I learned how to grow salad greens from one of my farm mentors. His name is Jordan and he runs Unearthed Farm in Kelowna. Salad greens were his specialty, and he sold them to the top winery restaurants in Kelowna. They were by far the best greens I had ever...

According to an analysis of more than 13,000 time journals from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' American Time Use Survey, farmers ranked for having the highest levels of self-reported happiness -- and the lowest levels of self-reported stress along with loggers and foresters.Being a farmer I can attest to these...

A modern-day slave operation that had been active for years on Georgia onion farms was recently brought down. It may have been one of the largest-ever human trafficking and visa fraud investigations in US history.“Victims include over one hundred laborers smuggled from Mexico and Central America into “brutal” and “inhumane”...

In last week’s Food For Thought I talked about the need for transparency in our food system. As I was researching I came across an excellent video by True Food TV about artificial fruit wax.They do a fantastic job breaking down the different ingredients used in artificial food waxes. One...