(Please excuse me if this post seems unusual; it is my first of hopefully many.) There are two links that I’ve read today that got me thinking: http://www.aolnews.com/2011/01/04/will-food-safety-law-be-toothless-without-funding/ http://www.radioiowa.com/2011/01/06/harkin-says-republican-block-of-food-safety-bill-may-be-a-bluff/ Is the food supply really that bad? Are thousands of people in Iowa really getting sick every year from food poisoning? How has this not been […]

I’ve been reading Joel Salatin lately, starting with his book Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal: War Stories From the Local Food Front, and I’m currently absorbed in You Can Farm: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Start & Succeed in a Farming Enterprise. Probably, it will come as no surprise that I recommend both, and really, […]