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. California’s small, pasture-based, organic dairies—many of which are clustered on the state’s North Coast—have a lighter environmental footprint, and they contribute just a sliver of the industry’s overall methane emissions.

Farming 98

Farming Farming Manure Agriculture 98

Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

As a nation, we have too many eggs in one industrialized basket. What does that mean for pasture-raised poultry, which spend most of their lives outdoors and therefore are at greater risk of contact with contagious wild birds? They are out on pasture, eating grass. There are, though, other ways of making an omelet.

Poultry 142

Poultry Pasture Food Farming 142