Agriculture

While eco labels are skyrocketing in popularity, do they have tangible benefits for farmers? Editor Jenna Blumenfeld traveled to Guatemala to find out

Through operating their farm Stahlbush Island Farms, Bill and Karla Chambers have become pioneers in sustainable farming and food production. From becoming the first certified-sustainable farm to implementing the first biogas plant to power its entire operation, Stahlbush Island Farms break new ground daily. Organic Connections, the magazine for Natural Vitality, reports.

North Carolina’s Center for Environmental Farming Systems—an organic agricultural research facility—demonstrates how a local and sustainable food system can be realized on the statewide, mainstream level. Organic Connections, the magazine for Natural Vitality, reports.

Many have the vision of creating a community-involved local and sustainable food supply. In the town of Northampton, Massachusetts, it is actually happening. Read all about their story in Organic Connections, the magazine for Natural Vitality.

In his documentary American Meat, filmmaker Graham Meriwether found it really isn’t a simple matter of “good and evil” concerning the American food system. Graham sat down with Organic Connections, the magazine for Natural Vitality, to convey that, in the end, the solution must include all of us.

It is rare to find an industrial farmer who has made the remarkable journey to becoming organic and sustainable—but Eric Herm, West Texas farmer and author of Son of a Farmer, Child of the Earth, is doing exactly that.

Fun and festivities from Isabelle Farm Family Day, which benefited Growe Foundation, a non-profit that incorporates school gardens into Boulder, Colo., elementary school lesson plans.

Organic Connections, the magazine for Natural Vitality, outlines a new film on the horizon regarding the non-GMO movement.

An interview with Mike Leventini, president of Petaluma Poultry, reveals how traceability is in the company’s genes—and how HarvestMark helps communicate that to Petaluma’s consumers.