The Business of Building a Better Food System

In the outskirts of Detroit, three small food companies, Marcia's Pickled Munchies, Scotty O'Hotty hot sauces and Premier Foods, are...

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War to Table

Why help veterans become farmers? First and foremost, they are needed. The number of farmers in America is going down, and their average age is going up. Returning veterans often struggle to find meaningful work, and farming represents an opportunity to use their considerable skills to accomplish a new kind of mission: feeding a hungry, growing world.

Margarett Waterbury Oct 12

IGT Digital Short: Growing Opportunity with ALBA

IGT Digital follows Javier Zamora, owner/operator of JSM Organic Farms in Royal Oaks, California.

Nov 16

Social Equity at Oregon Tilth

It's Wednesday, one week before Thanksgiving in 2015. Hidden in the fog of Oregon's Beazell Memorial Forest is a barn. Nearby, incense cedar and Douglas fir trees sway and whisper. The path to the entrance feels like Hansel and Gretel's walk in the woods, but instead of encountering saccharine peril, Oregon Tilth staff gather for the organization's annual retreat.

Oct 12

Growing Opportunity

The rolling hills and mild climate of Royal Oaks, California allow Javier Zamora, owner/operator of JSM Organic Farms, to grow a variety of flowers and produce, including his prized organic strawberries.

Oct 12

Building a Women’s Farmworker Community

As a former farmworker, Mily Treviño-Sauceda has firsthand experience regarding issues confronting farmworkers. She has worked on gender discrimination, wage theft, health risks, and immigration reform at the local, state, national, and international levels.

Oct 12