https://civileats.com/2019/03/27/grinnell-heritage-farm-is-farming-against-type-and-against-the-odds-in-iowa/ Daily News and Commentary About the American Food System Mon, 02 Mar 2020 22:13:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://civileats.com/2019/03/27/grinnell-heritage-farm-is-farming-against-type-and-against-the-odds-in-iowa/#comment-143205 Fri, 21 Jun 2019 00:43:10 +0000 http://civileats.com/?p=31016#comment-143205 Council Bluffs is my hometown.
Marjorie Johnston Dunham went to high school with my mom (graduated 1933) . We lived in the neighborhood where she and her four sisters and parents George and Marian lived. Simple memories. How are you related to Marjorie and Grinnel Dunham? I loved reading about your organic farm and hope you do well.

]]> https://civileats.com/2019/03/27/grinnell-heritage-farm-is-farming-against-type-and-against-the-odds-in-iowa/#comment-126556 Thu, 04 Apr 2019 23:10:49 +0000 http://civileats.com/?p=31016#comment-126556 These are some of the most brilliant, hard working and innovative food farmers in Iowa. They’re doing everything right. It’s time to feel the urgency of rebuilding the local food system – from affordable ground up – so they and others like them stand half a chance against canned food, corn chips and broccoli from Guatemala.

]]> https://civileats.com/2019/03/27/grinnell-heritage-farm-is-farming-against-type-and-against-the-odds-in-iowa/#comment-125739 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 23:00:10 +0000 http://civileats.com/?p=31016#comment-125739 Andy and Melissa Dunham are setting a great example of what is needed to combat the decades of questionable farming techniques and soil depletion. It gives me joy to see a family farm not only staying in the family, but producing wholesome food for other families. Too many are being sold to large conglomerates. Having been reared on a 6th generation family farm, I know how much work goes into it. There has always been mother nature to contend with, but it is getting more unpredictable and extreme. We need more farmers like the Dunhams. My best wishes for their continued success.

]]> https://civileats.com/2019/03/27/grinnell-heritage-farm-is-farming-against-type-and-against-the-odds-in-iowa/#comment-125366 Mon, 01 Apr 2019 13:02:16 +0000 http://civileats.com/?p=31016#comment-125366 Have you tried having working students for a term or a year?

]]> https://civileats.com/2019/03/27/grinnell-heritage-farm-is-farming-against-type-and-against-the-odds-in-iowa/#comment-125362 Mon, 01 Apr 2019 12:45:12 +0000 http://civileats.com/?p=31016#comment-125362 As president, Tulsi Gabbard will end federal subsidies for oil companies and invest that money in supporting renewable energy & renewable agriculture—industries that are vital to our future, address climate change, and are necessary for energy & food security.

]]> https://civileats.com/2019/03/27/grinnell-heritage-farm-is-farming-against-type-and-against-the-odds-in-iowa/#comment-125101 Sun, 31 Mar 2019 15:20:25 +0000 http://civileats.com/?p=31016#comment-125101 Taking on more debt will increase the odds of failure. Sell some land, become smaller instead.

]]> https://civileats.com/2019/03/27/grinnell-heritage-farm-is-farming-against-type-and-against-the-odds-in-iowa/#comment-123257 Wed, 27 Mar 2019 13:20:03 +0000 http://civileats.com/?p=31016#comment-123257 Half way through the book,The Uninhabitable Earth. Yesterday the we blow up a vote on the green new deal. Oh my!

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