In South L.A., a Growing Interest in Urban Gardening

A Place Called Home Offers Local Youth a Chance to Farm in the Middle of South Central Avenue

A Place Called Home is one of the treasures of the South Central Avenue corridor. It’s been so successful at serving young people ages 8 to 21 (they’re called members)—providing academic enrichment, training, mentorship, homework help and tutoring, athletics, arts programming, and a high school-dropout recovery partnership with L.A. Unified School District—that it’s now in the process of expanding into a building across the street from its headquarters at Central and 29th Street.

Among the many offerings at A Place Called Home is an urban agriculture program. It’s popular with members—and …

July 7, 2016

Do You Know How Your Steak Was Killed?

Independent South Dakotan Buffalo Ranchers Don’t Shoot Their Meat, They Harvest It

By Dan O’Brien | May 27, 2016

With my wife Jill, I own a herd of 500 buffalo who range across 25,000 acres of western South Dakota. They eat only grass and have the freedom to move …

Water Wise President Sarah Woolf

She’s Collaboration’s Biggest Fan

August 10, 2014

Sarah Woolf is president of water management company Water Wise and also works in her family’s San Joaquin Valley farm business. Before participating in a panel on water reuse and …

If California Cows Could Talk

Much Like Their Human Counterparts, Cows Around the State Are Being Asked to Do More With Less

by Joe Mathews | August 7, 2014

I am a California dairy cow. Mmmm—oo.

Surprised to hear from me? In normal times, I wouldn’t be inclined to cooperate with the anthropomorphic scheme of a writer desperate for a …

The U.S. Is Almost as Fish Dependent as It Is Energy Dependent

We Import Over 90 Percent of Our Seafood. It’s Hurting the Environment—and the Economy.

by Paula Daniels | August 7, 2014

The United States is one of the world’s three largest consumers of seafood products, yet we import over 90 percent of our fish and shellfish, and have been experiencing an …

A Chicken Slaughter, A Lesson in Force Protection

A Pentagon Journalist Learns a Hard Truth About Defense When a Fox Gets Into His Chicken Coop

by Julian E. Barnes | May 27, 2014

The fox had been casing the joint for several minutes.

Afterward, a neighbor would report that she had seen the grayish-red beast lurking on the street as she went off to …

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