Via Gusta

A beautiful reminder of the importance of knowing where your food comes from--and a perfect start to a new year! Happy new year, everyone.

Common Ground: Urban farmers nourish their communities Innovative small-scale urban farmers all over the world are helping to ensure access to local, healthy food. From Harriet's backyard plot in Kampaala, Uganda...

The UN has declared 2014 the International Year of Family Farming. (With half a billion small farmers out there, providing for half the planet, you'd think that would be every year!) Here's a little introduction to OneAcre Fund, which is doing interesting work in subsaharan Africa to support the smallest farms.

International Year of Family Farming: Reducing Food Waste Among Smallholder Farmers in Kenya One Acre Fund conducted a trial of low-cost and safe methods of maize storage for Kenyan farmers.

A beautiful example of Big Business helping fight hunger by doing what it does best rather than just throwing money at the problem. Partnership at its best.

In Lieu of Money, Toyota Donates Efficiency to New York Charity Toyota engineers brought kaizen, a Japanese word meaning “continuous improvement,” to the Food Bank for New York City, cutting wait times at soup kitchens and streamlining procedures.

How many people would guess that the majority of the world's farmers are women? This short op-ed is a great introduction to the topic and why it should matter to all of us. A must-read.

The Feminization of Farming Women are producing ever more food, but not reaping enough gains.

A phenomenal story, and a fascinating character!

George Washington’s Celebrity Chef by Ramin Ganeshram Hercules was the greatest chef our infant nation knew. And he was Washington’s slave

Restaurants that insult customers behind their backs are discovering the power of today's hyperconnected world. http://ow.ly/fZ6ez

I'm shocked to read a report by the Sustainable Ag Coalition this morning that no progress has been made on the Farm Bill since the recess began. Shocked.

Seriously, though: with hundreds of millions of dollars spent on lobbying efforts, you'd think the lobbyists would at least pressure our representatives to start negotiating in earnest. FWW did some solid analysis of the money going into the last Farm Bill, and what they found is TRULY shocking.

Cultivating Influence: The 2008 Farm Bill Lobbying Frenzy | Food & Water Watch During every day that the 110th Congress was in session in 2007 and 2008, special interests spent an average of $539,000 lobbying on issues covered by the Farm Bill.