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So you know that Bode Miller won Olympic gold last weekend.  Maybe you also know that the last Olympics didn’t go so well for Miller, on or off the slopes.  But did you know that he’s also an organic farmer and a lifelong vegetarian?  Stonyfield farm, corporate sponsor of Miller’s nonprofit, Turtle Ridge Foundation, produced [...]

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Originally published on the Daily Table, written by Sophy Bishop.
Walking through the door of the renovated Bed-Stuy warehouse, you may ask yourself, “what is this place?” Ahead, people swipe cards and work on touch screens computers. To your left, a well-stocked lending library; further ahead, a sun-drenched stairway, and to the right, a cheery [...]

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Long Time Coming The Obama Administration agreed yesterday to pay $1.25 billion to 80,000 African American farmers over long-standing discrimination charges after being denied loans that  in some cases, may have saved them from losing their farms.  The deal now moves to Congress for approval.  According to the LA Times, Obama’s USDA has “sharpened its [...]

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Here at home, supporters of industrial agriculture are alarmed by the prospect of having to curb their carbon footprint. And commodity crop farmers are reportedly feeling betrayed by the USDA’s new-found support for small-scale, sustainable agriculture.

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Which is to say, she asks some tough questions that probably shouldn’t be so tough to answer.  Couric’s recent series on the use of antibiotics in industrial livestock production – which she refers to several times as factory farming – made a splash in the food issue blogosphere, but what folks [...]

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A Grassier (and More Level) Playing Field This just in: the USDA is beefing up organic dairy regulations, especially grazing requirements.  Will the big guys go “all-natural?”
On the Move This week, First Lady Michelle Obama officially launched Let’s Move, her campaign against childhood obesity.
On Board The FLOTUS isn’t the only one who’s worried about the [...]

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A Video Valentine from Vote Solar from Vote Solar on Vimeo.
Just a couple of days left before the big day and our friends at Vote Solar are still looking for their Valentine.  They haven’t given up hope, though, because they released a video in which they spell out their every desire for a perfect match:
Dependable?  [...]

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It’s a good thing Michelle Obama’s arms are so fabulously fit, because she’s just signed on to do some serious heavy lifting. At Tuesday’s White House launch of the Let’s Move campaign, the First Lady declared her ambition to end childhood obesity within a generation:
I don’t want our kids to live diminished lives because we [...]

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The No Impact Project was born from the film and blog “No Impact Man,” in which New Yorker Colin Beaven and his family chose to live with as little environmental impact as possible for a year. Buying locally produced food and forgoing unnecessary shopping, public transportation, and even electricity at one point, Beaven and his family found that they gained much more than they lost during the project. The No Impact Project transforms some of the lessons learned by Beaven and his clan into lesson plans that teachers can use to help students learn about sustainability.

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Originally published by our friends at Cooking Up a Story.
This is the second in a series of “how-to” videos showcasing the knowledge and creativity of farmers who are have worked with the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program (SARE)—either as grant recipients, cooperators or leaders. In the first video, Jeanne Carver (Imperial Stock Ranch, Eastern [...]

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