by Forrest Pritchard I opened my computer browser early Tuesday morning to the following headline: “Startling Results of Organic Food Study”. Oh, great, I said to myself, sighing deeply and taking another sip of tea. Here we go. As a sustainable farmer with a legion of farming friend peers, I can assure you that ‘startling’ [...]
Text and photos by Amanda West I’d heard about Flying W Farms in Burlington, West Virginia from my parents, who regularly bought butchered meat from them over the years. However, I’d never been to their store. This summer, I got that chance when my dad suddenly decided he wanted a lamb. Flying W is a [...]
by Forrest Pritchard My heart goes out to my fellow farmers who live within the drought stricken region that now stretches almost nationwide. As you can see from the map, my own farm hasn’t been immune to the lack of rainfall (most of Virginia is currently experiencing ‘abnormally dry’ to ‘moderate drought’ conditions), but my [...]
by Forrest Pritchard Customers at farmers market are often surprised to learn that our farm is only sixty miles from Washington, D.C. We’re part of the ‘green belt’ that surrounds the city, a circle of agriculture that begins when the suburbs finally run out of momentum. It’s no coincidence that housing subdivisions stretch about 45 [...]
By Amanda West/ Photo by Brian Widdis for The Wall Street Journal Recently the Wall Street Journal covered a plan in Detroit to use large pieces of land in the city that have been abandoned by de-urbanization and population loss consolidated into urban farms. As a veteran in community revitalization and an urban farming advocate, this [...]
By Carole Morison / photography by Molly McDonald Peterson Proponents and advocates of banning the use of arsenic in poultry feed in Maryland are celebrating a hard won victory. On May 22, 2012, Maryland Governor, Martin O’Malley, signed into law, legislation banning arsenic in poultry feed. The bill goes into effect January 23, 2013. Maryland [...]
by Martina White / Photos by Martina White and Amanda West I grew up spending summers in Germany visiting my Oma, where every hike through the woods had a purpose, ending at an outdoor cafe…with local pastries, of course! So when Clear Spring Creamery advertised their Open Farm Day at the Dupont Circle market recently, I [...]
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