By Patricia Burke Wouldn’t it be incredible if we could stop and catch our breath? And at the same time, maybe catch where we are in our collective consciousness? Do it. When and Why Wisdom Schools Disappear Today, in many communities, you can go to…
By Miguel Leyva Around the world, many countries have banned paraquat, but the U.S. has not yet taken this action. Although sold under many names, usually, farmers can purchase the herbicide in stores as Gramoxone, manufactured by Syngenta. Paraquat, one of the most deadly weed…
By Kenny Stancil In an effort to inform policymakers, advocates, and the public about the impacts of agrifood corporations on the U.S. food system and build support for transforming the nation’s agricultural practices, the Family Farm Action Alliance released a new report on Wednesday that details how…
By Neenah Payne Scientific American warns that the world’s remaining topsoil will be gone within 60 years. So, unless we find a way to save our soils, we have just 60 harvests left. Industrial chemical agriculture is destroying our soils and our health. Since it…
Comments by Brian Shilhavy Editor, Health Impact News The vast majority of the American population is completely ignorant about the United States militarized industrial corporate food system that feeds most of the population, and is used to topple governments worldwide. Less than 1% of our…
By Tyler Durden Kirk Hinz, a meteorologist with BAMWX, published an agriculture note Thursday which outlines “persisting rains” in some parts of the Southwest but “expanding dryness” in the north. Hinz concentrates on the corn belt, which spans the Midwest. He said, “expanding drought into…
By GRAIN The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has spent nearly US$6 billion over the past 17 years trying to improve agriculture, mainly in Africa. This is a lot of money for an underfunded sector, and, as such, carries great weight. To better understand how…
By Cap Allon Grow your own carrots — they’re a homesteading staple. We get through hundreds of the things over the course of a year. They are good straight from the ground, raw, and add a great nutritious element to any meal — carrots are…
By Cap Allon Potatoes are the main staple of our homestead. They contain all the essential amino acids you need to build proteins, repair cells, and fight diseases — eating just five spuds a day would technically keep you alive (although eventually you’d run into vitamin and…
By Amanda Bowers MONTPELIER, Vt. (July 1, 2021) – Today a Vermont law goes into effect that expands raw milk sales through community-supported agricultural organizations (CSA’s) and farm stands. Activation of this law takes an additional step toward rejecting a federal prohibition scheme in practice…
By Misty Anderson Thanks to an extra-long spring season this year, our gardens have been especially generous and now we have an overabundance of vegetables – especially our beefsteak tomatoes. This new series will discuss how to use up that extra produce in your garden….
By Ice Age Farmer In this special Ice Age Farmer broadcast, Christian is joined by Dr. Frédéric Leroy, a professor in the field of food science and biotechnology at Vrije Universiteit, to detail what can only be described as an attempted hostile takeover of all…
By Ken Roseboro While U.S. agribusiness groups are trying to pressure Mexico into abandoning their announced bans on glyphosate herbicide and imports of genetically modified corn by 2024, U.S. suppliers of non-GMO seed and grain see an opportunity to supply Mexico with non-GMO corn. “Could…
By Joanna Miller Growing a successful garden can be hard to achieve depending on where you live. I began gardening in the Chicago suburbs, a wonderful place in which to grow things. The seasons were regular, the rain was abundant, and the soil was fertile. …
By Neenah Payne Registration is now open for the free Grow System Summit which will be held online May 21-23 starting at 6PM CT. The summit will be hosted by Marjory Wildcraft, Founder of The Grow Network and author of The Grow System Book: The…
By Indiana Lee There’s no question. Our environment is under more pressure than ever before. Recent projections expect the global population to exceed 8 billion by 2025. However, the amount of land used for sustainable farming will remain at current levels. It is perhaps little wonder,…
By Neenah Payne Dr. Zach Bush points out that we are in the Sixth Great Extinction now and human survival depends on the urgent restoration of our soils to provide the nutritious foods we need. However, although Hippocrates said, “Let food be your medicine and…
By Neenah Payne In 2020, Americans faced empty grocery stores shelves for the first time. Curtis Stone, The Urban Farmer, warns about more food shortages and provides tips on how to grow lots of food on small plots. See his book The Urban Farmer. The…
By Ice Age Farmer Oregon Bill IP13 would criminalize raising food animals in the state, and reclassify animal husbandry practices as “sexual assault.” The bill specifies that animals can only be eaten after dying of natural causes (at which point, aged/diseased meat is not good)….
By Jonathan Latham, Ph.D According to a new peer-reviewed paper, “The Myth of a Food Crisis,” corrupt philanthropic and academic sectors in agriculture and development perpetuate the lie that Big Ag is the only way to feed the world. Sustainable, local, organic food grown on…
