Obesity Conference

Well, the largest obesity conference in the world is about to take place in Vancouver, B.C. CLICK HERE to learn more.

Governor Vetoes Farm to School Program

Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed AB826, the California Farm to School Child Nutrition Improvement
Program. As an organization, we supported this program and will look into reasons why it was vetoed. How disappointing tho...

Cows Pass Cars as Polluters

California's San Joaquin Valley for some time has had the dirtiest air in the country. Monday, officials said gases from ruminating dairy cows, not exhaust from cars, are the region's biggest single source of a chief smog-forming pollutant...CLICK HERE for MORE

OTHELLO, Wash. -- For 37 years, Pirie and Jane Grant have grown everything from hay and wheat to beans and potatoes on their central Washington farm. ...The art community is now recognizing the Grants _ and other farmers _ too. Through a partnership between the American Farmland Trust and the Maryhill Museum of Art in Goldendale, Wash., artists from across the Pacific Northwest are visiting farms in the region to document conservation efforts by farmers. CLICK HERE for MORE

New York Dairy Farmers get Organic Boost from Clinton

Belmont, NY - Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton met today with dairy farmers for a roundtable discussion about the potential of organic agriculture as an important value-added opportunity for producers in...CLICK HERE for MORE