Ashley Cook grew up enjoying recreational time on the water, but production agriculture is her heritage. Her daughter, Braley Hines, is the sixth generation of Cook Farms Produce in Gilchrist County, Florida. They cultivate vegetables, watermelon and deer corn. Five years ago, the family purchased...
Solutions from the Land is not a large organization by most standards, but it is a testament to the big things that can happen when you put a group of farmer-leaders together. These innovative, entrepreneurial farmers, ranchers and foresters are producing nutritious food, feed, fiber, clean...
A person with an empty stomach will do whatever it takes to put something into it. Where there are immediate hunger pains, long-term consequences seem insignificant. Desperation is ripe, and violence is not far off. Agriculture then — the ability to grow and deliver food to all — is a matter of...
An Agricultural Renaissance, led by innovative and entrepreneurial farmers, ranchers and foresters constructing sustainable, profitable and resilient systems that lay the foundation for a world of abundance on many scales capable of producing nutritious food, feed, fiber, clean energy, healthy ecosystems, quality livelihoods, and strong rural economies.