What is on Melanie’s Mind

In the 1950s, the world was tired of hunger. The war had ended, factories stood ready, and science promised something no generation before had dar...

In California, dawn once came with headlights rolling down dirt roads, boots crunching gravel, hands wrapping around thermoses before wrapping arou...

San Luis Obispo County, nestled between rolling vineyards and rolling hills, was once a patchwork of thriving farms and small homesteads. From stra...

Farming and food laws will not change as long as we continue to support the wrongdoers. They will not change while we allow ourselves to be misled ...

The Generational Gap in Agriculture: Who Carries the Land Forward? Across rural America, a quiet crisis is unfolding. Family ranches and farms—onc...