Posts Categorized: Food and Sustainable Agriculture

Some may have been surprised to read this week in the Star Tribune and Agri News that the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association talked one of the biggest agribusinesses in the… Read more »

While editing a recent LSP podcast featuring farmer Joel Salatin, I was reminded of a New York Times feature on young urbanites “returning to the land” to raise food. Taken… Read more »

Agro-environmental shocker of the week: corn-based ethanol production may be contributing to the development of antibiotic-resistant superbugs. Think about that the next time you gas up at the pump so… Read more »

In a recent television interview, Scott County farmer Heidi Morlock made a nice argument for why diverse farming operations cannot separate out so-called “productive” and “non-productive” land. It’s all part… Read more »

Apparently, the lessons of 2008 aren’t sticking with the Minnesota Legislature when it comes to the Green Acres debacle. It came to light this week that certain lawmakers are trying… Read more »

This week’s Star Tribune article on Community Supported Agriculture will no doubt stoke the already burning interest in this innovative system for participating in the food chain. To help feed… Read more »

A few random thoughts from the Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota‘s 18th annual conference, which was held at St. Olaf in Northfield last Saturday:

As we’ve reported here recently, changes made to the Minnesota Green Acres program by the 2008 Legislature have raised havoc with farmers, assessors, environmentalists and anyone else who cares about… Read more »

When the New York Times‘ Andrew Martin dug into the results from the most recent U.S. Census of Agriculture, the resulting article had a clever headline: “Farm Living (Subsidized by… Read more »

It’s early in the 2009 session, and the Minnesota Legislature has already taken some serious steps towards fixing the disastrous problems it foisted upon the Green Acres program in 2008…. Read more »