by Carrie Stadheim | March 2, 2018 After working for Cactus Feeders and establishing a successful feeding operation of his own, Matt Thompson and his family may have been the target of a bureaucracy that wanted them gone. When their licensing conditions were arbitrarily changed, forcing them to cut their feedlot numbers nearly in half,…
By Louis Sahagun | Mar 02, 2018 Sand to Snow National Monument is a quiet place — its mountainous high desert and cascading streams a draw for those seeking panoramic views, tranquility and solitude. But on a recent morning, the serenity was ruined by a menacing bellowing, making it clear passing hikers weren’t alone. On…
by Marty Irby | Mar 2, 2018 “I am sorry for the need to remind you that your meeting is taking place after many years of public indifference to the most pressing issues of agriculture and rural life.” So began a letter, written by Wendell Berry and delivered on behalf of the celebrated Kentucky farmer…
AtlantaFresh Artisan Creamery March 2 at 7:13pm A message from Ron Marks, the owner: To all of our dear wonderful customers. After almost 10 years of making yogurt, we are so sorry to have to tell you that AtlantaFresh is closing its doors for business. Please see the details in this press release below as…
What the alt-protein revolution tells us about the future of eating. by Joe Fassler | March 1st, 2018 Last year, at a home kitchen in San Francisco, Chef Thomas Bowman prepared a radically new kind of meal: chicken nuggets made from a chicken that was still alive. Bowman’s employer, the “alternative protein” company Just—formerly known…