentively cultivated to harvest is making a difference.

"Meat" doesn't necessarily have to come from animals any more.  Protein alternatives from plants have been in the market for decades and have become popular of late as restaurants and their consumers are finding plant based meat products are appealing ...

  - Can a farmer be both a producer of a global commodity and organic wiwth local branded product available at the Farmers Market and on-line?  The answer is Yes when the question is put to Tom Knowles whose family has grown rice in Northern Calif...

In the modern lexicon of food and farming, Social Justice is a term that is often heard but not often understood, let alone practiced. The California Institute of Rural Studies wants to increase social justice in rural California for all residents,