Getting new farmers off on the right foot

The Farm Business Development Center at Prairie Crossing Farm provides a great hands-on program to help beginning farmers begin farming.
Everyone agrees we need more farmers to serve the growing demand for organic and local food. These folks are actually doing something about it.

Food as medicine

Another great NYT editorial by Michael Pollan…
One of the leading products of the American food industry has become patients for the American health care industry.
Three-quarters of our health care spending goes to treat chronic diseases that are preventable with life-style and diet changes. Food should be an important part of the health care reform debate, [...]