Mapping Markets and Organic Demand
Today is “Direct Markets” day for the USDA’s new “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food”
When government officials hear the words "backyard livestock," they
When the subject of Monterey, California, comes up, most people
This is part 2 of a series on aquaculture, inspired by a recent article published by an international team of researchers in the Proceedings of the National
The products of aquaculture, the farming of sea creatures and plants, are often divided into "bad fish" — piscavores, like salmon, that eat more pounds
The human mind is fascinating. Understanding how we make decisions, how we form preferences, how we think about the future is not only intellectually interesting,
Today is “Direct Markets” day for the USDA’s new “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food”
Today is "Farm to Institution" day for the USDA's new "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food" initiative.
I went to a Slow Food USA "Eat In" at the foot of San Francisco's magnificent City Hall on Monday, one of several hundred events
One of the interesting data tidbits in the recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) is annual American food expenditures. Using
Busy bees: Washington State University researchers think they might have found a cause of colony collapse disorder, the mysterious malady that has been wiping out bee colonies around the world. They propose
In recent years, farmers have received an ever-decreasing share of the retail dollar, even during recent spikes
Standing in front of a 50-foot tall display of potatoes, mushrooms, beef jerky, and other agricultural products at the 2009 All-American Farm Expo in Modesto, CA recently, Secretary of Agriculture Tom
Don't croak early, SoCal fishermen!: Thanks to unregulated dumping of DDT and PCBs into Southern California sewers between the 1950s and '70s, fish caught off-shore from Los Angeles can have high concentrations