Most people assume they pay a high price for food at the farmers market. Isn’t that why they call us farmers market shoppers elitist? But a study of markets in Iowa by the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture actually gives a slight edge to local vegetables, price-wise, compared to conventional produce. Statistically, the differences were […]
David Gumpert, author of The Complete Patient blog, writes that raw milk dairyman Mark McAfee recently received a standing ovation from a crowd of nearly 1,000 small farmers in Wisconsin when he said this: “The most patriotic thing we can do as farmers is rebel. Tell the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) to pasteurize […]
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Caryn Ernst had not seen herself as a chicken crusader when she hatched some eggs for her daughters’ elementary school project. But after D.C. Animal Control swooped in and snatched the six-week-old chicks out of her Capitol Hill back yard, Ernst found a new mission She teamed up with her local city council member and […]
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