Owner Jeff Schwartz is growing and processing millions of pounds of apples for his juice, cider and hard cider brand while supplying the region’s brewers and distillers with Colorado-grown fruit on the side.
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A Young Generation Sees Greener Pastures In Agriculture
America’s heartland is graying. But in some places around the country, like Maine, that trend is reversing. Small agriculture may be getting big again — and there’s new crop of farmers to thank for it.
The Guru of Grass-Fed Beef
How one man made small changes that added up big-time to better, grass-fed, healthier and more sustainable beef.
Long Island Oysters and Life Lessons
Eugenia Bone reminisces on life lessons taught by Long Island Oysters, one of the many treasures on the Ark of Taste.
Alice Waters: The Fate of Our Nation Rests On School Lunches
Alice Waters on the significance of school lunches
Saving Poultry’s Gene Pool
Have you ever stopped to wonder: How did the chicken you eat become the chicken you eat?
Think You Know What a Farmer Looks Like? Think Again.
Preliminary results from the 2012 Census of Agriculture show the increasing role of women in U.S. agriculture—especially on organic and small-scale farms.
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Science Compared Every Diet, and the Winner Is Real Food
Researchers asked if one diet could be crowned best in terms of health outcomes. If diet is a set of rigid principles, the answer is a decisive no. In terms of broader guidelines, it’s a decisive yes.
Get off my lawn!
Organic farmers just can’t get along with GMO-growing neighbors
Classic restaurants hatch a plan for sustainability
Learn more about restaurants being involved with sustainability.
Why Farm to School Will Save Our Food System
Find out farm to school programs can save our food system.