Many good arguments can be made for supporting a type of agriculture less reliant on energy, technology and Wall Street, and more on soil, communities and people: it’s better for the environment, produces good food and keeps more Main Street businesses open, to name a few. But after reading Jim Van Der Pol’s just-published collection… Read More →
A closed diner serves as the epicenter of a rural community’s efforts to make local food an economic driver.
A small rural school experiments with buying local, sustainable food.
Ken Meter maps a healthier food system.
A rural health care facility works to source its food locally.
Will Allen, Growing Power, and defeating racism in the food system.
I just returned from Iowa and my ears are still ringing from the gut-crunching drone of low-flying airplanes—the kind that seem to be all engine and spray nozzles. About a dozen crop dusters blanketed one county alone during a two-day period, spraying for aphids—thirsty little monsters that literally suck the life juices out of crops… Read More →
Serving locally-produced food in a rural cafe.
Finding food in farm country (part 3).
Finding food in farm country (part 2).
