Posts By: Nathan Winters
The Unconventional Harvest: In the Farmers Own Words
I am excited to share the final sequences of my personal transformation and discovery of our nation’s food system and communities.
The Unconventional Harvest: Melstone, Montana—Population 136
In a land where people wore jeans, boots, and rancher hats all year round – I stuck out like a sore thumb. And I didn’t give a damn.
The Unconventional Harvest: A Large No-Till Organic Farm
I met Emily Stiegelmeier near Route 12 at the intersection of two long and lonely dirt roads near her 4,000 acre farm.
The Unconventional Harvest: New Forest Farm
What exactly is permaculture? This lingering question led me to Viola, Wisconsin to stay with Mark Shepard, a permaculture expert.
The Unconventional Harvest: Conventional Dairy Farmer Art Thelen
Art Thelin has worked on a Wisconsin dairy farm just outside the town of LaFarge since before he could read or write. Dairy farming is in his blood.
The Unconventional Harvest: Tantré Farm
Riding in the hot July sun I could smell basil more than a quarter mile from Tantré Farm.
The Unconventional Harvest: An Urban Oasis for Food
Why would I choose to ride my bicycle into the concrete jungle of a large city?
The Unconventional Harvest: Farm Sanctuary
Farm Sanctuary, Watkins Glen, New York There is a war between several animal rights organizations and modern industrial agriculture. This battle is political and personal and it is spilling out into America’s mainstream media outlets. On the front lines of the animal rights movement is Gene Baur, founder of the Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen, [...]


