Right now before the California State Senate is Bill SB1056, which if passed will prohibit counties from banning the growing of genetically engineered crops.

Check out this video of Marion Nestle on TreeHuggerTV.

I heard herbalist/author Christopher Hobbs tell a story about how he would walk by a house in his neighborhood that had a plum tree in the front yard that no one was harvesting.

It seems like the squirrels are in a generous mood. For the first time in two years they have left me some apples on my apple tree.

Recently the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns, holding a handful of contaminated rice at a press conference said, don’t worry, be happy.

There is a Burmese proverb that says, “A full gut supports moral precepts.”

There comes a time for me, in the midst of a protracted crisis or tragedy, that I find myself praying that the increasingly bad news stops expanding; that the widening scope of the tragedy begins t

Breeze blows rattling cornstalks
Gold tassels shiver in the sun
Invisible blessing

The FDA, in its usual baffling logic, has said that meat and milk from cloned animals are safe to eat, and that no special labeling is needed to give shoppers a choice.

Excerpt from a 2006 Conference Workshop

Tens of thousands of people filled the streets of Mexico City protesting the rising cost of tortillas, which have doubled over the past year.

I’ve been actively engaged in sustainable ag for the last 15 years as a farmer/manager of various enterpr

“The farm bill is making kids sick.” That is according to Ann Cooper, the visionary chef whose former clients include the Grateful Dead and Hillary

The following is a news release from Cornucopia institute