From the Farmer

Real talk and weekly insight from the Grass Roots farmers

I'll be straight with you: there's always that moment this time of year when I question my sanity. It's peak season, and we're out here juggling flaming pitchforks. We're moving 12,000 chickens across our pastures – that's a lot of...
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Friends, we've been suckered into buying food in two installments: the empty calories at the grocery store, then the missing nutrients at the pharmacy.The numbers make my blood boil. Since the 1950s, industrial farming has stripped 30-70% of nutrients from our food. Spinach has...
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The Battle Over Food Standards Grab your garden trowels and get ready for action! There's a bill creeping through Congress that has me more confused than a rooster with a wristwatch. It's called the EATS Act, and I just spent this...
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