In the March 2020 issue of the NODPA (Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance) News, Ed Maltby (NODPA’s executive director) answered the question: “How will organic production’s positive contribution to (abating) climate change be recognized?” Early in his answer, Maltby
Ed. Note: This article was first printed in Country Folks on Feb. 12, 2018. With some large slaughter facilities either closed or operating with minimal employees, more consumers are looking for locally raised beef and we felt republishing it
by Stephen Wagner
“Being that there’s always going to be bacteria on the food we get, the question arises as to what happens to some of those bacteria when they carry resistance genes,” said Dr. Lowell Midla, veterinary technical
by Katie Navarra
With grocery store shelves empty, farmers plowing under crops, packing plants closing and dairies dumping milk, the question on everybody’s mind is “Will there be enough food – not just tomorrow, but six months or a
by Sally Colby
Spring is here and farmers keep farming; hopeful that this season will bring positive changes. That may happen as a result of the USDA’s recent announcement of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), a $19 billion
by Troy Bishopp
SYRACUSE, NY – American author and farmer Wendell Berry waxed philosophic about our greatest resource: “The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all. It is the healer and restorer and
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will long be remembered as a time which upended people’s lives and livelihoods and caused too many family tragedies to count. Each day, there is more depressing news about more cases and more deaths. It
by Jane Primerano
MARKSBORO, NJ – Some Warren County farmers are growing artisanal grain and arranging to control the processing themselves.
Warren County was once known for its dairy farms and is still one of the most agricultural counties
