“America’s current system of food production – overly centralized and industrialized, overly controlled by a handful of companies, overly reliant on monocultures, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, chemical additives, genetically modified organisms, factory farms, government subsidies and fossil fuels – is profoundly undemocratic. It is one more sign of how the few now rule the many. And [...]

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This is an inspiring article about how that was done at a DC public charter school: click here for the full Washington Post article. Excerpt: I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it, but at Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School in Washington D.C., chef Lisa Dobbs runs a food program [...]

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From Aviva Goldfarb: I thought you might all appreciate this article from the Washington Post about how effective tying growing and learning about produce into the school curriculum and producing healthy and fresh food can be in improving students’ eating habits (and driving up cafeteria sales!). Read the Washington Post article here. All my best, [...]

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In the Post magazine today, there is a story of some young, educated, politically motivated workers drawn to farming. See the whole story plus video and photographs here.

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