Farming

Foreign Aid and Trade: A Balanced Approach to Promote Greater Food Security

Eva M. Clayton | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Farming, Global Food Crisis, Hunger, World Hunger, Agriculture, Palm Oil, Food Security, G8 Summit, G8 Conference, Impact G8, G8, World News
Eva M. Clayton

This G8 summit was, yet again, a missed opportunity for international leaders to make a real commitment to long-term food security and support for African and developing world farmers.

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Obama Campaign Stop at Factory Farm Propaganda Site, Billed as 'Grassroots Event'

Dave Murphy | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Farming, President Obama, Paul R Knapp Animal Learning Center, Cafo, Genetically Engineered Foods, Burger King, Antibiotics in Meat, Barack Obama, Gestation Crates, 2007 Iowa Caucus, Family Farm, Mcdonalds, Iowa State Fair, Factory Farm, Iowa, Antibiotics, Hillary Clinton, Gmos, Election 2012, Video, Green News
Dave Murphy

By showing up at the Paul R. Knapp "Animal Learning Center," President Obama and his staff show that they are out of touch with the needs of rural Iowans and likely to continue to plow down their unsustainable path of supporting the industrial agribusiness lobby.

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Is it Just Corn? Food, Energy and Global Trade

Fabio Parasecoli | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Ethanol. Biofuels, Global Trade, Farming, Food, International Development, Farm Bill, Corn, Food News
Fabio Parasecoli

This year, thanks to a mild spring, corn farmers are hoping for a bumper crop. The impact of this will be felt around the world. Here's what you need to know.

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Farming Better, Eating Better: On the Ground Solutions From the Growing Green Awards

Peter Lehner | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Gabebrown, Farming, Globalwarming, Sustainableagriculture, Fda, Growinggreenawards, Antibiotics, Ranchers, Meat, Video, Green News
Peter Lehner

Brown succeeds because he loves his work, he loves his land, and he believes that by making his ranch more sustainable, he's doing the right thing, for his family and his faith.

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Stop Excluding Women From Farmer Business Associations, Field School Training

Dr. Rekha Mehra | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Female Farmers, Farming, G(irls)20 Summit, G(irls)20 Summit 2012, Agriculture, Farmers, Africa, Developing World, Women Farmers, Impact News
Dr. Rekha Mehra

Women farmers work hard to grow food for themselves and their families, and for sale. They plant and tend, fertilize and weed, harvest and process -- in short, do all it takes to produce a crop. But they don't get much in return.

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Start Your Own Modern Homestead

Maria Rodale | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Maria Rodale, Farming, Canning, Robyn Jasko, Preserving, Local Food, Homesweet Homegrown, Gardening, Maria's Farm Country Kitchen, Homestead, Grow Your Own Food, Modern Homestead, Healthy Living News
Maria Rodale

by guest blogger Robyn Jasko, cofounder of Grow Indie With the rise in food costs, pesticides, and GMOs there's never been a better or more important...

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USDA Predicts Enormous Corn Harvest This Summer

AP | DAVID PITT | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Farming, Video, Corn Farming, USDA Farming, Corn, Corn Harvest, Farmers, Usda, Usda Farmers, Corn Farmers, Corn Record, Food News

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Consumers could see some relief from higher food prices by late fall, if the latest government crop forecast holds up. The U.S. A...

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Conservation Lessons of the Dust Bowl

Mark Tercek | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Green News, Farming, Farm Bill, Sustainable Agriculture, Conservation, Dust Bowl, Mark Tercek, Green News
Mark Tercek

It marked the peak of the American Dust Bowl, a nine-year period that destroyed farmlands, blackened skies and left millions homeless.

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Working Kids... to Disability and Death

Bruce Lesley | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Department of Labor, Dolores Huerta, Agribusiness, Workplace Safety, Child Labor Laws, Farming, CARE Act, Labor Laws, Agricultural Policy, Impact News
Bruce Lesley

According to a report in the Journal of Pediatrics, approximately 26,650 youth are injured on farms every year. Of these injuries, more than 3,700 require hospitalization. Now, passing the CARE Act is even more important.

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The Obama Administration Is Wrong to Deny American Farmers a Profitable Crop

Eric Steenstra | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Farming, Hemp Production, Hemp Legalization, Hemp, Farmers, Agriculture, Cannabis, Obama Drug Policy, Gil Kerlikowske, Obama Administration, Eric Holder, Industrial Hemp, Drug Policy, Politics News
Eric Steenstra

Despite growing consumer demand for these eco-friendly and healthy products, the U.S. remains the only industrialized nation in the world that allows the importation and sale of hemp raw materials and finished goods, but bans its farmers from growing the crop.

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Return to Bountiful

Liz Neumark | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Farming, Local Food, Growing Season, Seasonal Food, Farmers Almanac, Local Farmers, Seasonal Eating, Food News
Liz Neumark

Typically, Mother Nature reveals herself one treasure at a time -- this year it is an explosion of near-simultaneous arrival. Every farmer is shaking his or her head, just wondering what lies ahead this season.

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One Woman's Journey Around the World for a Good Cause

Erin Levin | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Heifer International, Farming, Travel, Global Poverty, Betty Londergan, Service, Travel Blogs, Writing, Good News News
Erin Levin

Betty Londergan's idea was to give away $100 a day for 365 days. She wanted to give to and highlight non-profits that most people had not yet heard about.

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Feeding the World Through Smarter Agriculture

Mark Tercek | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Farming, The Nature Conservancy, Mississippi River, Green News, Cargill, Agribusiness, Sustainable Agriculture, Conservation, Fortune Brainstorm Green, Mark Tercek, Food Security, Impact News
Mark Tercek

How can we meet the world's increasing demands for food, water and energy without degrading the natural systems we depend on for survival?

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Dave Jamieson

White House Caves On Controversial Regulations

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: White House, Farming, Labor, Video, Child Labor, Agriculture, Labor Department, Farmers, Farm Bureau, Denny Rehberg, Sarah Palin, Deregulation, Regulation, Barack Obama, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Facing political pressure from Republicans and farming groups, the White House has decided to scrap rules proposed last year that would ...

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Visit to a Rare Wasabi Farm (VIDEO)

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Sushi, Farming, Wasabi Plant, Frog Eyes Wasabi, Growing Wasabi, Wasabi, Agriculture, Video, Green News
Rebecca Gerendasy

There are only four wasabi farms in North America. The wasabi plant is difficult to grow commercially, and because of its value, these farms tend to be hidden from public view.

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Warren Buffett's Son Fights Rural Hunger

AP | JOHN FLESHER | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Archer Daniels Midland Co., Farming, Economic Downturn, Video, Poverty, Food Banks, Rural America, Invest an Acre, Warren Buffett, Howard G. Buffett, Feeding America, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Business News

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Farmer and philanthropist Howard G. Buffett, son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, wants to enlist fellow food producers...

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Falling in Love... With Dirt

Craig McCord | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Handpicked Nation, Agriculture, Green, Fresh Produce, Dallas, Farming, Community Service, Urban Farming, Ronisha Isham, We Over Me Farm, Slow Films, Texas Colleges, Michael Sorrell, Education, Paul Quinn College, Sustainability, College Students, Green News
Craig McCord

Paul Quinn College recently abandoned its football program and converted the field into a working organic farm maintained by the students themselves.

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Should Young Farmers Be Exempt From a National Draft?

Jenna Woginrich | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Organic Farming, Farming, Military Draft, Amish, Organic Food, Peak Oil, Green News
Jenna Woginrich

Would you be willing to grow or raise your own food in a time of national emergency such as war? Do you even know how?

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Three Ideas for the Food Movement (Small, Medium and Large)

Jedediah Purdy | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Organic Farming, Farming, Big Ag, Factory Farms, Sustainability, Ag Gag Bill, Ag-Gag Bill, Sustainable Farming, Big Agriculture, Green News
Jedediah Purdy

Around the country, farming states are passing "ag-gag" laws that punish activists who record and share horrific scenes from inside confined feeding operations and slaughterhouses. The reason is clear: when people get a good look at these scenes, they don't like them.

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Matt Sledge

Richard Mourdock: Sen. Dick Lugar's Ethanol Policies Making You Pay More For Gas

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Lugar Mourdock, Richard Mourdock, Farming, Ethanol Subsidies, Ethanol, Corn Ethanol, Indiana Senate 2012, Corn, Richard Lugar, Politics News

Facing a fierce primary challenge this year from the right, Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar found himself accused Wednesday night of driving up gas prices ...

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New Williams-Sonoma Line To Bring Mushroom Logs, Kombucha Kits To All

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Local Movement, Farming, Video, Williams-Sonoma Agrarian Line, Sustainable Food, Urban Farming, Sustainability, Food, Agrarian Line, Williams-Sonoma Agrarian, Organic, Williams-Sonoma, Food News

Good news for green thumbs everywhere: On Thursday Williams-Sonoma launches an agrarian line on its website and in six stores nationwide on April 9th....

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Where Have All The (Young) Farmers Gone?

AP | SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: US-Farmers, Farming, Video, American Farmers, Agriculture, Ranchers, Old Farmers, US Farmers Age, Young Farmers, Average Farmer Age, Old Ranchers, Green News

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan sees an epidemic of sorts sweeping across America's farmland. It has...

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Four Ways The Farm Bill Can Make You Crazy

Dan Imhoff | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Farming, Sustainable Agriculture, 2012 Farm Bill, Farms, Farm Bill, Agricultural Policy, Agriculture, Food News
Dan Imhoff

A rational, coherent blueprint for a healthy national food supply might be too much to ask. But after years of studying the Farm Bill, I'd be thrilled to see a dent made in four of its most glaring conflicts of purpose.

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Citing "Tradition," Big Ag Fights Reforms for Child Farmworkers

Michelle Chen | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Food, Farming, Human Rights, Farmworkers, Child Labor, Children, Labor Rights, Agriculture, Politics News
Michelle Chen

Child labor is a symptom of a monstrous blight across the food system: consumers relish cheap prices and companies reap profits, and workers pay the human cost.

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What's Worse than Early Spring? Early Spring Followed by a Freeze

Elliott Negin | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Green News, Farming, Climate Change, Fruit, Global Warming, Spring Creep, Agriculture, Green News
Elliott Negin

When I recently cautioned that we shouldn't be so giddy about warmer-than-normal temperatures in March, people called me a killjoy, a wet blanket, a nattering nabob of negativism, and worse. I now have more bad news.

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