Consumer trends, insights and questions of “where do we go from here?” populate numerous media sources when a new year rolls around and this year especially, with the arrival of a new decade, the lists abound! News about sustainability, climate change and plant-based...
The latest issue of The AgriNutrition Edge Report is live. Check out my new blog, “What’s Driving the Trend of Plant-Based Burgers? Personal or Planet Health?” Summer is in full swing and so is grilling season. What’s on your grill this year may be different than the...
The future of agriculture is based on the principles of sustainability: sustaining generations of farmers and their land and maintaining an economical and environmentally sound business. Easier said than done! Today, many farmers are in their sixties. The growth of...
Growing up on small family owned dairy farm, wasting food was not an option, both from a monetary perspective and family well-being. As a small child, my father had experienced folks stopping by his family’s farm asking for food in exchange for work during the Great...
It’s National Farmer’s Day but for the average farmer October 12th is no different than any other day. It’s just another day to rise early, check the weather and prepare for the day’s tasks at hand. And most would say… “We don’t need a celebration, we’re just doing our job.” But it is good to remember that we have food and drink today because of a farmer!
Marianne Smith Edge authors a student health column in the Messenger-Inquirer on the topic of how to ready food labels to make more informed and healthier decisions about what we eat. Read the article here