This stunning visual reminder of America’s proud farming heritage is nothing less than a spectacle, and people turn out in their hundreds to witness it: thousands of sheep streaming across Idaho state’s largest, most major north-south highway. The extraordinary event, captured via drone, looks even more magnificent from above. Documentary maker Steve Stuebner, 64, makes…
America’s Proud Farming Heritage: People Thrilled to Watch 2,500+ Sheep Streaming Down Idaho’s Largest Highway [VIDEO]
Raising Backyard Chickens Requires Money, Time and Pluck. Here’s How to Do It
By Christopher Vondracek From Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Minneapolis—Only once did the chickens fly—or fence-hop—into Nancy Engberg’s neighbor’s yard in north Minneapolis. And no, it wasn’t just to cross the road to get to the other side. “I watched them go over,” Engberg said, describing a mildly alarming incident early in her tenure tending to an…
Food Prices Won’t Go Down ‘Any Time Soon,’ UK Farming Union Warns
Inflated food prices won’t be going down any time soon, the president of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has warned. It comes after the UK’s food price in March had the second biggest yearly hike among the G-20 countries after Turkey. The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that the UK’s consumer…
‘Salt of the Earth’—The Stories That Make America
Commentary OXFORD, Pennsylvania—Despite the wealth of information at our fingertips in the information age, there is a glaring emptiness that plagues us in our storytelling. We remove nuance and replace it with sensationalism. We shun original stories because they stray too far from the pack. In the process, we miss the beauty, pain and magic,…
‘Try Slow’ on the North Shore of Kauai, Where Regenerative Tourism Is the Way
April 13, 2023
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By Samantha Dunn From The Orange County Register I don’t want to be an invasive species. I kept thinking this as I made my way up old stone steps into the lushness of Kauai’s Limahuli Garden and Preserve. Never have I experienced so many shades and forms of the color green, all in one place….
Going Whole-Hog: Meet the 2 Friends Teaching the Ultimate Do-It-Yourself, Pasture-to-Plate Experience
Every hog butchering performed by Doug Wharton and Andy Lane of Hand Hewn Farm begins the same way. They start in the early morning, when the mist still clings to the grass. There is no chaos, none of the nervous energy that makes both hog and butcher unsteady. This constructed calm also settles the nerves…
California Farmers Flood Fields to Boost Groundwater Basin
March 29, 2023
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A field that has long grown tomatoes, peppers, and onions now looks like a wind-whipped ocean as farmer Don Cameron seeks to capture the runoff from a freakishly wet year in California to replenish the groundwater basin that is his only source to water his crops. Taking some tomatoes out of production for a year…
Critics Blast Oregon’s Efforts to Phase Out Petroleum Diesel and Restrict Farming
March 17, 2023
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A series of climate bills now before the Oregon legislature could devastate rural communities and further fuel inflation, according to detractors. The bills would phase out petroleum-based diesel fuel, levy sweeping new taxes on tires and off-road agriculture equipment, and place a moratorium on new and existing dairy and poultry farms, the majority of which…
DEFRA’s Net Zero Policies Contributing to Fruit & Vegetable Shortages, Warn British Farmers
February 27, 2023
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British farmers are warning that recent shortages of fresh fruit and vegetables in Britain’s supermarkets are partly due to the government’s environmental protection department pursuing net zero policies. In recent days, major British supermarkets have limited the sale of tomatoes and some other fresh produce after a combination of bad weather and transport problems in…
Farmer Explains Why California Flushes 95 Percent Rainwater to Ocean | Mark Nakata
“It is really disheartening to see what’s going on. I mean, my own kids are wondering whether they should even try [farming]. Because they’re saying ‘dad, doesn’t look like there’s a future.’ And I can’t tell them they’re wrong.” Siyamak sits down with Mark Nakata, a multi-generational farmer and CEO of California United Water Coalition….
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