Jeff Huckaby, President of Grimmway Farms and Cal-Organic Farm, is a fourth-generation farmer who learned to grow carrots and potatoes working for his grandfather at an early age. He’s also…
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Fourth-generation soybean and corn farmer Monte Peterson explains why he uses genetically modified crops in order to farm more sustainably and safely. Wow does not even begin to describe my…
By Cami Ryan, Social Sciences Lead, Regulatory Scientific Affairs, Bayer Crop Science This article was originally published in Consumer Corner by the Center for Food and Agricultural Business at Purdue…
11 years ago, former science teacher Kim Gallagher swapped the classroom for the farm. Today she runs Erdman Farms, Colusa County, California with her husband Pat, taking over the reins…
The EU’s Farm to Fork strategy will stifle the very innovation needed to feed a growing world population sustainably, says U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue. He fears that “the…
American chickens are healthier and better cared for than ever before. Chicken farmers trained in animal welfare do everything they can to make sure their birds are healthy and comfortable,…
The role of technology and innovation in helping farmers overcome the challenges of Covid-19 and meet future demand By David Green, The U.S. Sustainability Alliance Consumers are used to buying the food…
Lloyd Arthur is a fifth-generation cotton farmer living in Ralls, Texas with his wife Angela. They have four children, and together the family has created an award-winning farming operation. Lloyd…
Sustainability and productivity can only “come together when you embrace technology” and understand how modern American agricultural innovation has brought advances for the world. That’s according to Jon Entine, founder…
Hank Campbell, founder of Science 2.0, and author of the best-selling Science Left Behind, believes that a real world problem is the alarming amount of effort that environmental activists have…
Doug Goyings has been a full-time farmer his entire life, managing Goyings Farms in Paulding, Ohio, with the help of his wife Diane and son Jeremy. He is constantly striving…
Clearing up, or rendering, slaughterhouse waste animal tissue, fats, bones and hides might not be top of mind for most people. But when it comes to dealing with inedible animal…
A new video from trade association Food Export Northeast showcases the freshness, diversity and sustainability of seafood from the northeast corner of the United States. The region’s fisheries are sustainably...
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Tina Hinchley is a dairy farmer in Cambridge, Wisconsin – America’s dairy land. She and husband Duane grow around 2,300 acres of crops, not only to be used as cattle…
A look at how U.S. farmers and the food supply chain are responding to the pandemic and the lessons they have learned for the future By Janine Maxwell, The U.S….
Formerly a senior advisor on global food policy and agricultural trade at the U.S. Department of State for 13 years, Jack Bobo is CEO of Futurity, a food foresight company…
Sonny Beal, a third-generation lobsterman, explains how the ethic of conservation was ingrained in him from an early age by his father and outlines what lobster sustainability means to him…
Julie Borlaug is urging the industry to share personal stories of how it is building a safe, sustainable and resilient global agricultural system, providing hope in these uncertain times –...
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Iowa maize, soybean and cow/calf farmer Tim Keegan is a strong advocate of no-till farming practices and precision farming tools, which he uses to increase efficiencies while protecting the land....
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The past decade has brought a wave of conscientiousness as consumers, especially Millennials and Gen-Z’s, seem more interested than ever before to know more about their food’s journey before it…
