Farm Size Matters
Join Grist as we go beyond the farmers market and explore agriculture of the middle in this special series. Trust us – you won’t want to miss a story.
In This Series
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The future of bread comes from a lab — here’s why that’s good
Take a video tour of the Bread Lab and learn how it could reinvent wheat farming.
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This infographic shows why good bread costs more dough
Here's a comparison of how an artisanal loaf of bread from your local bakery might be made vs. a bagged loaf from the grocery store.
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What farm cooperatives can do for the food system — and farmers
Cooperatives aren't a panacea, but they could get regionally sourced pancetta to a supermarket near you.
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From farmworker to farm owner: One man’s story of the American dream
What is the bigger challenge: Going from farmworker to farmer, or immigrant to citizen?
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This activist is bringing Kentucky’s hot food scene to a tray near you
Sarah Fritschner is leading a farm-to-cafeteria movement in Kentucky.
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Watch this Kansas farm beat the market with the honor system (and a llama)
JaKo Farm avoids the farmers market by selling their products through an on-farm store -- and it's paying off.
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Can zippy startup ideas and code speed local food to urban plates?
San Francisco's Good Eggs is taking another run at the dream of using apps and the internet to change the way we buy food for the better.
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How the Bay Area’s last slaughterhouse dodged the axe
You want local meat? You're gonna need a local slaughterhouse. It took a tanking economy and a massive beef recall to save the last such outfit in the Bay Area.
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What happened to America’s black farmers?
In 1920, black farmers represented 14 percent of U.S. farmers; today, they make up less than 2 percent.
