by Stephanie Ogburn
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The Contrarian's Dilemma
James McWilliams’ over-hyped and undercooked anti-locavore polemic 15
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago In his new book Just Food, the historian James McWilliams lectures local-food activists on why they should learn to love pesticides and food shipped in from across the globe. Read More -
Strengthening the Movement by Shrinking It
An interview with the innovators behind ioby.org 0
Posted 6 months ago Can small-scale, local giving have a large-scale environmental impact? The anti-NIMBY activists behind the first green micro-lending site think so. Stephanie Ogburn reports. Read More -
Diversity in the field, and at the table
A multicolored good food movement 0
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago As the good food movement matures, its members have begun discussing its inclusiveness. This week, at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s ninth Food and Society Conference, speaker after speaker touched upon the topic of race and access to good food. Read More -
Dispatches From the Fields: Your tax dollars at work
Big ag, little ag, and government support 0
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago In "Dispatches From the Fields," Ariane Lotti and Stephanie Ogburn, who are working on small farms in Iowa and Colorado this season, share their thoughts on producing real food in the midst of America's agro-industrial landscape.-----
Nicolas Enjalbert, a graduate student at Colorado State University, shows off a trial of an oilseed crop, camelina, that could potentially be used for biodiesel feed stock.Stephanie Paige OgburnIn the past few weeks, I've had the opportunity to attend a couple of events… Read More
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Dispatches From the Fields: Back to the garden
On the transformative potential of community-scale food production 4
Posted 1 year, 2 months ago In "Dispatches From the Fields," Ariane Lotti and Stephanie Ogburn, who are working on small farms in Iowa and Colorado this season, share their thoughts on producing real food in the midst of America's agro-industrial landscape.-----
This spring, someone transformed the vacant lot across the street from my in-town apartment here in Cortez, a town of 8,000 in southwest Colorado. Until the transformation, I had never really noticed the parcel of land. It wasn't an after-hours hangout, was never vandalized, and was thus invisible to me as I ran, biked, or drove by it nearly… Read More
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Mark Udall visits rural Colorado
Udall stumps on renewables and more to a crowded room 0
Posted 1 year, 2 months ago I had the opportunity to attend a campaign event for Mark Udall Friday afternoon, when he stopped by the Montezuma County Democratic headquarters for a short stump speech and Q&A.Udall is a sitting representative in the House who is running against Republican Bob Schaffer for the Senate seat vacated by Republican Wayne Allard. Udall, a tall, rangy, candidate who sported the requisite Western dress of cowboy boots, denim, and a button-down, only spoke for about 20 minutes, but his understanding of and dedication to Western and national environmental issues quickly shone through. Read More
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Dispatches from the Fields: The trouble with small-scale farming
Can sustainable farming provide a sustainable living? 26
Posted 1 year, 3 months ago In "Dispatches from the Fields," Ariane Lotti and Stephanie Ogburn, who are working on small farms in Iowa and Colorado this season, share their thoughts on producing real food in the midst of America's agro-industrial landscape.-----
Should small-scale farmers who grow organically and sell locally or regionally be able to make a middle-class living with farming as their sole source of income?
SongHaven Farm and Sage Canyon Soapworks are one local farmer's attempts to make more money by combining fresh produce with the… Read MoreDispatches From the Fields: Whatever happened to organic?
The limits of consumption-based food movements 35
Posted 1 year, 3 months ago In "Dispatches From the Fields," Ariane Lotti and Stephanie Ogburn, who are working on small farms in Iowa and Colorado this season, share their thoughts on producing real food in the midst of America's agro-industrial landscape.
This Olathe Sweet Corn is regionally renowned, entirely local, and grown entirely conventionally and industrially, meaning farmers use large amounts of water, fertilizer, and pesticides. Its locality has become a selling point; should this be the case?Read MoreDispatches From the Fields: From tepary beans to arugula -- and back
Can locavores embrace a truly place-based agriculture? 14
Posted 1 year, 4 months ago In "Dispatches From the Fields," Ariane Lotti and Stephanie Ogburn, who are working on small farms in Iowa and Colorado this season, share their thoughts on producing real food in the midst of America's agro-industrial landscape.
The architectural remnants of an ancient agrarian civilization known as the Ancestral Puebloans cover the Southwest.Photo: Stephanie Ogburn.It's somewhat astonishing that there's a thriving local food scene where I live, in Montezuma County, Colorado. Not because the area is poor, rural, and thus removed from the… Read More
Dispatches From the Fields: The 'far' in farmers markets
For some farmers, distant markets offer the best prices 6
Posted 1 year, 4 months ago In "Dispatches From the Fields," Ariane Lotti and Stephanie Ogburn, who are working on small farms in Iowa and Colorado this season, share their thoughts on producing real food in the midst of America's agro-industrial landscape.I don't know how many different farmers markets readers have the opportunity to attend within one area. As a consumer, it seems reasonable to pick one and stick with it. But as a farmer, it's a good idea to sell at multiple markets; it offers the opportunity to sell products at different times during the week as produce becomes available and also… Read More
