Farm Friends for June 2010

IN THIS ISSUE: A Taste of Culture: Dips, Dressings, Sauces and Spreads • Cultured Organic Dairy Primer • DIY Culture • Report: President's Cancer Panel Endorses Organic • NEW! Omega-3 Milk • Making Hay • Organic Headlines • Ovie's Underground • Meatless Meals

7 Questions with Ceara

from Making Hay for the week of 7/5/2010.

Ceara W lives on an Organic Valley dairy farm in Jo Daviess County in the northwest corner of Illinois, with her parents and two brothers, Austin (20) and Braden (16). Her sister Kaleena, 22, lives in Wisconsin. Ceara, 18, is a high school junior with plans to pursue a career in nature photography. We asked her some questions to get to know her and her farm! continue reading »

A Cornucopia of Butterflies

from Down Nature’s Trail for the week of 7/25/2010.

Sometimes when it rains, it pours and pours and pours like it did at around noon today. Lately it doesn't ever seem to rain unless it pours and today it came down hard enough to lay some of the garden flowers down. continue reading »

Garden Talk: Kids Can Cook!

from Ovie's Underground for the week of 6/16/2010.

Featuring Isabella Gerasole, Co-host of Spatulatta.com continue reading »

FEEDING THE WORLD, at what cost?

from Organic Sense on 7/6/2010.

History has been made with the recent Supreme Court decision to force GMO crops to go through a full regulatory process. This victory, whether small or big, is a first for me to see Monsanto slowed down in any way no less because of organic considerations—yeah organics! - George... continue reading »

Nutrition During the Lifecycle: Nature's Clock or Ticking Time Bomb?

from Beyond the Plate

Mounting evidence shows a link between the quality of a mother’s diet during pregnancy and the long-term health of her children.... continue reading »