Mother Nature Network‘s Matt Hickman continued his popular 40 Farmers Under 40 blog post with a follow up recently—The Readers Choice 40 Farmers Under 40. Now it’s hard to say whether or not we were actually #39 and #40 respectively due to our popularity, our age, or just because they really wanted a strong finish! [...]
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We love Slow Food Nation, an organization founded by Alice Waters. Here’s why: Slow Food USA seeks to create dramatic and lasting change in the food system. We reconnect Americans with the people, traditions, plants, animals, fertile soils and waters that produce our food. We inspire a transformation in food policy, production practices and market [...]
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Is ‘Locally Grown’ going to fall the way of ‘Natural’? Do we need to somehow define, even certify, what constitutes local?
An integrated pest management system (IPM) isn’t just reserved for the big organic farmer. Having one in your own backyard (even inside your home) is easier than you think. Some systems make use of synthetic pesticides in their IPM, but I’m really just going to talk about organic methods. I like to think of my [...]
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We recorded Oprah’s Earth Day Special yesterday. If you didn’t get the chance to see it, She opened up the show with images of the North Pacific Gyre, also known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This is known as the largest landfill (seafill?) in the world. It consists of approximately 100 million of tons [...]
Being my first post, I figured it would be a good idea to tell you why Trent and I decided to embark on this organic adventure back in 2005. Most of our friends and family thought we were nuts. I guess that’s what happens when you’re unconventional! Full Disclosure: We still do our old jobs [...]
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