Hawai‘i Farmers Fight for Food and Seed Sovereignty

Hawai‘i Farmers Fight for Food and Seed Sovereignty

Nancy Redfeather is a farmer, teacher, writer, program director and activist. By Allie Hymas “Start with one row,” says Nancy Redfeather, farmer, teacher, writer, program director and activist. In addition to decades teaching in Waldorf and public schools and...
Nicole Masters Brings Joy and Wisdom to Soil Health

Nicole Masters Brings Joy and Wisdom to Soil Health

Nicole Masters is an agroecologist and author from New Zealand. BY JILL HENDERSON Among the many thinkers, educators and practitioners who have led the way towards the life-supporting practices of regenerative agriculture are an army of women whose nurturing nature...
Leu: Regenerative Ag Is the Future of Farming

Leu: Regenerative Ag Is the Future of Farming

By André Leu Regenerative agriculture goes beyond organic—it’s not just toxin-free, but also heals the soil “Regenerative agriculture and animal husbandry is the next and higher stage of organic food and farming, not only free from toxic pesticides, GMOs,...
Sun+Earth Certified Sets a High Bar for Cannabis Production

Sun+Earth Certified Sets a High Bar for Cannabis Production

Interview by Ben Trollinger Photo courtesy of Sun+Earth Certified With the federal legalization of hemp and the continuing state-by-state rollout of recreational psychoactive cannabis, the cannabis industry is just picking up steam in the U.S. A California-based...
Karen Washington Leads the Urban Farming Movement

Karen Washington Leads the Urban Farming Movement

By Jill Henderson Karen readies raised beds in The Garden of Happiness. It all began in 1985 in the Bronx, when a young physical therapist named Karen Washington, a single mom with two young children, bought her very first home. Right away, she decided to grow a...
Gary Zimmer Reflects on 50 Years in Organic Farming

Gary Zimmer Reflects on 50 Years in Organic Farming

A roller lays down covers crops at the author’s farm in Wisconsin. By Gary F. Zimmer A little bit about myself before we dig into my 50 years of experience in biological farming: I was born and raised on a dairy farm in northeastern Wisconsin. I worked on the...