Why You'll Be Paying More For Beef All This Year
If you've experienced sticker shock shopping for ground beef or steak recently, be prepared for an entire summer of high beef prices.Multi-year droughts in states that produce most of the country's...
View ArticleGrillers beware: Drought driving beef prices up
If you've experienced sticker shock shopping for ground beef or steak recently, be prepared for an entire summer of high beef prices.Multi-year droughts in states that produce most of the country's...
View ArticleCan planned grazing revive grassland soil?
The world’s soil is in trouble. Ecologists say without dramatic changes to how we manage land, vast swathes of grassland are at risk of turning into hard-packed desert. To make sure that doesn’t...
View ArticleMy Farm Roots: A cowboy at heart
This is an installment of the 2013 edition of My Farm Roots, Harvest Public Media’s series chronicling Americans’ connection to the land.
View ArticleEcologists Turn To Planned Grazing To Revive Grassland Soil
The world's soil is in trouble. Ecologists say without dramatic changes to how we manage land, vast swathes of grassland are at risk of turning into hard-packed desert. To make sure that doesn't...
View ArticleFDA launches new gluten free rules
Walk down a grocery store aisle or open a restaurant menu.Gluten-free labels are everywhere.Gluten is a starchy protein compound found in products made from wheat, barley and rye. It’s what gives dough...
View ArticleNew gluten-free standard will help those with celiac disease
Try walking down a grocery aisle or opening a restaurant menu without stumbling upon foods with claims that they’re “gluten-free.”Up until now, you basically had to take the manufacturer or chef at...
View ArticleYoung dreams, huge obstacles
While the farming community continues to age fewer young people are filling the ranks, prompting the question: Do young people even want to farm anymore?The quick answer is yes, just not in the same...
View ArticleField Notes: Allan Savory makes case for holistic grazing
This is the latest installment of Harvest Public Media’s Field Notes, in which reporters talk to newsmakers and experts about important issues related to food production.For this edition of Field...
View ArticleColorado Vault Is Fort Knox For The World's Seeds
When unapproved genetically modified wheat was found growing in Oregon earlier this year, it didn't take long for accusations to start flying. A flurry of initial finger-pointing cast potential blame...
View ArticleYoung Farmers Break The Bank Before They Get To The Field
As the average age of the American farmer has crept up to 60, fewer young people are filling in the ranks behind them. That's prompted some to ask if young people even want to farm anymore.The quick...
View ArticleFarmers look to do more with less water
The future of agriculture across the Great Plains hinges on water. Without it, nothing can grow.
View ArticleMy Farm Roots: Hardwired for hard work
This is an installment of the 2013 edition of My Farm Roots, Harvest Public Media’s series chronicling Americans’ connection to the land. Click here to explore more My Farm Roots stories and to share...
View ArticleCan Millet Take On Quinoa? First, It'll Need A Makeover
Walk through a health food store and you'll find amaranth, sorghum, quinoa — heritage grains that have been staples around the world for generations. Americans are just discovering them.There's another...
View ArticleIs millet the next trendy grain?
Heritage grains are trendy. Walk through a health food store and see packages of grains grown long before modern seed technology created hybrid varieties, grains eaten widely outside of the developed...
View ArticleShutdown stifles tracking of salmonella outbreak
An outbreak of salmonella linked to raw chicken is spreading across the country. But, the partial government shutdown could make it tougher to track.More than 270 people have been sickened across 18...
View ArticleRanchers Wonder If U.S. Sheep Industry Has Bottomed Out
Over the last 20 years, the number of sheep in the U.S. has plummeted by half. The sheep industry has actually been declining since the late 1940s, when it hit its peak.The sharp drop in production has...
View ArticleCantaloupe farmers plead guilty to criminal charges for listeria outbreak
Two Colorado farmers admitted to causing the deadliest foodborne illness outbreak in a decade Tuesday. Jensen Farms, located in Colorado, was the source of the outbreak that killed 33 people nationwide...
View ArticleOrganic acreage continues its steady climb
Walk into a grocery store these days and you’re likely to find whole sections devoted to organic foods. The organic label gives insight into how the food was produced, usually without the aid of...
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