Blast from the Past
Linda PlattsGrain growers in Washington’s Spokane Valley traditionally burned the rubble on their fields after harvest. More recently, concern about air quality amidst the growing population…
The Magazine of Free Market Environmentalism
What's So Special about the Farm?" by PERC Senior Associate Peter J. Hill kicks off the issue. Hill explains why farmers have received such largess from the federal government. Then Dan Zinkand, an editor with Iowa Farmer Today predicts the demise of multi-billion-dollar farm subsidies and warns readers to anticipate what that future might entail.
Grain growers in Washington’s Spokane Valley traditionally burned the rubble on their fields after harvest. More recently, concern about air quality amidst the growing population…
The high desert of southern Idaho seems an unlikely spot for fish farms and alligator ranches, but one ingenious farmer has made a success of…
A tidal wave of wastewater from rapidly growing towns and suburbs is creating a headache for officials in counties north of San Francisco. Somehow, somewhere,…
Why have farmers received such largesse from the federal government?
Kelmscott Farm in Maine preserves endangered livestock varieties.