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Posts tagged “farm”

Harvest Time: Olives in Israel, Palestine, and California

Olives! Olives, grown for food and oil, are one of the most ancient crops in human history. The groves of olives in some of these photos are hundreds of years old, clinging to hot, dusty hillsides in ...

Weekend Meditation: Harvesting Heaven

A couple of evenings ago you could have found me at home on my living room floor, peeling fava beans with my dinner guests. I had spontaneously invited them in only to discover there was nothing much...

Survey: Have You Ever Toured a Farm?

E-i-e-i-oh my. Last night, Sara Kate and I went to a Gastronomica forum on Faith and Food at the Astor Center. Zaid and Haifa Kurdieh spoke about the challenges of farming while holding to their re...

Farm Visit: Red Sun Farm in Loveland, Ohio

Reader Ashley recently wrote to us with a snapshot of her visit to Red Sun Farm, a grass-fed beef and poultry operation near Cincinnati, Ohio. This is so inspiring to us! As the weather warms and th...

Field Notes: Meet James Birch, Farmer and Bear Neighbor

One hundred percent of Americans eat food, but less than 2% of Americans actually grow or raise food. Farming as the primary source of income has decreased so rapidly over the last century that unl...