Guest Post: Healthy soil keeps family farmers on the land
This post is a guest blog written by Jonathan and Kaylyn Cobb, who farm in Rogers, Texas. You can hear more from Jonathan at the Southern Soil Health...
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Giving thanks for a bountiful, beautiful harvest season
Thanksgiving has a special place in the hearts of most farming families. It’s a time for farmers to give thanks for the literal fruits of their labors at the...
Our Food Lifeline: A SXSW Eco 2014 Preview
How can we help family farmers feed the world while caring for the earth? That’s the focus of World Food Day 2014 , organized by the United Nation’s Food and...
Using compost to improve soil health and crop productivity
Growing up on a farm in Nebraska, I spent most summer afternoons outside, exploring, digging, and collecting “treasures”—usually rocks, feathers, bugs, and...
A Tale of Two Farms: How Water Efficiency Could Help Drought-Proof California Farms
This article was written jointly with Heather Cooley, Director of the Pacific Institute's Water Program, and is cross-posted at the Pacific Institute's website...
Health, happiness, and financial stability on the farm: John Reganold is a 2014 NRDC Growing Green Award Winner
If you ever visit Washington State University’s certified organic teaching farm, chances are you’ll find Regents Professor John Reganold there, bent over and...