Visiting Fine Pastures
Farmland LP acquires conventional farmland and converts it to organic farmland. An important step in that process is the establishment of pasture. We restore soil fertility and tilth by placing ground into a combination of …
Sustainability
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 …
Energy in U.S. Food System
I wanted to highlight a recent post from Michael Bomford of Kentucky State University on his blog Energy Farms. Michael notes that USDA data show that the U.S. Food System is INCREASING its use of …
Oil and Larkspur
The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s …
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 …