Have you heard? California is attempting to “go green” without actually going green

Farmers do what they do because they love the job, but that doesn’t mean it’s not difficult

As producers, I’m sure most of you have heard pleas from agriculture communicators asking you to tell your story

Most of us have heard stories of the Knights of the Round Table. They were characters in the legend of King Arthur’s kingdom

Food can carry quite a few labels these days. There’s grass-fed, organic, no antibiotics used, vegan, from cows not treated with rBST, clean . . . and probably at least a dozen others

Even before there was a pandemic to worry about, the next generation of farmers and the next generation of consumers had similar concerns on their minds — ones about the future of our food systems

The sustainability conversation around agriculture, particularly animal agriculture, has become increasingly front of mind for a growing number of people

Urbanization is a tricky subject. It affects each state, region, county, and town differently, and there are certainly benefits to expanding our communities

Ten years ago, or even just five, it’s likely safe to guess that not many people thought about food on the cellular level. If they did, it was probably not about using cells to create entirely new...

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck . . . It’s going to taste like a duck!

A sobering blow has been delivered to extreme claims about animal agriculture and the environment by the new Global Agricultural Productivity Report (GAP) presented at the World Food Prize this month

For some, the slightest mention of anything “sustainable” might ignite an indifferent facial expression. For others, they grab the word right out of the sky and embrace it

sat in rush hour traffic in Oregon’s biggest city, Portland, the other day. It’s something I avoid at all costs, but then again, I try to avoid driving to the big city for anything

Even though the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the European Chemicals Agency have declared that glyphosate

If the last couple of years have taught us anything, it's that we don't know anything

In the 1950s, the U.S. had 22 million dairy cows and the average milk production was 598 gallons per cow

Imagine being told you can’t sell your milk, you can’t market your cows, and the water on your land is contaminated with a slowly degrading man-made chemical

With each passing year, expectations continue to be placed on dairy producers across the country with a focal point being on-farm environmental practices

When people talk about sustainability, they often refer to the term “carbon footprint.” However, there is more to the sustainability story than greenhouse gases

It is no secret that the politics in California are a joke. For decades, California’s politics have haunted the agricultural community, but over the past few years we have been able to watch its...