The beauty of redeeming the dirt is that it is a road we travel, not a place at which we arrive. After the last post I want to make sure that I didn’t discourage anyone. My goal with this blog is not to focus on the shortcomings of the way many of us farm, but …

American agriculture is viewed by many people in the world as the shining example of successful agriculture. With our countless acres of grain in the Midwest, our California valleys bursting with vegetables, our feedlots full of beef and our barns packed with pigs and poultry, we seem to be on the cutting edge of food …