New England Dairy Examined in Friedman School Screening of “Forgotten Farms”
To examine the contemporary trends affecting the dairy industry, on March 27th, the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science andContinue Reading
Category: Agriculture
Trump’s Trade Wars: How Steel and Aluminum Might Harm Hog Farmers
President Trump has been waging a trade war since early March, with China as his greatest adversary. Steel and aluminumContinue Reading
Growing a Regional Grain Economy
Over spring break, four AFE students had the opportunity to visit Dr. Stephen Jones and his team at the WSUContinue Reading
Tales from the Sugar Bush: Friedman Takes a Trip to the Heart of Vermont’s Maple Kingdom
The maple syrup harvest has been a tradition in New England for centuries, and this March six Friedman students hadContinue Reading
The Transformative Power of Urban Food Systems
Last month, the Massachusetts Urban Farming Conference came to Boston for its sixth year. Topics ranged from bee colonies andContinue Reading
Farmer Profile: Visions for a New Sustainable Vegetable Farm in Putnam, CT
Farmer Yoko Takemura hopes to incorporate aspects of her Japanese heritage as well as her academic background in environmental sustainabilityContinue Reading
Branchfood Holds First in 4-Part Panel Series on Technological Innovation in Food and Farming
by Laura Barley On February 22, Branchfood hosted the first panel in a four-part series entitled The Future of Food,Continue Reading
Game Changer: How Cellular Agriculture is Poised to Revolutionize Dairy and Meat
We already know that conventionally-produced animal products are problematic—animal agriculture is land, water, and energy intensive, and potentially harmful toContinue Reading
Paradise Lost
by Laura Barley Climate change is a globally felt human experience that recently hit home for California native Laura Barley.Continue Reading
My Summer as an Inferior Species
by Sam Jones Farming is hard, especially when animals are involved. Sam Jones recounts her time working on a chickenContinue Reading
On the Present Past and the Struggle for Land Justice
by Kathleen Nay On Wednesday, September 20th, Grassroots International hosted a reading and panel discussion with authors of a newContinue Reading
Dig In to DINE this School Year!
by Bridget Carle and Casey Florea, DINE Want to share your knowledge and enthusiasm with the local community? Here’s yourContinue Reading
You Are What You Grow
by Julie Kurtz Imagine, if you will, that the U.S. was stripped of all its powerful agricultural fertilizers, pesticides andContinue Reading
Agricultural Workers Should Organize
by Maddy Bennett The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) is a farm workers’ rights group founded by laborers on Florida’sContinue Reading
Following our Food: A Northern California Supply Chain Adventure
by Christina Skonberg and Krissy Scommegna How do people at different points of food production make decisions? As part ofContinue Reading
