We all hope that the USDA’s mission is to protect the quality and nutritiousness of our food supply while making sure that merchants are selling us what they promise. It is a basic equation: We pay taxes to hire them to protect us. If the protection is not there...
On certified organic farms, beef cattle, dairy cattle and swine are rotated on fields planted with cover crops. The animals’ manure droppings help build nutrients for row crops in succeeding rotations. Beef cattle raised in this model are pasture raised and finished...
Most of us who are health conscious try to drink spring water versus tap water in order to avoid impurities and chlorination. Then, just recently, a friend commented that we are paying more for spring water that comes out of the ground for free then we are paying for...
The day after one of the big nor’easters hit us pretty hard here, I stopped by our farm market to see how things were looking. The power was out, and there was one car in the parking lot. So by chance, I got to meet Lindy, a super-nice regular customer of Profeta...