February 20, 2010 Denise O’Brien has begun a new series on the Blog for Iowa website about sustainable agriculture. O’Brien (co-founder of Women, Food & Agriculture Network) and her husband Larry Harris have been growing organic produce for over 30 years and sell through their Rolling Acres CSA. She will be discussing the different [...]
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An Iowa Farmer on the Meaning of Sustainability
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A look into the Edible future
February 01, 2010 Washington Post journalist Jane Black, from her recent trip to the yearly Edible Institute conference in Santa Fe, NM, writes about the food trends seen for the upcoming year. Five are mentioned, including one about CSA’s evolving:
“I’ve always loved the idea of community-supported agriculture, but the structure has always been too [...]
Posted in CUpS Food News Wire Also tagged edible communities, food trends, greenhouses, Local Food Economy, seafood, sustainable energy, sustainable food 2 Comments
Community Egg Co-op
Cooking Up a Story: Stories
Have you ever attempted to raise chickens yourself? Bread, beer, fruits and vegetables all taste noticeably better when fresh. Well eggs do too! For Patrick and Holly, they were already true believers having raised chickens before. This time they wanted to raise more chickens than ever before—not just for [...]
Posted in Food Stories Also tagged community supported agriculture, egg cooperative, fresh eggs, Local Food Economy, stories, sustainable agriculture, urban agriculture 17 Comments
Getting local foods to local tables: Part III, a farmer’s perspective
January 11, 2010 After all the planning, planting, and harvesting, how does a farmer get all that food distributed locally?
“Even with bizarre weather patterns and climate change, even with the seemingly random challenges every natural system throws in one’s way, connecting the food they produce with the people who want to eat that food [...]
Posted in CUpS Food News Wire Also tagged agriculture, business, buyer's club, distribution, eating fresh, eating local, fair living wage, family farmers, farmers market, farming, Local Food Economy, meat, produce Post a comment
Red Truck Farm
As I drive across this quiet stretch of river on the small, two-lane bridge to Sauvie Island, leaving for now the city of Portland not so far behind, I want to write the story of Red Truck Farm, a 1/2-acre vegetable and dry bean farm dedicated to growing organic food for the local community. [...]
Posted in Food Conversations Also tagged Growing & Raising Food, peggy acott, portland nursery, red truck farm, small family farm, urban agriculture Post a comment
A Diversified Crop and Livestock Farmer: My Introduction
Part I: I am a diversified livestock and vegetable farmer with six acres of land, where I now run a full time farm business called The Little Homestead. While I’ll be covering various aspects of food and farming in future articles on CUpS, I figured that first off, an introduction would be in order. [...]
Posted in Food Conversations Also tagged diversified farm, emu, farming, fresh chicken eggs, goats, Growing & Raising Food, horses, joanne rigutto, the little homestead Comments closed
