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'Getting this Farm Bill through': Black farmers' roundtable cultivates local input

Rep. Abigail Spanberger met last week in Orange County with producers from around the state as Farm Bill negotiations stretch into a second year.

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Kaine visits Black-owned farms in Unionville

Senator Tim Kaine, D-Va., went on a small tour of Black-owned farms in Unionville, part of Orange County, on July 21. The trip was to gather information that could be

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The Virginia-born chef did more than anyone to elevate Southern food to haute cuisine

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Healthy Soil Can Be a Climate Change Solution

By Caleigh Wells for KCRW.Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration Mollie Engelhardt’s farm looks messy.  Every inch of Sow a Heart Farm in Fillmore, Calif., is growing one of more than 300 types of plants. In between the rows of fruit trees, Engelhardt has got organic peppers, garlic, broccoli, and cauliflower, all covered with a thin layer of grass or clover. On a recently harvested plot, chickens and sheep are eating the scraps, churning the soil so it’ll be ready to plant again. ...

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Perennial Grains For Beer Bread and the Fight Against Climate Change / Public News Service

By Jake Christie for Great Lakes Echo. Broadcast version by Mike Moen for Minnesota News Connection, reporting for Great Lakes Echo/Solutions Journalism/Public News Service Collaboration. After 10,000 years of domestication, farming and its popularity for use in bread and beer, wheat could have some competition. ...

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Organic Growers Support New USDA Fraud Rules

New U.S. Department of Agriculture rules will target fraud and increase oversight of the $64 billion-a-year organic food industry. In Iowa, the nation's number one producer of organic corn and soybeans, growers call it the most important change the agency has ever made to its organic food program. ...

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As North Carolina Warms One Farm Turns to a Tropical Crop Taro / Public News Service

By Lina Tran for Grist.Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan for North Carolina News Service reporting for the Grist-Public News Service Collaboration The first time Chris Smith tried to grow taro on his experimental farm in western North Carolina, the plants were too eager. He’d started them in a heated greenhouse one February day a few years ago, thinking the tropical crop would need plenty of time to establish. Within a month, the taro had sprung up a foot and a half. ...

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