Ensia by Elizabeth Grossman Credit: dvs It’s almost impossible to imagine life without flexible, transparent and water-resistant food packaging, without plastic sandwich bags, cling film or shelves filled with plastic jars, tubs and tubes, and durable bags and boxes. While storing food in containers dates back thousands of years, and food has been sold in… Read more »

Will the term organic still mean anything when it’s adopted whole hog by behemoths such as Wal-Mart? The San Francisco Chronicle Jake Whitney Marin Sun Farms, in Point Reyes, is a collection of ranches on more than 2,000 acres of rolling, certified organic pasture. All year long, cattle and chickens speckle the hills, free to… Read more »

Shareable.net by Christopher D. Cook Source: World Bank Photo Collection It’s easy to take seeds for granted. Tiny dry pods hidden in packets and sacks, they make a brief appearance as gardeners and farmers collect them for future planting then later drop them into soil. They are not “what’s for dinner,” yet without them there… Read more »

Dairy’s battle reflects conflicting views as organic ‘locavore’ movement gains ground Colorado Biz Today By Mike Taylor Forty miles north of Denver where residential real estate has yet to completely overrun agriculture, Mark Retzloff shows a visitor around his 400-acre Platteville facility. It’s the hub of Aurora Organic Dairy’s operations even though only about 1,000… Read more »

The New York Times Magazine by Ferris Jabr Source: Rowena Industrial production destroyed both the taste and the nutritional value of wheat. One scientist believes he can undo the damage. On the morning of July 13, like most mornings, Stephen Jones’s laboratory in Mount Vernon, Wash., was suffused with the thick warm smell of baking bread…. Read more »