Fermentation isn't just a human universal, it's quite possibly what *made* us human:
nature.com/articles/s4200…

A beautiful reflection on the complexities of motherhood and the weight of loss, all the more important for fathers (and all of us) to read. The amazing Aria Beth Sloss, in The Kenyon Review:

Billions invested in ag tech, and yet GHG emissions have gone up, not down.
agriculture.com/greenhouse-gas…

Cover crops are the new cash crops—or they should be. apnews.com/article/cover-…

Lisa Hamilton and Ia Moua are the perfect counterparts—a master storyteller vividly captures the tradition, tragedy and hope in a Hmong farmer's love story with rice. nytimes.com/2023/09/26/boo…

A devastating read. civileats.com/2023/08/23/how…

More than HALF of U.S. farmland is dominated by GMO crops—meaning a handful of chemical companies control what you eat.
agriculture.com/gm-crops-grown…

A fantastic graphic story from FT, on what happens when coffee demand outstrips supply.
Financial Times
ig.ft.com/coffee/

Eagerly awaiting the latest from Lisa Hamilton: a story about rice that's really about a lot more (as it always is), years in the making (as it should be). Hitting shelves in September.
kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/l…

Pesticides linger and leach, and apparently transmutate into something much more problematic. theguardian.com/environment/20….

We're being told that we need to produce more food for a growing population, yet here we are sounding the alarm on tonnes of spilled milk.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Perfect. Another agriculture invention costing billions that will surely  save the world from hunger and climate destruction washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Going live August 14 with formidable writer Elizabeth Kolbert for a good cause: the Berkshire Eagle Local Journalism Fund eventbrite.com/e/the-food-aro…

I never thought I’d see this, legislation aimed at improving regional ag through seeds and breeds. Amazing.
baldwin.senate.gov/news/press-rel…

A senator from New Jersey introducing a new bill to help small farms—that actually stands a chance of passing—is a big deal.

booker.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…

'You don't get that with grass.' -Nick Hukezalie, Blue Hill CDC
bbc.com/news/world-us-…

Blast from the past: sky high kale
atlasobscura.com/articles/jerse…

From the brilliant mind of Tamar E. Adler comes an A-Z resource for anyone cooking (or eating) at home (so, everyone).
simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ever…

Alarming message from Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack to Congress yesterday: 50% of farmers do not make money, 40% get income from off-farm jobs, while the largest 10% of farmers now earn record income. thefencepost.com/news/vilsack-t…

Precision dairy losing sight of the big picture. washingtonpost.com/business/2023/…