Articles by Stephanie Ogburn
Stephanie Ogburn is an editor at the High Country News currently lives in Paonia, Colorado.
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Can Oakland plant a policy revolution to match its grassroots efforts?
Unlike in Seattle or San Francisco, urban ag projects in Oakland have flourished through benign neglect.
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To reduce nitrogen pollution, we need new farm policies
California dairy farmer Joey Rocha. Photo: Stephanie OgburnTurlock, Calif. — Joey Rocha tends 2,800 cows at his Central Valley dairy. That may sound like a large herd, but in California, […]
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The dark side of nitrogen
Few people spare a thought for nitrogen. But with every bite we take — of an apple, a chicken leg, a leaf of spinach — we are consuming nitrogen. Plants, […]
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James McWilliams’ over-hyped and undercooked anti-locavore polemic
Cows on pasture: potential solution, or menace to society? What is just food? One might answer: food produced without causing undue ecological damage, food grown under production systems that allow […]
