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Politics of the Plate: CCD Clues, Fumigated Nuts, and Fish Farms
A new suspect emerges as the cause of the devastating disease, and more.
09.12.08
food politics
Four Farmers Project: Landing in Debt
One farmer is about to win a once-in-a-lifetime lottery. But even if he hits the jackpot, he’ll barely turn a profit.
09.12.08
- Keywords
- sam hurst,
- four farmers project,
- agriculture,
- produce,
- environment
food politics
Four Farmers Project: No Room for Error
One farmer hopes to make the biggest harvest of his life, but everything has to go right.
09.04.08
- Keywords
- sam hurst,
- four farmers project,
- agriculture,
- produce,
- environment
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Salmongate
Something was fishy when Vice Presidential hopeful Sarah Palin spoke out against a pro-salmon initiative.
09.03.08
food politics
Four Farmers Project: Diminishing Returns
Unless these farmers get a killer frost in the next two weeks, they’ll just barely make it to harvest.
08.28.08
- Keywords
- sam hurst,
- four farmers project,
- agriculture,
- produce,
- environment
food politics
Four Farmers Project: The Tragedy of the Commons
In the midst of the calm, two headlines illustrate the paradox of farming on the Great Plains.
08.21.08
- Keywords
- sam hurst,
- four farmers project,
- agriculture,
- produce,
- environment
travel + culture
Going Green While Turning Gray
A Southwest assisted-living facility serves up farm-to-table living, with acres of tomatoes, herb gardens, and a mean rotisserie chicken.
08.19.08
- Keywords
- karen coates,
- nutrition/diet,
- southwest,
- culinary culture,
- ecology
food politics
Four Farmers Project: Golden Opportunity
The plains are aflame with the gaudy spectacle of the sunflower bloom. But beneath it all, a war is going on.
08.15.08
- Keywords
- sam hurst,
- four farmers project,
- agriculture,
- produce,
- environment
food politics
Four Farmers Project: A Land of High Anxiety
This is a land where you can work hard from sunup to sunset and still have no control over Mother Nature.
08.08.08
- Keywords
- sam hurst,
- four farmers project,
- agriculture,
- produce,
- environment
food politics
Four Farmers Project: Hail + Drift
Our farmers continue to sleep with one eye open to the nightmare rumble of late-night thunderstorms. Hail falls, pollen drifts, and a wandering bull heads west.
07.31.08
- Keywords
- sam hurst,
- four farmers project,
- agriculture,
- produce,
- environment