Masks for cows may seem silly – but innovation in agriculture is serious business. I’m a big fan of forward-thinking farmers, researchers and scientists – the moovers and shakers championing technology to ensure we all have safe, affordable, nutritious food.
Our food choices matter to our health, but what about the health of our planet? More consumers wonder if what they eat can make a difference. Dr. Frank Mitloehner, a.k.a. GHG Guru, fills us in on the impact of what we eat.
Tara Vander Dussen, the New Mexico Milkmaid, is “udderly in love with dairy.” I was fortunate to meet Tara and witness her passion first–hand during a recent visit to her family farm, Rajen Dairy, in Eastern New Mexico. Tara is a fifth–generation Dutch dairy farmer who left the farm after high school to earn an environmental science degree from the University of Arizona. It wasn’t her plan to come back, but after marrying her husband Daniel, Tara returned to dairy. Now she works alongside Daniel, his parents…