Kathleen Merrigan, one of the “Sustainable Dozen,” is appointed Deputy Secretary at the USDA. First Lady Michelle Obama touts the benefits of a community garden. Alice Waters calls for a School Lunch Retrofit.
Norman Gunsell was raising organic chickens sustainably long before the rest of us caught up with his philosophy. Now you can find his Mountain Ranch Organically Grown chickens at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market.
The national 2007 Census of Agriculture gives us food for thought. The numbers show a growing trend in sustainable agriculture but a shrinking number of mid-sized farms.
Biodiversity on the farm can help improve food safety, but misguided requirements to sterilize farmland could mean much less actual safety in the long run.
