On a cold March day in 2006, Sandra Steingraber called The Land Connection and mentioned that her grandmother Leah Maurer had passed away at age 100. At the time she contacted The Land Connection, Steingraber said, “I had already succumbed to the inevitability of losing this farm to urban sprawl development or to an out-of-area […]
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Steingraber and Science on Organic Ag Feeding the World
Tue, 10/12/2010 – 3:44pm One of the oft-repeated criticisms of family organic farming is that family organic farmers “cannot feed the world.” The first response to this should be that chemical farming is not feeding the world, so it’s a bit like the pot calling the kettle black. The next should be to look at […]
New Life for Maurer-Steingraber Farm
Tue, 10/12/2010 – 2:10pm On a cold March day in 2006, Sandra Steingraber called The Land Connection and mentioned that her grandmother Leah Maurer had passed away at age 100. At the time she contacted The Land Connection, Steingraber said, “I had already succumbed to the inevitability of losing this farm to urban sprawl development […]
Safe Eggs Come From Healthy Hens (Duh!)
Wed, 09/22/2010 – 10:21am The results are in! Barry Estabrook took the challenge, sent eggs from his free-ranging hens to a lab to be tested and . . . no salmonella! This may seem like no big deal, but his hens, like those my family raises, my grandparents raised, and countless generations before them raised […]
Eat Well to Be Well (A Love Story)
Wed, 09/22/2010 – 10:42am OK, I admit it, I’ve just fallen in love. This morning. Over my New York Times and coffee. With two guys, doctors no less. This is the line that got me: Food is at the center of health and illness . . . and so doctors must make all aspects of […]
Not Putting All Our Eggs in One Basket
Sat, 09/04/2010 – 4:07pm I’m living dangerously. I just made a Sunshine Cake whose main ingredient is (gasp!) eggs. Yes, dear reader: I licked the bowl. And the spatula. And the beaters, too. But I have not a shred of fear, because the eggs came from my brother Henry’s farm. He has a few dozen […]
