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The Farm Bloc
The Senate Committee on Agriculture is responsible for U.S. farm policy as we know it—but Kirsten Gillibrand, the committee’s newest member, may help push it in a better direction....
02.25.09
- Keywords
- agriculture,
- farms + fish,
- farming,
- produce,
- sam hurst
travel + culture
How to Help Australia
The devastating fires this month have ruined lives and livelihoods. Here’s how to help.
02.20.09
- Keywords
- pat nourse,
- culinary culture,
- australia,
- agriculture,
- australia
food politics
The Latest National Agriculture Census
Amid all the latest statistics about farms in the U.S., some unexpected and potentially important developments.
02.12.09
- Keywords
- agriculture,
- farms + fish,
- farming,
- produce,
- sam hurst
food politics
The CSA That Isn’t One
To spread the gospel of organic produce, one company is catering to the masses but keeping its core values.
01.06.09
- Keywords
- jane black,
- farms + fish,
- farming,
- agriculture,
- produce
food politics
Four Farmers Project: Barren Fields
King Corn stands alone as the last crop, battered and wind swept. The gaudy tassel top hats of August have long since broken off and blown away.
11.20.08
- Keywords
- sam hurst,
- four farmers project,
- farms + fish,
- agriculture,
- produce
food politics
Four Farmers Project: Hurry Up and Wait
It’s the heart of the corn harvest, and nothing is moving. Farmers worry that their predicament could lead to a genuine disaster.
11.14.08
- Keywords
- sam hurst,
- four farmers project,
- farms + fish,
- agriculture,
- produce
food politics
Politics of the Plate: The Crate Escape
California has banned the close confinement of farm animals, and other states may soon follow its lead.
11.07.08
- Keywords
- barry estabrook,
- politics of the plate,
- farms + fish,
- legislation,
- meat
food politics
Four Farmers Project: Blizzard
Farm country is paralyzed. This is the kind of wet, fat-flaked storm that blows so hard the snow sticks and turns to concrete on kitchen window panes.
11.07.08
- Keywords
- sam hurst,
- four farmers project,
- farms + fish,
- agriculture,
- produce
travel + culture
Notes from Noryangjin
If it’s exotic sea creatures you’re after, Seoul’s Noryangjin Marine Products Market—which is a lot livelier than its name—is the place to go....
10.27.08
- Keywords
- jonathan gold,
- travel,
- seoul,
- seafood,
- fish
travel + culture
The Town That Food Saved
Hardwick’s economic future was dim, until a chain of events turned it into one of the most important food towns in America.
10.20.08
- Keywords
- ben hewitt,
- organics market,
- nutrition/diet,
- farms + fish,
- culinary culture