At Huerta Del Valle, a community garden in Ontario, California, organizers want to see the people there grow with the food. After nearly three years, 62 families grow organic produce in their own 10- by 20-foot plots for which they pay a mere $30 a year. The four-acre site has ...read more
After four years of drought in California, John Jordan saw the need to invest in better water conservation at his vineyard and winery in Healdsburg. From smarter irrigation to wastewater reclamation, Jordan Winery has shown dedication to sustainable practices by reducing the ...read more
While the East Coast clears out after Winter Storm Jonas, Phoenix has reached its prime growing season. At an urban farming initiative downtown, beginning farmers harvest lettuce, carrots, beets, and greens, said Kelly Young, an assistant agent in the University of Arizona ...read more
Carly Lilly went into the winter with 2,000 pounds of carrots in storage for her two local food-fueled restaurants in Moscow, Idaho. But that wasn’t all – she also stored “tons of potatoes, beets, turnips…” “We have a ridiculous amount of root crops in storage,” Lilly said in an ...read more
Steven Elam, principal of Southeastern High School in Detroit, wants his students to help their community get back on its feet and he thinks an urban farm can do it. “This is our neighborhood. We want to be a part of it,” Elam said. Right outside the school's front door, ...read more
Consider the holiday ham – that slab of perfectly pink pork that sits at the center of many American dinner tables at Christmas celebrations. While it isn’t fried up like bacon or of questionable origin like hot dogs, cured ham is another processed red meat that should be ...read more
BrightFarms CEO Paul Lightfoot has it in mind to outdo big food companies by offering grocery stores in places like Philadelphia something California companies can’t: Local produce. Supermarkets certainly see the increased demand for local food but they’re set up to make big ...read more
If one thing is obvious in the world of agriculture it’s that farmers and ranchers know the name of the game is adaptation. But climate change poses a threat to wine regions and vineyards because a lot happens at once and the changes can be wild. Despite the luxury associated ...read more
Charitable giving is part of American culture as much as blowout shopping days like Black Friday. In 2014, Americans gave $358 billion, according to the National Philanthropic Trust. That's almost $3,000 per household. For the last four years, thousands of people around the ...read more
College students around the U.S. can’t stomach the idea that while 1 in 6 Americans don’t know where their next meal will come from, Americans waste 40 percent of their food. The inconsistency drove many to join or start campus chapters of the Food Recovery Network – a ...read more
Rather than sitting back and waiting for regulators and lawmakers to fix the problem of antibiotic resistance exacerbated by the prevalent use of antibiotics in livestock, scientists at the University of California San Francisco have called on hospitals to change the food they ...read more
While not small in its effect, the Salmonella outbreak connected to Fig & Olive restaurants in Washington, D.C. and West Hollywood, Calif., likely stems from a traditional sort of food contamination. The impact of the outbreak is wide because the restaurant uses a central ...read more
From rooftops to raised beds, Green City Growers has made a name for itself installing small farms in useful places all around Boston. As interest in urban farming has grown across the country in recent years, the demand has made way for companies like Green City Growers to ...read more
After two trips to an urgent care clinic and three days in a hospital, Amanda Devian’s bout with Salmonella was just getting started. On Sept. 7, she enjoyed a meal of mushroom croquette and Chilean Sea Bass at Fig & Olive in West Hollywood. She was sick the next day, ...read more
Chef Mateo Granados knows everything about the delicious food he serves atMateo’s Cocina Latina in Healdsburg, Calif. He forms close relationships with the Sonoma farmers that supply his ingredients. When they ask him what vegetables he needs, he tells them to grow what their ...read more
Neighborhood residents that walk by Fresh Future Farm still call it a garden. That perception will change when they add livestock, founder Germaine Jenkins said. For now, even those neighbors who grew up on rural farms stop and admire the crops raised through this urban farming ...read more
The Big Lost Fire in northern Idaho near the Washington State border came within a mile of Dallas Sexton’s farm before the wind changed and blew it away from his house instead. Sexton was saved from fire damage, but smoke and heat wreaked havoc on his small farm, where he raises ...read more
Looking to interpret the ingredients in processed foods? For many grocery-store shoppers, choosing between all the items on the shelves includes a glance at the list of ingredients. Artificial coloring, flavoring, and gum? What’s even in this food, you wonder. One ...read more
Have you considered urban foraging but don’t know where to start? Whether you’re interested in wasting less food, eager to save money on produce, or want to explore your area’s seasonal fruit, plant, and nut offerings, urban foraging is easy with the Falling Fruit map. Urban ...read more
That meat you purchased at the farmers market may have come from nearby local meat farms, but before making it to your table, it likely took a long trip – hundreds, maybe thousands of miles – to be processed. A bill proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives aims to keep ...read more