The use of genetically modified organisms (G.M.O.'s, or GE's) is a hot and volatile topic in the world of sustainable farming. Nordic Breads, however, is taking a stand -- and leading the revolt with rye.

Through the unique combination of city-provided land and partner-provided funding, programs and labor, Lake Oswego has intuitively actualized a sustainable community farming model for other cities to follow.

Imagine a sustainable farm that is about the size of a city bus and is capable of producing fifty pounds of basil per day. Not only is that possib...

I felt I knew enough biology and farming to attempt a six-month bio-nutrient soils study on an organic farm. Ignorance is bliss and little did I know what I was in for.

Wendy, a fourth generation Italian farmer, is protective of her heritage. Picking up where her grandfather left off (even with some of his tools -- like a 1930s plow and seeder), she's resolved to be a part of retooling the supply for the predicted global food crisis.

No wine region outside of Burgundy is more defined by their terroir than the Mosel.

If you aren't able to make regular visits to every farm your food dollar touches, and if you really want to have confidence in the farms you are supporting, you need to look for a credible third-party certification.

Just before I was to leave for the 32nd Ecological Farming Conference in gorgeous Pacific Grove, CA, an unseasonable heatwave hit County Line Harvest Farm in Thermal, CA, where I'm conducting a bio-nutrient field study.

Good things take time, I've finally learned. Looking back now, I realize that the road to eating locally and sustainably is a slow, deliberate one -- something you grow into, rather than rush into.

On our way across North Carolina, we stopped to chat with some Native American Farmers trying to change the food and work situation in their communities.