New Report Rates Health and Resilience of Iowa Food System
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Angie Tagtow, Environmental Nutrition Solutions, (515) 669-8579, angie.tagtow@mac.com; Susan Roberts, Roberts Law Firm, PLC, (515) 480-5898, [...]
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Eaters Deserve a Place at the Table in 2012 Farm Bill
By Kari Hamerschlag (Civil Eats) EXCERPT: Federal nutritional guidelines advise us to eat five-to-nine servings of fruits and vegetables a day. That’s not too difficult if [...]
Guest Article on the Agribusiness Pushback Against Local Food
The following article was written by Christopher Bedford (see biographical information below). Chris is never one to pull punches, and as with all of our guest posts, his [...]
Book Review: The Alternative Kitchen Garden
GUEST POST from JOAN LAMBERT BAILEY. This post first appeared on her blog, Popcorn Homestead. Recently on Twitter, You Grow Girl asked for thoughts on getting your [...]
Organic Seed Alliance Publishes State of Organic Seed Report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE; CONTACT Kristina Hubbard, Director of Advocacy, (406) 493-6965, kristina@seedalliance.org Download the full report at: [...]
UN Report: Eco-Farming Can Double Food Production in 10 Years
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GENEVA, 8 March 2011 – Small-scale farmers can double food production within 10 years in critical regions by using ecological methods, a new UN [...]
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug: An Emerging Agricultural Pest
The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) is a relatively new pest problem, but can be a serious, season long threat to anyone growing food crops. They really like to eat sweet, [...]
Good Fungi Might Prove Even Better for Plant, Human Health
ScienceDaily (Mar. 2, 2011) — Researchers have come closer to understanding how a common fungus “makes its living in the soil,” which could lead to its possible [...]
Organic & Sustainable Research: No Till, Weed Cotrol, Cover Crops
Conducted by Michigan State University Extension (MSUE) at the W. K. Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) by Dale R. Mutch, Ph.D. Senior District Extension Educator and Extension [...]
40 Easy Ways to Eat More Ethically
The following is a guest post from Masters in Health Care. Ideas and opinions contained within it are those of the author, and do not necessarily represent those of [...]
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