Good Food is Everybody's Business
While 87% of American consumers surveyed said that taste is the most important purchase influencer, they are clearly looking for cheap – and maybe healthy – food. And it appears that consumers are rapidly approaching the time when price will become more important than taste.
Are we causing an immune deficiency in our crops? The conventional industrial ag system may be killing the community of microbes that act as our crops’ immune system. The organic philosophy of crop nutrition begins with proper care and nourishment of the organisms responsible for the soil microbes’ digestive process.
During his years as a scientist working for the British government in India, Sir Albert Howard conceived of and refined the principles of organic agriculture. Howard’s The Soil and Health became a seminal and inspirational text in the organic movement soon after its publication in 1945.
Thank goodness today’s “Extension Service” has no relationship to the ag extension agent once portrayed on the Green Acres TV show that ran in the late 1960s and early 1970s. eOrganic – the 21st-century version – looks nothing like your father’s extension service.
Spring 1966, we have 7 sheep: Mama and Sure to Go, their 4 lambs, and the old ram, Hercules. We need another fence, or possibly two, built. And thanks to the “fencing fund,” we can do it!
With current market conditions, it has become increasingly cheaper to buy distantly produced goods, despite the increased cost of packaging, transport, inspection and associated expenses. Along with lower prices come added costs. See the entire infographic
Bluebird Grain Farms’ emmer gets two thumbs up from GoodFood World! Emmer is a sweet tasty grain that is high protein and low gluten, which makes it edible for some people who don’t tolerate commercial wheat gluten very well.
The Methow is home to BlueBird Grain Farm, where Brooke and Sam Lucy raise an ancient grain called emmer. Farming 200 acres, the Lucy family takes their grain from seed to the store shelf and controls the quality through every step.
