By Neenah Payne Brooklyn Grange in New York City is the largest rooftop farm in the world. The 2016 book The Farm on the Roof: What Brooklyn Grange Taught Us About Entrepreneurship, Community, and Growing a Sustainable Business tells the story of its founding and…
By Ax Sharma Iowa-based provider of agriculture services NEW Cooperative Inc. has been hit by a ransomware attack, forcing it to take its systems offline. The BlackMatter group that is behind the attack has put forth a $5.9 million ransom demand. The farming cooperative is…
Global technocrats want to completely end animal farming and the consumption of meat products. They are planning to shift everyone to plant-based and synthetic food sources all in the name of saving the planet. Well, the planet has done just fine for thousands of years…
By Tyler Durden Restaurants have suffered throughout the virus pandemic, and the shortage of everything doesn’t seem to be waning anytime soon. We told readers in June about a worsening crabmeat shortage that sent prices soaring. Heading into September, crabmeat prices soared to record highs, forcing restaurants to…
By Sara Tipton Atop the 150-meter tall Bank of America tower in Hong Kong is a sprawling garden where carrots, rhubarb, and radishes flourish! It is a welcome oasis amongst the steel and glass of the financial district in the heart of the city. One…
By Tyler Durden Central banks and mainstream media continue to peddle the notion that soaring food inflation is temporary and the average Joe and Jane should not worry about it. But in a new report via the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), global food prices are…
By Tyler Durden The ‘carbon neutrality’ of 3D printing food, especially meat, is a fast-moving trend in the culinary world that may be coming to a restaurant near you. The entire process of printing food is pitched as a “sustainable” alternative to commercial farming –…
By Jessica Corbett Public health experts and labor rights advocates celebrated Wednesday after the Biden administration announced that it “will stop the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos on all food to better protect human health, particularly that of children and farmworkers,” following decades of demands…
By Tyler Durden Crop conditions for soybeans and corn have worsened in the latest crop tour findings in the US which confirmed hot and dry weather this summer has taken a toll on yields. According to the U.S.Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) latest crop tour, soybeans…
By Miguel Leyva Around the world, many countries have banned paraquat, but the U.S. has not yet taken this action. Although sold under many names, usually, farmers can purchase the herbicide in stores as Gramoxone, manufactured by Syngenta. Paraquat, one of the most deadly weed…
By Jayne Rising Shortages seem to be the theme of 2020 and 2021. Everything from meat to commodities and even semi-conductors made the list of possible or definite shortages. Now, the early onset of a fungus that attacks vegetables could leave us with no pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving and no Jack-o-Lantern’s…
By B.N. Frank Earlier this year, a judge denied Bayer-Monsanto the ability to avoid legal liability in future Roundup cancer cases. This could be why the company may stop selling the product for residential use. In regard to Roundup’s toxic ingredient, glyphosate, it was recently…
By Brian Shilavy Providing healthy and ethical food apart from the Big Food Wall Street Billionaires who control the world’s commodity food system is no easy task. I know this from experience. For years the California Department of Agriculture threatened my company, Healthy Traditions, for…
By Michael Snyder A lot of people didn’t think that it would ever come to this. Many simply assumed that conditions would return to “normal” eventually and that everything would work out just fine somehow. But here in the middle of 2021, everything is definitely…
By Cap Allon Wavy jet streams are throwing farmers something of a curve ball in 2021, as global temperatures continue to fall in line with the ever-intensifying Grand Solar Minimum (GSM)… Prepare. U.S. Wheat Farmer Woes Short stalks, thin rows and small bushels; Washington wheat…
By Jayne Rising In addition to civil unrest and rising crime, we’re now facing threats to our food supply in the form of drought, fire, and foreign ownership of our farmlands and food processing facilities. Whether it’s meat or vegetables, potatoes or pasta, food is…
By Ice Age Farmer African Swine Fever, which destroyed 70% of China’s pork, has been confirmed in the Americas. Though the USDA assures us all is well due to new biosecurity measures, failures to contain ASF in China, Germany, and elsewhere suggest otherwise. Could this…
By Peter Tocci This has been all over the MSM, but just to fill in any cracks: All kinds of nutritious. Complete protein with the 9 essential amino acids critical for building muscle. Good source of fiber, including beta-glucans and prebiotic fiber. Calcium, potassium, phosphorus,…
By Ice Age Farmer Brazil has been getting hit repeatedly by unusually low temperatures, destroying crops. Meanwhile, the flooding in China, including Henan province — which accounts for 10% of their grains production — has damaged wheat, infrastructure, and thousands of large hog farms. All…
By Neenah Payne Food security is not something anyone can take for granted now. Industrial chemical agriculture is destroying our soils and our health. Since it ramped up in the 1970s, we’ve lost one third of the Earth’s topsoil. Allan Savory: How Cows Can Save…
