For decades, Willapa Bay kept native shrimp in check with pesticides that are now banned. New solutions have been hard to come by.

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Activist Robin Greenfield shares how (and why) he spent the past year living off the land.

The USDA says the $180 million in agricultural seed research will bolster seed sovereignty and food security, but advocates say it doesn’t adequately address corporate control of seeds.

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For decades, Willapa Bay kept ghost shrimp in check with pesticides that were banned in 2013. Since then, the state of Washington, the oyster industry, and scientists have tried multiple tactics to manage the native shrimp population, but solutions have been hard to come by.

In a Q&A with Civil Eats, activist Robin Greenfield shares how (and why) he spent the past year living off the land. “This is a way of seeing if it’s possible to live outside of this broken system, and provide for ourselves in a way that is harmonious with the Earth and beneficial to ecosystems.”

Willapa Bay is responsible for 10% to 20% of all U.S. oysters. But these numbers don’t come easy. For as long as oysters have been farmed in Willapa Bay, farmers have been wrestling with ghost shrimp, a species native to the West Coast.

“This is a way of seeing if it’s possible to live outside of this broken system." We spoke with author and activist Robin Greenfield about his project of foraging 100% of the food and medicine he consumes for one year, without buying or growing anything.

The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont funded more than two dozen Long-Handled Spoon Dinners earlier this year. These meals bring together farmers and their neighbors, with the goal of decreasing isolation and building community around local and organic food.

Activist and author Robin Greenfield is wrapping up a yearlong project of foraging 100% of the food and medicine he consumes, without buying or growing anything. We spoke with Greenfield to learn what it’s like to forage this way and how it can reduce food insecurity.

This Vermont farmers‘ association is building community and strengthening local food systems by hosting neighborhood dinners for farmers and neighbors.

USDA Finalizes Changes That Could End Support for Solar on Farms

The Food and Drug Administration has finalized its investigation into the cyclospora outbreak that swept across the country this summer, finding more concrete evidence that it stemmed from iceberg lettuce found in select Taylor Farms operations.

The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont aims to decrease isolation and build community around local, organic food by funding Long-Handled Spoon Dinners. Through this program, the association awards its members a $200 micro-grant to host their neighbors for a meal.

Experts say the Regenerative Pilot Program could be beneficial, but it doesn’t represent a new investment in better farming, and staff cuts could hamper its impacts.

Just days after farm and environmental groups filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s gutting of the Rural Energy for America program, the agency published a final rule last week that will make it even harder for farmers to get help installing solar arrays and wind turbines.

“Regenerative really means to bring life back or to add life to something,” says Farmer Tommy Shireman. On his small, diversified farm, he uses regenerative practices like no-till organic vegetables and intensive grazing to rebuild the health of his soil.

"What’s needed is aligned, bold action—globally. Thankfully, for advocates in the U.S. food system, we can draw on lessons and models from around the world,” writes Anna Lappé, executive director of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, in an op-ed.