Growers and Grocers

Starbucks is blending the line between coffee shop and, well everything else, as they plan to add book sales to their repertoire this fall when Mitch Albom’s forthcoming new novel, One More Day, appears in the Frappachino making shops in early October.
Free Press columnist Mitch Albom says he is “very humbled and flattered” […]

There is something romantic about the concept of sustainable restaurants, which are restaurants that use fresh local produce – in some cases from their own farms onsite – to create daily menus for patrons. I guess the romanticism lies in the idea of food going from vine to table on the same day, as it […]

What are they?
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, biopesticides fall into three categories: microbial pesticides (microorganisms are the active ingredient), Plant-Incorporated-Protectants (genetic material is added to plants so that they naturally produce the pesticide substance), and biochemical pesticides (naturally occurring substances).
Biopesticides are certain types of pesticides derived from such natural materials […]

A 9-month investigation by the Washington Post has left newspapers across the country calling foul over farm subsidies that are going to non-farmers.
According to the Post, it’s not the landowners that are to blame but a poorly written law that was intended to give farmers more freedom to respond to market changes. The law, […]

Most people can’t say what they would be doing as an occupation when they were 4 or 5, or even 15. But I am not most people. I don’t remember a time when I didn’t want to be a writer. And although a number of people attempted to talk me out of pursuing writing as […]