Foodies are consumers who take a serious interest in knowing where their food comes from, how it was produced, where it was produced, how far it traveled, who harvested it and who processed it. Adam Moody, who operates butcher shops in Avon, Ladoga and Indianapolis, said after hearing Keener's talk that he didn't expect mainstream entities like Purdue and the state Department of Agriculture to side with sustainable farming or organic farming as being "the way to go" or healthier. Keener...

Agriculture not only provides the bountiful array of fresh vegetables, fruits and meat we are all accustomed to, but it also provides us with a working landscape beyond compare. We can thank the generations of farmers, ranchers and the organizations that represent them for the hard work and tenacity it takes to remain in agriculture today. Empty sets of trailers with their fiberglass tubs began appearing along the driveway waiting to transport the golden Chardonnay fruit to its final...

template_bas template_bas It would have launched a school lunch nutrition program and invested in California's chief crops: fruits, nuts and vegetables. By Nicole Gaouette, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer November 17, 2007 WASHINGTON -- A drive to revamp the nation's costly farm subsidies died Friday in the Senate, leaving in place a system widely criticized for being out of step with the modern agriculture economy, for favoring crops with minimal nutritional value and for funneling large...

The advances in the pomegranate trade are a sliver of good news from a region of Afghanistan known more for its Taliban attacks and thriving opium trade. The advances in the pomegranate trade are a sliver of good news from a region of Afghanistan known more for its Taliban attacks and thriving opium trade. Ubaidullah Jan, a 50-year-old farmer from the Arghandab area just north of Kandahar, said the price his pomegranates command has doubled this year to about 54 cents a pound, due to the...

Crapo said farm families in Idaho and across the country deserve strong federal farm policy, but said Democratic leaders had chosen to waste the past two weeks, which could have been spent properly debating and voting on amendments to further shape the bill by limiting debate. Though politically popular, the bill stalled in a dispute between the parties over unrelated amendments Republicans wanted to add. Crapo said farm families in Idaho and across the country deserve strong federal farm...