Lettuce and the Big Food Nightmare
August 18, 2026
Huffington Post by Roger Johnson Source: Neal Wellons Agriculture has changed dramatically since the National Farmers Union was founded nearly 114 years ago, but arguably, one of the more concerning trends in our extended history has been the perpetuated consolidation of the agricultural input sector, specifically in the seed and ...
Farm Journal by Chris Bennett Source: Astrid Albert Hippies and anti-GMO zealots grow organic crops. Right? Wrong. Timothy Gertson kicks up dirt off Texas’ Gulf Coast, southwest of Houston in Wharton County. He’s a young 31, but Gertson is an old-school farmer with no time for ideology and no wish ...
NPR – The Salt by Jeremy Cherfas Source: Jessie Wallner, WFIUS Some people may be dimly aware that Thailand’s chilies and Italy’s tomatoes — despite being central to their respective local cuisines — originated in South America. Now, for the first time, a new study reveals the full extent of ...
Voices of America Source: Kevin Chang North Dakota voters overturned legislation Tuesday that loosened Depression-era regulations on corporate farming in the midwestern state. A law colloquially known as the “ham and cheese law” was passed last year, exempting pork and dairy operations from the state’s longtime ban on corporate farming. ...
iPES FOOD Source: AgriLife Today Input-intensive crop monocultures and industrial-scale feedlots must be consigned to the past in order to put global food systems onto sustainable footing, according to the world’s foremost experts on food security, agro-ecosystems and nutrition. The solution is to diversify agriculture and reorient it around ecological ...
Purdue University A new Purdue Extension publication examines the causes and effects of pesticide drift, including information on how to recognize and report a drift incident. Pesticide drift occurs when chemicals used to manage weeds or insects are blown or carried off target by wind during application, posing a potential ...
If Not Blocked, Vermont’s Law May Usher in GMO Labeling Nationwide! Source: Alexandra E Rust Vermont’s landmark GMO food labeling law is scheduled to take effect on July 1. Monsanto and the Big Food opponents of the law are scrambling in the U.S. Senate to come up with a federal ...
Reuters by Anthony Esposito Salmon FarmSource: Horacio Lyon A Chilean appeals court has ordered the government’s Sernapesca fisheries body to disclose the details of antibiotic use by salmon producers operating in the country, court documents showed on Wednesday. Salmon farmers in Chile, the world’s second-largest producer of the fish, are ...
Agri-view The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition has released its Organic Farmers’ Guide to the Conservation Reserve Program Field Border Buffer Initiative. The guide is a free resource, one of many free guides the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition regularly produces for farmers and farm groups, and for organic farmers interested in ...
Michigan Radio by Rebecca Williams [Listen to the story here.] Source: Alan Levine There’s an ancient variety of squash that was largely forgotten about. But it’s been rediscovered. Tribes around the Great Lakes region are sharing the seeds of this squash with each other and with small farmers. Sarah Hofman-Graham ...
by Jack Lazor of Butterworks Farm in Westfield, Vermont Butterworks Farm Cattle on Pasture We celebrate forty years on our farm this summer. Four decades of Earth stewardship has taught us many lessons—some easy and obvious, others more difficult and involved. Originally, we bought our farm because we wanted to ...
The Telegraph by Eleanor Steafel Source: Kristi White It’s a nerve-wrecking time to be a parent. Every week, mothers are chastised with the seemingly endless list of chronic childhood illnesses their little ones might contract, from autoimmune diseases like eczema or asthma to nut allergies, dairy intolerances, to behavioural disorders ...
