Organic and Non-GMO Farmer Profiles

Non-GMO farmer forced to grow GMO dicamba soybeans to avoid crop damage

Adam Chappell planted non-GMO soybeans for 15 years. He appreciated the premium prices he earned growing feed-grade non-GMO soybeans. “I was getting a little more than $2.00 above Chicago Board of Trade prices (for soybeans),” says Chappell, who farms 2000 acres in Cotton Plant, Arkansas. “It was a really good deal, and I could do […]

Nebraska farmer advocates for regenerative agriculture, preserving family farms

by Ronica Stromberg Graham Christensen exudes energy and determination when speaking about why he came back after college to farm his family’s 800 acres near Oakland, Nebraska. “It was the idea that we could be solutions for the world’s biggest challenges that made me solidify that I wanted to be a part of that,” the 44-year-old […]

Jubilee Justice: Black farmers reclaim land and livelihood with regenerative rice project

Konda Mason, social justice entrepreneur and founder of Jubilee Justice, says the project’s name refers to the Biblical “Jubilee Year”—occurring every 50th year—when all leased land returned to the original owners, debts were forgiven, and indentured servants were freed. This “complete socio-economic refresh” connotes repair, reparation, and restoration. That well describes the initiative happening on […]

The successful switch to organic

By Brianna Gwirtz, Ohio Country Journal field reporter The most dangerous phrase to any multigenerational business is, “Well, that’s the way we’ve always done it.” Scott Myers is the third generation to farm at Woodlyn Acres Farm in Dalton. While away in college at the Ohio State University, Myers focused all his time on figuring out ways to return […]

Iowa farmer-poet offers new paradigm of agriculture

The longer I farm the more I find I’ve got weeds of every kind. Hit ‘em with Roundup—chemical blast At first, they died but it did not last. Hit ‘em a second time at a double rate Now food smells of glyphosate on my plate. I’m sick of poison, the bitter taste. You can’t beat […]