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Urban Farms Grow More Than Just Good Food
Urban agriculture has taken root in neighborhoods abandoned lots. These grassroots urban farms are sprouting solutions of food security and social justice.
Elysian Fields Farm
A Farmside Chat with North Carolina organic vegetable farmer Elise Bortz
Meet Elise of Elysian Fields Farm, a CSA. Her North Carolina organic vegetable story is a true bright spot in the world of organic farming.
Free Verse Farm
A Farmside Chat with organic Vermont herb farmers Taylor Katz and Misha Johnson
What do you get when you combine young love, artistic inclination, and good old-fashioned hard work? Free Verse Farm in Chelsea, Vermont.
When pigs fly and other piggy tales from renowned writer Barry Estabrook
Barry Estabrook examines the pork industry and how pigs are raised.
Natural Trips: 5 Organic Getaways
Enjoy fresh, Clean Plates-worthy food on vacation
Would your ideal vacation include Clean Plates-worthy food in a gorgeous setting? Check out the latest vacation trend: organic getaways.
Brooklyn’s Youth Farm: Sowing the Seeds of a New $1 Menu
High school students learn about healthy eating and food sourcing on one of NYC's largest urban farms
This isn’t your average high school: The 1.25-acre Youth Farm out front serves as an outdoor classroom and integral part of HSPS’s extracurricular activities. Students grew 15,000 pounds of vegetables last year.
Farming and Fun at the Flip Flop Ranch
Two hours east of LA, the Flip Flop Ranch gives visitors a slice of the farm life
City life hides our land’s natural elements behind billboards and freeways. Flip Flop Ranch offers families a way to unwind…
Celebrate Summer in SoCal at FIG’s Farm Dinner
One local family farm gets the spotlight at this Santa Monica staple
Chef Ray Garcia of FIG brings respect for terroir to the table at his delightful quarterly Farm Dinners…
Digging in the Dirt: Satur Farms
The Long Island farm is a shining example of sustainable farming done right
With local farmland under threat of decline, Satur Farms remains a beacon of hope on Long Island. Paulette Satur and her husband are committed to expanding sustainable farming…
Getting There: The Hidden Key to Farm-to-Table Success
Jennifer Goggin of FarmersWeb shares how they're connecting farmers to restaurants for true farm-to-table sourcing
Ever sit in your favorite restaurant, stare at your seasonal greens and wonder: “What was their journey?”…
From Slaughterhouse to Sustainable Sanctuary: Chicago’s The Plant
The vertically-integrated farm aims to produce "net-zero waste"
There are a few ways Chicago’s The Plant describes itself: part vertical farm, part research and education space, part food business incubator. Also in its description? Former meatpacking plant.
Farmscape Transforms City Spaces into Organic Gardens
No farm, no problem—Farmscape makes organic home gardening accessible
Farmscape is a company determined to make an organic home garden accessible to anyone with a patch of grass to call their own…
How is the Warm Weather Affecting Local Greenmarkets?
The unseasonably warm temperatures have been a boon for consumers, but not for worried farmers
A warm winter and early spring spell good news for greenmarket shoppers, but present plenty of challenges for local farmers…
The Best Local Mushrooms Come From a Repurposed Trailer
Fred Ellrot's F & F Farms brings locally-grown oyster and shiitake mushrooms to the LA area
At F & F Farms up in Moorpark, Fred Ellrott cultivates exquisitely delicious shiitake and oyster mushrooms…
The Greenhorns: Young Farmers Unite
We spoken to Greenhorns director Severine von Tscharner Fleming about how to get young people involved in farming
“The Greenhorns are a posse of young people who care a lot about the future of agriculture,” explains the group’s director, Severine von Tscharner Fleming…
Farmstead Meatsmith Shares the Beauty of Butchery
The Washington state-based company offers and educates farmers on slaughtering, butchery and charcuterie services
“Short of apprenticing with a master, good butchery instruction is in film,” says Brandon Sheard, co-owner of Farmstead Meatsmith…
Brooklyn Grange Expands to Brooklyn Navy Yard
Despite its name, the world's largest rooftop farm had been located in Queens
Brooklyn Grange, the urban rooftop farm that supplies many NYC restaurants and markets, is opening a new location in Brooklyn’s Navy Yard…
Haven’s Kitchen: An Oasis for Cooks in Union Square
With classes, events and fresh produce, Haven's Kitchen has it all
Haven’s Kitchen, a gorgeous new cooking school/market/event space in Union Square, stands out in a city full of trendy locavore food businesses…
These flexible CSAs bring farm-fresh goods to New Yorkers scared of commitment
A crop of local CSAs let you opt in on a weekly basis. Get groceries straight from the farm, when you want them—and when they won’t go to waste…
Chef Peter Berley Offers Cooking Classes in Beautiful North Fork
The culinary educator and cookbook author teaches students in the field
Chef Peter Berley’s new culinary education facility, My Kitchen, offers cooking classes in a beautiful setting just 90 minutes from midtown Manhattan.