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Tariffs Tax Food – Ron Baumgarten
February 14, 2025

Tariffs are taxes that may increase food costs and decrease farm incomes. President Trump has signed executive orders imposing duties on imports from Canada, Mexico and China. The president has also t

Urban Farming – Alfred Melbourne
February 07, 2025

You don't need to be in the country to farm. It can start on a vacant lot. Three Sisters Gardens in West Sacramento is giving back to the community by inspiring and empowering youth through urban far

Goats For Good – Aaron Steele
January 31, 2025

Grazing is getting attention for a natural mitigation of fire hazards. Herbicides can run off, are dangerous to handle, and lead to genetically resistant weeds. Power equipment burns fossil fuel and

Local for Happy Meals – Mike Maynard
January 26, 2025

McDonalds operators in Michigan supply their Happy Meal customers and support Michigan farmers by purchasing 14 million pounds of state grown apples annually.There are are over 500 locally-owned Mc

Good Natured – Paula Whyman
January 17, 2025

Many dream of moving to the country and some take the steps to make that dream a reality. Paula Whyman had a "crazy" idea to cultivate a small native meadow where wildlife could thrive. Then she set

Bridge the Divide – Gary Paul Nabhan
January 09, 2025

The biggest issue threatening the food system now is not climate change. It is the emerging policies to deport undocumented workers that make the wheels turn from fields to processing plants and retai

Rebuilt, Restored, Regenified – Heidi Diestel & Kristine Root
January 03, 2025

Regenerative is a 'thing'. More than just a farm to table buzz word there is real rebuilding and restoration taking place that ultimately improves the soil and improves nutrition. As the word gets ou

The Right Thing To Do – Wendell Berry
December 25, 2024

The only thing we should ask is: what is the right thing to do? That is what the Earth requires of us according to author/philosopher Wendell Berry. "We have the world to live in and the use of it to

The Movement Begins – Stephanie Anderson
December 19, 2024

What happens when women take the lead in tackling climate change through the food we grow and eat? Stephanie Anderson grew up on a ranch in western South Dakota and is the author of From the Ground Up

Sun Farms – Peter Schmitt
December 12, 2024

Sunshine makes food farming possible in more ways than one. Emerging farmers can access land and landowners can add solar income through, Agrivoltaics an approach that combines solar energy production