Entries from October 2008

October 23, 2008

Pollan’s open letter to our next president

On Oct 9, 2008, The New York Times published an open letter written by Michael Pollan to “Dear Mr. President Elect” making a strong case for a much-needed overhaul of our food system. It’s a pleasure to read and will ring true to those of us actually working for the sustainability of food and farming, [...]

October 15, 2008

Young farmers unite!

Serve Your Country Food is a new campaign to bring together young enthusiastic farmers from all over the country…
“It’s a website, it’s a portal, it’s a map, it’s a data base, it’s an expression of profound patriotism, here, represented by little dots on this map. We are the young farmers of America.”
Go to the site [...]