The local farmer’s market is now in vogue. Farmers market surveys from across North America are uncovering surprising findings – the local farmers market has become a mecca for produce sales. Iowa Department of Agriculture’s 2009 Farmers Market Economic Impact Survey shows a 92 percent increase in sales over the last five years at Iowa’s [...]
9 Ways to Reduce your Herd’s Eco-Impact
April 29th, 2010It’s hard to imagine that farmers and agribusiness owners wouldn’t embrace environmental sustainability. Yet plenty of agriculture operations are just as detrimental to the health of the ecology as a plant dumping toxins directly into a river. That’s because today’s high-yield food needs often put farmers in the position of using chemicals and growth hormones [...]
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