Legal Challenges to Big Ag, the USDA, and the FDA
Lawsuits are flying around the food world these days! Do lawsuits like these work? Sometimes!
Author: GoodFood World
Voices From the Farm: Building the Farm and the Flock, and Adding to the Menagerie
Little did I suspect, at that early date, that not too many years hence, I would be pasturing nearly 300 sheep. However, there would be lots of changes in store before that could happen!
A Dozen Reasons to Have Urban Chickens
Thinking about a few chickens? Here are a dozen reasons why you should have them in your backyard!
Farmer Jane: Women Changing The Way We Eat by Temra Costa
Farmer Jane profiles twenty-six women in the sustainable food industry who are working toward a more holistic food system in America a system that ensures our health with wholesome natural foods, protects the earth and wildlife, treats farm workers fairly, and stimulates local economies.
Black Mulberry Tree (Morus nigra)
My favorite berry is black mulberry, because it is so delicious, and such a rare treat to eat in Seattle. I have requested that a black mulberry tree be planted on my grave.
Diane Morrison, Wendel’s True Foods
Diane Morrison, owner and general manager, offers a specialty product line up of baked goods using only the finest all-natural ingredients and without preservatives.
Functional Foods, Super Foods – What ARE You Eating?
Somehow I thought all foods were “functional foods,” after all, their function is to nourish our bodies. And as for “super foods?” I’d include things …
Voices From the Farm: A Busy Spring Continues
In May we had our sheep sheared, not a real big deal, as we only had 3 sheep to shear – Mama, Sure to Go, and Hercules. Since we had so few sheep, it was not worth hiring a professional shearer, instead we hired a neighbor who had a small flock and sheared his own sheep. He was not an expert by any means, and it was quite an ordeal, not only for the sheep, but also the shearer, and the onlookers.