Farm Aid returns with Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Sturgill Simpson and more. “The experience of the past 18 months has reminded us how much we need each other,” Farm Aid President and Founder Willie Nelson said in a statement. “I’m so glad that music is bringing us all back together at Farm Aid 2021 to celebrate family farmers. When we combine music, family farmers, and good food, we have the power to grow the kind of agriculture that strengthens all of us.” The Goleta Union School District is providing families with free food throughout the summer months this year through the USDA’s summer food service program.
Each week on Wednesdays, volunteers bring organic farm boxes to a long line of cars. The school district partnered with Farm Cart Organics to fill these boxes with fresh and seasonal produce as well as bread and eggs. Total U.S. organic fresh produce sales for the second quarter of 2021 saw a continuation of year-over-year growth, increasing by 4 percent from the same period last year and nearing $2.3 billion for the quarter. A USDA loophole that allows farmers to cut down forests and clear grasslands to win faster certification should have been closed years ago.
Berries drive 4% increase in Q2 organic fresh produce sales
Total U.S. organic fresh produce sales for the second quarter of 2021 saw a continuation of year-over-year growth, increasing by 4 percent from the same period last year and nearing $2.3 billion for the quarter.
Goleta Union School District provides free organic food to families in need
The Goleta Union School District is providing families with free food throughout the summer months this year through the USDA’s summer food service program.
Each week on Wednesdays, volunteers bring organic farm boxes to a long line of cars. The school district partnered with Farm Cart Organics to fill these boxes with fresh and seasonal produce as well as bread and eggs.
Organic Farming Should Protect Nature, Not Destroy It
A USDA loophole that allows farmers to cut down forests and clear grasslands to win faster certification should have been closed years ago.
Farm Aid Returns With Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Sturgill Simpson and More
“The experience of the past 18 months has reminded us how much we need each other,” Farm Aid President and Founder Willie Nelson said in a statement. “I’m so glad that music is bringing us all back together at Farm Aid 2021 to celebrate family farmers. When we combine music, family farmers, and good food, we have the power to grow the kind of agriculture that strengthens all of us.”
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EWG calls on produce industry to support federal court ban of the brain-damaging pesticide
The Environmental Working Group on Monday called on the conventional produce industry to support a recent federal court ruling requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to ban or severely restrict the use of a highly toxic pesticide widely used on many fruits and vegetables.
