Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The Indigenous ethnobotanist and food sovereignty activist foraged with her mom and grandmother in the Ohio River Valley as a child, then made the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota her home alongside her husband, Luke. My mom was an Indigenous woman from Korea, and she grew up foraging and growing her own food as a matter of survival.

Forage 141

Forage Food Ecology Pesticide 141

The Equation

MAY 15, 2023

While a small number of winter crops such as small grains (wheat, oats, barley) and forage and pasture crops such as alfalfa can use some winter rain and snow, western agriculture largely depends on a steady supply of irrigated water that has led to extreme groundwater mining.

Industrial Agriculture 96

Industrial Agriculture Crop Agriculture Agriculture 96

Sustainable Food Trust

AUGUST 6, 2024

The author’s journey into landscapes of the past and the foods they provide takes him far and wide – starting in Çatalhöyük where humans first settled on the land becoming place-based, cultivating emmer wheat and barley, yet still hunting and foraging their food. Agriculture had not yet quite arrived as a practice and food was abundant.

Food 98

Food Farming Farming Processing 98

Modern Farmer

JULY 10, 2023

His 580-acre farm grows enough forage to supply the herd, so “I’m good with where I’m at,” he adds. And that’s tipping the landscape in favor of mega-dairies—the large-scale operations that critics point to as disproportionate contributors of human-induced climate change.

Farming 98

Farming Farming Manure Agriculture 98

Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

But Mars believes that a regenerative paradigm shift can heal much more than the soil, transforming all parts of an industrial agricultural system that both contributes to and risks disruption from the climate crisis.

Food 145

Food Farming Farming Forage 145

Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The ability [of] birds to forage and express natural behaviors also helps reduce stress, so the bird has a healthier immune system. In a pasture-based system, the key is having enough space and sunlight for the birds so that the pathogen load does not become too great.

Poultry 142

Poultry Pasture Food Farming 142