Can “Certified Transitional” Incentivize Organic Farming?
Did you know a farm has to be organic for three years before it can be Certified Organic? First-year AFEContinue Reading
Tag: Agriculture
What’s in a name? With passage of Missouri law, the battle over what constitutes “meat” ensues
Should plant-based meat alternatives and cell-based meat be labeled as meat? A new law says no. Lindsay Gaesser summarizes theContinue Reading
The Diversity of Farmers Markets
Farmers markets can be diverse places, contrary to common belief. This month, the Sprout’s co-editor reflects on our current foodContinue Reading
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
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
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
Friedman Hosts the 2018 Global Food+ Symposium
The second annual Global Food+ Symposium was hosted at Tufts University’s Friedman School this year. Innovative research being conducted atContinue 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
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
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
I Say Potato
by Lindsay LaJoie, RD Growing up on a family farm meant changing roles with the seasons, and changing with theContinue Reading
Movie Review: Food Chains
by Rebecca Boehm and Rebecca Rottapel From the filmmakers of Food, Inc. and Fast Food Nation, this new documentary portraysContinue Reading
