Can Small Farmers Make a Profit at Farmers’ Markets?
So can farmers, especially ones who operate on a small scale, make enough money at farmers’ markets to make it worth their while?
Food & Water
Banding Together to Build a Better CSA
On paper, the community supported agriculture (CSA) subscription model is an ideal partnership.
Growing Topsoil
Is topsoil a renewable resource or a nonrenewable resource, especially in dry or degraded landscapes?
Restored Historic Boston Farmstead to Offer ‘Hyperlocal Food’
Community gardens were an important precursor; the next level is a commercial enterprise featuring hyperlocal food.
From drought to deluge: an ecological approach to California’s water crisis
While the media focuses on larger-scale challenges, small-scale, implementable solutions seem absent from the discussion. Small-scale solutions are beautiful because they often address both drought and flood problems. With one of the strongest El Niños on record developing in the Pacific, California may see a massive deluge this winter. It could be damaging if we don’t prepare now. On the heels of a multi-year drought, flash floods and the inundation of dry, crusty soils will be especially damaging.
The Color of Food: How Gardens and Farms Can Help Us Heal From a History of Racism
Sitting at the table with so many farmers doing revolutionary work taught me that farming isn’t only about stewarding the land; it’s also about stewarding community and tending the soul.
Soil Food Webs: From Farm to Garden?
It may be best not to till for soil, plant and human health, but perhaps the world is not so black and white that a judicious bit of tillage here and there is so impermissible.
The Sushi Project: Farming Fish And Rice in California’s Fields
Innovative projects in California are using flooded rice fields to rear threatened species of Pacific salmon, mimicking the rich floodplains where juvenile salmon once thrived.
Crystal Palace Food Market, England
It is possible to create bottom up infrastructure that can deliver locally sourced sustainable food on a significant scale.
Colorado Man Transforms Backyards into Micro Farms
Sean Conway is building his own yardfarming business to create a local food community in Lakewood, CO
Spinning Wheels
The rubber-meets-the-road moment for all of us will be when this consumer-driven small farm moment meets the real small farm movement…
The Politics of Food
Everyone needs to eat, but not everyone has access to food.
