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What is "good meat"? Michele Thorne has a lot to say on the subject. She is executive director of The Good Meat Project, a non-profit whose mission is to foster a healthy and humane meat system that …
Published on 9 hours ago
Navajo farming and entrepreneurship––for the next generation
Zachariah Ben is a sixth-generation farmer from Shiprock, New Mexico. He and his family founded Bidii Baby Foods. Using traditional Navajo food traditions, they provide healthy, nutritious, and local…
Published on 2 weeks ago
Feeding a Divided America
Gilles Stockton is author of the new book, Feeding a Divided America: Reflections of a Western Rancher in the Era of Climate Change, published by University of New Mexico Press. A third generation ca…
Published on 4 weeks ago
Preventing Catastrophic Flooding: The Secret is in the Soil
Bryan Hummel is a big-time water nerd. Specializing in nature-based solutions to watershed and land management issues, he has brought his expertise to the US Environmental Protection Agency, the US A…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Thinking ecologically—about human health
Doctor and professor of public health Wendy Johnson saw in her medical practice people who thrived against all odds, and those who suffered grave challenges due to environmental factors like toxicity…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Cultivating community in urban food forests
Orion Kriegman and his friends started clearing a trashed vacant lot in Boston to create green space and grow food. City hall was not on their side at first, but with persistence and community effort…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Women ranchers finding their power
Montana rancher Amber Smith didn't grow up in agriculture, but ranching became her life's work.
As a young adult Kristen Kipp left the family ranch in the Blackfeet but felt a deep longing to go back…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Making the transition to local, sustainable living
The Transition Movement is a worldwide network of people working locally to move away from fossil fuel-base infrastructure toward locally-based systems. Projects include community-owned renewable ene…
Published on 3 months ago
From backyard veggie garden to profitable livestock ranch
Eileen Napier and Stan Hayes of Ramstead Ranch teamed up around their common interests in organic gardening, permaculture, and healthy living. They started on two acres and sold eggs on the honor sys…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Fair Trade: Good for farmers, the land, consumers—and business
Paul Rice started out as an anti-capitalist labor organizer, working with coffee farmers in Nicaragua in the 1980s. Over time he saw that what growers needed most was a fair price for their product––…
Published on 4 months ago