by Alan Lewis | March 22, 2019 First, congratulations on your commitment to making the world a better place. It’s not always popular (or safe) to take a stand on principle when the rest of the world is unaware or insensitive to matters you find extremely important. However (you knew that was coming), many of…

by Lisa Held | March 11, 2019 Although they’re generally coping much better than their conventional dairy counterparts, “organic” is no longer synonymous with “safe” for farmers. On January 17, more than 30 organic dairy farmers—most of whom sell their milk to Organic Valley or Maple Hill—gathered at a farm near Syracuse, New York. The…

by Corie Brown | December 12th, 2017 Food policy councils are making local changes that “trickle up.” And this is only the beginning. In 2014, a group of four well-known food reformers—led by Omnivore’s Dilemma author Michael Pollan—wrote a Washington Post op-ed in the form of a letter to the future president of the United…

Abolish the electoral college? Here’s a better idea for Democrats. Presidential candidate Julián Castro greets potential voters in Storm Lake, Iowa, on Feb. 23. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg) By David Von Drehle Columnist March 22 Pledging to abolish the electoral college is a sure crowd-pleaser with Democratic voters this year. It’s easy to understand why. Twice in…

On the 30th of March at 10:30 to Noon CDT, OCM’s Chris Petersen and Greg Gunthorp will be speaking at the event at Frank Starr Park in Storm Lake, Iowa. The event is hosted by Family Farm Action. Featured Sponsor: Organization for Competitive Markets Sponsors:Working Hero Action and Regeneration International Participating Organizations: Association of American…

by Teresa Farney | Mar 5, 2019 Mike Callicrate, owner of Ranch Foods Direct and a family farm advocate with a wealth of information on food systems, is all about filling store shelves and refrigerated cabinets with locally produced foods. He recently was excited to talk about the several head of Wagyu cattle he is…

Boston City Council passes landmark food justice policy The Good Food Purchasing Program will bring healthy, sustainable and ethically sourced food to the city. BOSTON — Today, the Boston City Council unanimously voted to advance a precedent-setting Good Food Purchasing Program (GFPP) for the city. The policy will transform the way public institutions purchase food…

Howdy, The damage estimates I hear from briefings are more consistently headed towards $1 billion plus. It will take some time to get more detailed numbers assembled. I think the numbers will clearly say this is the most destructive flood in our state’s history. The carnage left behind floods for residential, business, and agricultural owners…

SB 68 Signed Into Law! The South Dakota Stockgrowers Association is excited to announce that Governor Kristi Noem has signed Senate Bill 68, the Fake Meat bill. SB 68 relies on existing statutory definitions of meat food products and meat by-products and makes it clear that a food product may not be labeled in a…

posted March 6, 2019 Dear Reader, How should we think about meat in the 21st century? At The New Food Economy, we’ve learned that questions about meat consumption and production tend to have the same answer: “It’s complicated.” That’s why we’re headed to Texas A&M to host Raising Meat, a summit that will defy the…