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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.

Alyssa Martinez Neumann 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.

Chris Roddy 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.

Alyssa Martinez Neumann 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.

Chris Roddy Oct 12

IGT Web Extra: Eastern Market Nourishing Detroit

IGT Web Extra shares a look at the multifaceted role Detroit Eastern Market and Detroit Kitchen Connect take in brining food, entrepreneurship, art and holistic community health to Detroit.

Maura Paxton Oct 12

Between Brexit and Heritage

Being a farmer in the east of England is about as different from farming in the north of Scotland as ranching in Montana is from growing oranges in Florida.

Marianne Landzettel Oct 12

Perspectives: Fall 2017

Hear from some of the leading changemakers and visionaries helping create a brighter food future.

Chris Roddy Oct 12

IGT Web Extra: Chef Michel Nischan

IGT Web Extras presents chef, restaurateur, award-winning cookbook author, Wholesome Wave CEO and leader in the sustainable food movement, Michel Nischan

Maura Paxton Oct 12

Membership Spotlight: Cooperative Coffees

One of the most important metrics of success for Cooperative Coffees is the percentage of beans bought from growers with whom it has had relationships of three years or longer. Tellingly, in 2015 the organization's number was 84 percent.

Chris Roddy Oct 12

The Power of Farmhers

Securing funding for land as a new female farmer is wrought with challenges, but these women rose to the task and are working to pave the way for future female farmers.

Kathryn Rogers Oct 12

2020: Building a Brighter Food Future

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Winter 2018: Supply Chains

Fall 2017: Social Equity

Summer 2017: True Cost of Food

Spring 2017: Cross-Pollinations

Winter 2017: Transitions

Fall 2016: Food Literacy

Summer 2016: Farm Labor and Social Justice

Spring 2016: Institutions + Food

Winter 2016: Leading Women in Food

Fall 2015: Max Market

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War to Table

IGT Digital Short: Growing Opportunity with ALBA

Social Equity at Oregon Tilth

Growing Opportunity

Building a Women’s Farmworker Community

IGT Web Extra: Eastern Market Nourishing Detroit

Between Brexit and Heritage

Perspectives: Fall 2017

IGT Web Extra: Chef Michel Nischan

Membership Spotlight: Cooperative Coffees

The Power of Farmhers

Advancing dialogue that supports equitable food & agriculture

SUBSCRIBE OR FOLLOW US #tilthnation