Why Farmers Need to Be Activists By Tanya Tolchin Courtesy of Food Politic, Journal of Food News and CultureMany small family farms switch into gear in late winter and early spring to get …
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Subsidizing Big Ag
Small Farms Left Out of Farm Bill By Charlene OldhamWhen the first “farm bill” was created in the late 1930s to help family farms, horses and hand plows were as common on farms as Model …
Talking About The Weather
There’s a fast-paced, smart device game called “Fingerzilla” that lets you rain Godzilla-like destruction down upon virtual cityscapes and towns using only your finger. While being at the helm of such …
The Lemon Lady
Karen Morss is called the Lemon Lady. She started her suburban Emerald Hills, CA (San Mateo County), an organic citrus farm, Lemon Ladies Orchard, in 2004. She has done her part breaking glass …
Getting Back Up
I’ve always been a pretty active person—something that made coming down with a random medical condition all the more humbling. About a month ago I had an acute onset of achalasia, an uncommon disorder …
Pest Policy Questioned: Panelists say Quarantines Unfair to California Farmers
The Light Brown Apple Moth is an indigenous pest considered harmless to crops in New Zealand, Hawaii, Australia, and the UK, all countries that are free to export fruits and vegetables to U.S. markets …