It's always exciting when local non-profits get government cash--particularly when the money's going toward something as sustainable and forward-thinking as Tilth. more ›

Farmers started seeing themselves as producing a commodity, not growing food. Unfortunately, just as sourcing the most affordable car parts may result in components coming from all over the country, producing the cheap ground beef in huge quantities means that the meat comes from many different cows. The result being that one tracking error would result in all the beef being untraceable. more ›

Haven't you always wondered where your flour comes from? It could matter. (Remember the peanut scare?) Now you can go online, to Find the Farmer, and meet the people who grow the wheat and get connected with your food! The project is the brainchild of Josh Dorf, ceo of Stone-Buhr, a Spokane company that rejects the notion of wheat as an anonymous commodity. Stone-Buhr's suppliers are some three dozen family farmers who practice sustainable agriculture; they have a Seattle PR firm, Good Food Strategies, and an article in today's New York Times. A (slice of) toast is in order! more ›