Great Huffigton Post Story on Earth Day

Here is Bill Lucy's story, 'How Earth Day Began and How You Can Get Involved'

Happy Earth Day to you ....And Many More

Happy Earth Day to you

As we kick off spring 2010 don’t forget another way to celebrate is by remembering our local family farmers.

Buying your groceries from small family owned farms(non-industrial)at a local farmers market and some small grocers supports your community and our planet.
Two great efforts can happen in one purchase.

A Photo Essay

What Real Vegetables Look Like

Grown in Vermont and New Hampshire

Photos by Layla Burke Hastings















Send us your produce photos from your region

Jackie is not a farmer but she supports local farms and the community she lives in.

The Moon Dog Cafe is a local independently owned whole foods store located in Chester,Vermont.
The Owner Jackie supports local family farming, youth in our community and without her we would be a dimmer place.
Go in once a week. Buy some eggs. Buy a coffee.
Buy your veggies there.
Go in on friday night at 6:30 for a fabulous crepe.
We love her and you will too.

Moon Dog Cafe & Natural Foods Market, Chester, VT: Save The Moon Dog! An Open Letter to the Community

The Mission

Industrial farming even those who grow USDA organic are not producing a vegetable or meat that is fit for consumption. We are what we eat. If the ground is soaked in human waste than so are the vegetables. If the animals are scared then the milk and the meat is soaked with adrenaline.
The independent and family farms are being wiped out because they can not compete with the industrial farms' lower retail prices.
Because of this price gap people are buying industrial farmed produce, dairy and meat which are low in quality since USDA organic regulations are lower than the original goal of the organic movement.
USDA regulations allow for farming to be done with human feces used in the fertilizer.
Human feces is considered a bio hazard is not allowed in our water systems.Yet.
But USDA regulations allow it to be used in classified 'organically grown' produce.
No kidding.
One by one the independent and family farms are having to sell the land they live on and sacrifice their hearts that for so long they invested in the harvest, their animals and the soil.
The industrial farms don't have a history or a love for the land -but the love of money- then the land goes unloved.
If the land and the independent farmers and their families divorce the back bone of a quality wholesome life deteriorates.
THE GOAL
To collect news from family farms in all 50 states.
To collect news about industrial farms in all 50 states.
To learn with others ways to support our family farms.