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The Deaver Wellness Farm at Lankenau聽Medical Center. Photo courtesy of Lankenau.

In One of the Nation鈥檚 Unhealthiest Places, This Hospital Prescribes Fresh Food From Its Own Farm

In an industry usually focused on medicine and procedures, a Philadelphia-area hospital decided what its patients needed was a farm and advice about food.

Liza Bayless | Dec 15, 2016

We Need Young Farmers, and Colleges Can Help

The documentary Occupy the Farm shows the positive impact universities could have if they leveraged their resources to create more farms and farmers.

Chelsey Simpson | Oct 7, 2016

Cooperatives | Wealth and inequality

I Took a Side Job Selling Cherries at Pike Place鈥擜nd Now Love the Farming World

There is a profound sense of community born from the gathering of people and the exchange of goods at a market.

Fan Kong | Sep 5, 2016

In This Food Desert, Kids Learn to Farm Veggies鈥擮ut of the Back of a Truck

For the past year, the Food Literacy Project in Louisville, Kentucky, has sent its garden-on-wheels to local food deserts, connecting people to healthy eating and changing the lives of young people.

Rachel Shulhafer | Sep 5, 2016

The World鈥檚 Biggest School Meal Program Is Keeping Local Farmers in Business

Emphasizing local food under a radical policy of 鈥渮ero hunger,鈥� Brazil鈥檚 school lunch initiative helps small farmers buy the land they鈥檝e been farming for generations.

Chris Arsenault | Sep 3, 2016

Urban Foraging: Weeds You Can Eat

6 edible weeds that can reduce anxiety, provide protein鈥攐r even predict the weather.

Jasleena Grewal | Aug 22, 2016

Local economies

Can Industrial Hemp Save Kentucky鈥檚 Small Farms?

As tobacco declines, some hope that hemp can be a 鈥済ateway crop鈥� to financial sustainability for the state鈥檚 small farms.

Catherine V. Moore | Jul 20, 2016

Tiny Houses Are Cute, But Can You Actually Cook a Meal in One?

As an avid cook I wondered what orchestrating a sizable meal would be like in the two-burner kitchen of a 250-square-foot home. So I gave it a try with my favorite recipe.

Ellie Lillstrom | May 9, 2016

The Seed-Saving Farmers Securing the Future of Food

The problems of鈥攁nd the solutions for鈥攐ur industrialized food system start at the most basic level: the seed.

Erin Sagen | Apr 19, 2016

The Seas Will Save Us: How an Army of Ocean Farmers Is Starting an Economic Revolution

Ocean farming isn鈥檛 just about food, it鈥檚 about transforming a workforce and restoring the sea.

Bren Smith | Apr 4, 2016

Without Fossil Fuels, a New Population Puzzle

So how many people can the planet really support?

Laurie Mazur | Mar 22, 2016

You Don鈥檛 Need a Science Degree to End World Hunger

Scientists aren鈥檛 the only ones who can solve problems like malnutrition鈥攊n fact, people who face hunger might be better at solving it.

Raj Patel | Mar 16, 2016

Infographic: The Surprising Ways You Consume Oil Every Day

Less than half the oil we consume is used for gasoline. Petroleum also goes into a bunch of everyday products. Some useful, and many we could live without.

Peter Kalmus | Feb 24, 2016

How to Make Friends in the City: Grow Vegetables Together

We asked this East Londoner how a pop-up garden brought his neighborhood together and made friends out of strangers.

Jasleena Grewal | Feb 19, 2016

If There Are No New Farmers, Who Will Grow Our Food?

Programs across the country are trying to make it easier for new farmers to get started and put down roots. Here's why: There's only one farmer under 35 for every six over 65. By 2030, one-quarter of America's current farmers will retire.

Kim Eckart | Feb 2, 2016

A Neighborhood Revolution in a Pot of Soup

After living in the same town for 14 years, I decided it was finally time to meet my neighbors. My secret? Soup night.

Shelley McEuen | Jan 7, 2016

Citizens United

Was 2015 the Year Big Food Began to Lose Its Sway?

Companies like Coca-Cola and Monsanto were called out for conflicts of interest, leaving many in the public health sector to wonder if next year transparency might become the new normal.

Andy Bellatti | Dec 25, 2015

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