Pastured Pigs

Swine has a filthy historic connotation, and most modern industrial hog production systems are enormous polluters and the source of much animal suffering. But it doesn’t have to be this way.  I have been interested …

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Crop Diversity Pays Off

Conventional agriculture production systems in developed countries rely heavily on fossil energy, but emerging uncertainties in energy supply indicate a need to better understand energy efficiency in conventional and alternative systems. So begins a press …

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Why Pasture

I recently had the honor and pleasure of spending a weekend at a retreat that involved many great people, including Wes Jackson of The Land Institute.  One of the highlights for me was when Wes displayed …

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