Acres U.S.A. May 2014 Full Circle joins forces with other growers to provide far-reaching services for those seeking organic produce. Read more…
Category: Sustainable Agriculture
Landscaping with Nature: Wild Thyme Farm
Acres U.S.A. April 2014 Wild Thyme Farm, located just outside of Oakville, Washington, demonstrates the tangible benefits of creating high-value landscapes based on permaculture principles. Read more…
Bee-Friendly Farming
Acres U.S.A. March 2014 Partners for Sustainable Pollination partners with growers to support health honeybee and native pollinator populations with a focus on forage. Read more…
The Science of Georgia Seeds
Georgia Grown 2013-2104 Georgia’s top crops from its booming $71 billion agriculture industry started as a seed. And since the late 1940s, the Georgia Department of Agriculture’s Seed Laboratory in Tifton has played an important role in verifying that seeds sown by farmers successfully germinate to yield crops and profit. Read more…
Restoring Riparian Areas
Acres U.S.A. November 2013 The number of farms in the United States that are located adjacent to riparian areas is unknown, but since floodplains are the most fertile lands for growing crops, changes are your farm has a riparian area. Whether the riparian area is a stream bank, wetland or floodplain, the benefits of restoring […]
Fed this Way Non-GMO Certified Feed Company Making Gains
Acres U.S.A. September 2013 Being a connective is what defines Scratch and Peck Feeds. Farmers, consumers, retailers and employees are brought together by a shared vision: a sustainable non-GMO, non-soy feed product has a place in the market. Read more…
Sustainable Ranching – Conservation Program Protects Prairie
Acres U.S.A. June 2013 Fred and Katherine Colvin are the first ranchers in Washington State to participate in the NRCS Grassland Reserve Program, and they believe conservation and ranching can successfully coexist. Read more…
Going Beyond Nonperishables at Seattle’s Rainier Valley Food Bank
Seedstock.com April 16, 2013 It is no longer just nonperishable items consisting of canned vegetables, pasta, or packaged meals filling the shelves of food banks in the city of Seattle, Washington. Instead, canned food is being supplemented with produce grown on local urban farms and neighborhood P-patches. The shift in the food system toward growing […]
Seattle Neighborhood Transforms Patch of Grass into Community Orchard
Seedstock.com May 7, 2013 “Wouldn’t it be great if we had a community orchard?” That question posed by Aviva Furman to her neighbor, Narcissa Nelson, was the beginning of the Community Orchard of West Seattle (COWS). This 1/8 acre demonstration garden showcases what a bit of networking, volunteerism and community support can achieve. Read more…
Beacon Food Forest Brings Together Diverse Community to Regenerate Public Lands
Seedstock.com April 10, 2013 Young fruit and nut trees, P-patch beds, and woodchip paths are just the latest milestones of a three-year volunteer effort to create a food forest in the city of Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood. This food forest represents “exactly the opposite of the tragedy of the commons,” said Glenn Herlihy, manager of […]
