While there are different varieties of bell peppers, the green and red ones you see in a store come from the same plant, just at different stages of ripeness.

There’s not a meat shortage during COVID-19. Food system improvements need to be made, but farmers are definitely being taken advantage of.

While a hen’s diet can change the profile of the egg to have more omega 3’s, calcium, or other nutrients, the differences are not statistically meaningful

Food labels can do a great job conjuring up “feel good” images of your food. And who doesn’t love the idea and scenic photos of cattle on pasture? As they dot my local farm horizon, it warms my heart to see them everyday. Sometimes however, food labels are not always as they seem. Did you […]

Advancements in technology allow producers to keep their animals healthier and happier than even a generation ago Farmers today do more with less. They produce more crop on less land. They raise more animals with fewer resources. Cows can be milked with robots. But what does all this mean for animal welfare? Does it put […]

In an effort to understand food trends, I posed the question: What is your favorite food that comes direct from a farm?

I believed the hype over food labels for too long. I spent thousands of dollars on organic. I read labels like a madwoman; I feared everything.

I learned a lot the hard way and want to pass my successes and failures along to you with what all I learned.

Feeding everyone is a big job and requires small and large poultry farms, and, fortunately, researchers are always looking for ways to do things better.

“Super Size Me 2” wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, but it still missed the mark on many areas and overdramatized numerous scenarios in an unfair way.