The North Star Monthly | The community that feeds itself The North Star Monthly Pete's Greens, an organic 4-season vegetable farm in Craftsbury, was the grower of some of the fresh produce on offer at the pantry, which served 54,000 meals to more than 300 families in 2017, including seniors and children, from Hardwick and 16 ... |
Gazettextra | Soil Sisters weekend workshops hope to inspire women farmers Gazettextra Lauren Rudersdorf remembers attending the In Her Boots workshop several years ago and being “starstruck” by some local female farmers she had heard of but never met in person. The workshop ... The women involved eventually started their own Wisconsin ... |
BayStateBanner | “Forgotten Farms” examines class divisions in New England agriculture BayStateBanner The local food system in Massachusetts, which includes city farmers markets, food co-ops and other consumer supported agriculture (CSA) programs, has increased access to fresh and healthy food in urban areas, particularly in Boston. ... Farms” however ... |
Mountain View Gazette | Local food growing in importance Mountain View Gazette Vester said it will impact people who are using the word “organic” to market their product without being certified. Vester's farm and many other local growers — including Eagle Creek Farms near Bowden — offer CSAs or participate in group CSAs so they ... |
Innisfail Province | A-maze-ing diversity at Eagle Creek Farms Innisfail Province Since the farm is near Bowden, he came up with the idea of the farm's popular sunflower and corn mazes to encourage people to drive from the Calgary area for the U-pick. Connections made at farmers markets and other ... Interviewed in late June, Mills ... |
Local food growing in importance Innisfail Province Vester said it will impact people who are using the word “organic” to market their product without being certified. Vester's farm and many other local growers — including Eagle Creek Farms near Bowden — offer CSAs or participate in group CSAs so they ... |
The filmmakers of the documentary "Forgotten Farms" argue that the new local food movement ignores conventional, rural New England farmers and continues ...
Leadership Genesee members spend a day on the farm The Daily News Online We began with a panel discussion regarding various issues farmers face today, such as society's gradual preference for organic, GMO products, innovations farmers have and the effect of politics has on the farming industry. We then ... After a lunch ... |
Irish Examiner | In the Garden: That's the way the farms are in Texas Irish Examiner One of the 2018 Nuffield scholars has a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) scheme is Canada and he produces and supplies organic vegetables, fruit, meat and eggs to 200 customers who pay a yearly subscription for a weekly box of produce. |
Diablo Magazine | Down on the Farm Diablo Magazine Helena and Matthew Sylvester of Sunol's Happy Acre Farm are among this modern crop of agriculturists whose decision to return to the land is catalyzing a cultural shift in food production and bringing a fresh perspective to the industry. ... Acre Farm ... |
Desiring a deeper connection to the food they eat, Helena and Matthew Sylvester started Happy Acre Farm in Sunol—joining a revolution of young farmers ...
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Civil Eats | Immigrant Farmers Help Grow Organic Ag in Wisconsin and Beyond Civil Eats Sandwiched among dairy farms and fields of conventionally grown corn and soybeans outside Spring Valley, Wisconsin, Thao's Garden, is the only immigrant-owned, certified organic farm for miles. “We grow all kinds of vegetables,” says Phua Yang Thao ... |
Hmong farmers Blia and Phua Thao put their 40-plus years of experience to work in Spring Valley, where they grow organic produce entirely by hand.
Hmong farmers Blia and Phua Thao put their 40-plus years of experience to work in Spring Valley, where they grow organic produce entirely by hand.
