
Today we are launching a Letters to Michael campaign, starting with a British Royal who writes this letter of support to Michael Schmidt. Schmidt is a Canadian farmer on a hunger strike to draw attention to the unfair prosecution of his cow boarding program.

Brigitte Ruthman, a small dairy farmer, speaks publicly on behalf of Massachusetts farm buying clubs, which are enabling a resurgence of dairy farming in the state.

Anthony Kovats, a dairy trade publication editor, who recently returned from a trip to Rome, blogs about raw milk, and the governments who seek to limit access to this rare food.

Today’s post is by guest blogger, Matt Rales of Polyface Farms. He writes about the importance of grass based farming to healing our land…
Posted in Local Food | Also tagged environment, global warming, grass -fed meats, healing the land, healing the soil, Joel Salatin, Matt Rales, methane and cows, Polyface Farms, the problem with cows, Virginia |