An awareness of where food comes from is a vital part of a community’s ability to secure wholesome, nutritious foods.  Unfortunately, due to the increasing industrialization of farming over the last half-century, this sense of connection between the food we eat and the way in which it was produced has been severed for many American. Traditional, family-owned farms are being replaced by large, vertically-integrated food production corporations. This has created a food system that, many would argue, is unhealthy for the environment, unhealthy for the farms, and unhealthy for consumers. The process of food production has become largely hidden from the views of most consumers. Fortunately, organizations like FamilyFarmed.org are working hard to re-establish this lost connection between food and farm. Continue reading →