Here is a window into the life of a family farm in distress, artisan cheese makers currently shut down by a punishing federal order.
America’s tiniest dairy farm needs support from the Massachusetts state legislature to survive. Grassroots help is needed to get her state representatives to act.
Kelli Estrella is a gourmet raw cheesemaker in Washington state, whose business is currently shut down by actions of the FDA. Kelli recently shared with me her moving story of how she grew her family enterprise.
Cloistered nuns on an island off of Washington state, run a certified raw milk dairy farm. One of the few monastery farms left in America, these religious women are keeping ancient spiritual and farming traditions alive.
FDA and Missouri Milk Board now proceed with legal actions against Morningland Dairy. It seems they disapprove of a small farmer resisting government efforts to destroy their cheese, their business.
A private farm buying club run from an idyllic country farm, had the shock of their lives from health officials. A suit was filed to save the farm.
Cynthia loves supporting her local farmer, visiting the farm, communing with nature. She encourages others to do the same.
Join Robert Burns on his Connecticut Farm for a seminar on growing all winter, and an awesome organic feast. Donations will be accepted for his legal defense fund to defend his paternal custody rights.
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Mike Peterson, a chef with an interest in sustainable foods, left his position at the prestigious Inn at Little Washington, to be a Mount Vernon Farm intern.
Sonoma County farmer warns that the HR2749 food safety bill is more dangerous to small farmers and doesn’t address the practices that actually cause food safety concerns.
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I do read your blog on a daily basis; as a goat farmer and a proponent of raw milk, specifically raw goat milk, I certainly consider your blog required reading.
