by Aaron Carnes | Sunday, Jul 2, 2017 04:30 PM MDT Fighting back against the food desert one square-foot farming plot at a time, Chanowk Yisrael leads the way Chanowk Yisrael runs next door to surprise his neighbors with a bowl of cherries he just harvested with the help of 48 other members of the…
by Peter Carrels | June 29, 2017 Since 2009, an area the size of Kansas has been converted to crops Gabe Brown’s 5,200-acre farm and ranch in central North Dakota practically straddles the 100th meridian, the line that historically divided Eastern lands that were farmed from the drier Western lands that were grazed by livestock….
Howdy, NeFU Member Tim Rinne has penned an excellent op ed in today’s Lincoln Journal Star pasted below. It connects the dots between our food production system, national security, and climate change. Well done Tim! As far as George Will goes, his “Let’s stay Restless, America” column given his take on our nation’s food needs,…
By Tom Meersman, Star Tribune | July 01, 2017 – 2:50 PM Matthew Fitzgerald was at the wheel of a tractor last week near Hutchinson, Minn., flames from a customized cultivator trailing him as the last step in his efforts to rid the grass and weeds from the rows of organic corn plants. The unusual…
By Benjamin Davison | June 30 Consumer demand and government policy decimated rural America. When searching for the roots of Trumpism, analysts inevitably turn to rural America, the geographic center of President Trump’s support. Yet seldom do they consider the heart of rural America: the family farm. It’s there that Americans’ appetite for cheap food…
The Register’s editorial Published 7:30 a.m. CT June 30, 2017 Shifting from two-crop cycle can produce profits and environmental benefits Seth Watkins has impressive Iowa agriculture bona fides: He’s a fourth-generation farmer. He raises 600 cows and tends 3,200 acres east of Clarinda in southwest Iowa. His grandmother, Jessie Field Shambaugh, founded 4-H. Yet some…