Does size matter? Measuring the impact of scale in US agriculture

By Sally Geislar, Sustainable Food Trust

We lack simple tools to compare systematically and scientifically the relative impact of farming at different scales.

The Time Has Come for Local Agriculture

By Robert Shetterly, Common Dreams

I chose to paint [Joan Gussow] because for longer than almost anyone else in this country she has been preaching the necessity—for human health, ecological health, and energy health—of local, organic agriculture.

Why Grow Organic?

By Fred Kirschenmann, Douglas Gayeton, Sustainable Food Trust

In this interview between Douglas Gayeton and Fred Kirschenmann, Fred explains the history of USDA organic certification, the trouble with milking 50,000 cows and why the story behind our food means more to some than third party organic certification.