Food Quality and Health Jack Pesta’s interest in organic gardening began 25 years ago but a brush with cancer 14 years later made Jack realize the vital connection between food quality and overall health. Limited by the number of organic options available in the grocery store, Jack and his wife, Lucille, started to grow as […]
Zimmerman’s Berry Farm
Black raspberries ripen first at Zimmerman’s Berry Farm. Then blackberries, followed by blueberries, golden raspberries and wineberries (an extra juicy red raspberry), and finally red raspberries in August. People come from as far as Atlanta , Georgia , to pick fruit at this 50-acre, mostly wooded western North Carolina mountain farm. With her husband Billy, […]
Food Alliance Midwest
Working Together Food Alliance Midwest is a coalition of farmers, processors, distributors, grocers and consumers in the Midwest working together to promote sustainable farming. Funded by a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, with additional funding from The Bush Foundation, The McKnight Foundation , Otto Bremer Foundation, and The Carolyn Foundation, the program is a […]
Midheaven Farm
Biodynamic Farming Dewane Morgan’s diverse Midheaven Farm is spread out on the sandy loam soils left by the glaciers that shaped northern Minnesota. Fields of alfalfa provide hat for the beef cows, and are also grazed by the cattle as part of a regular rotation. Native prairie grasses are also used extensively on the farm. […]