Sunday, May 4, 2008

Links to Research and Articles

Myths and Truths about Grass-Finished Meat by Allan Nation
Note: Nation, editor of The Stockman Grass Farmer, has studied grassland agriculture extensively in North and South America, New Zealand, and Australia.

The Nation: Wake Up, America!
Pay Attention to What You Eat!
Want to read reasoned opinion on our food quality and systems from leading critics like Eric Schlosser, Marion Nestle, Michael Pollan, Wendell Berry, Troy Duster, Elizabeth Ransom, Winona LaDuke, Peter Singer, Dr. Vandana Shiva, Carlo Petrini, Eliot Coleman, and Jim Hightower? Check out this issue devoted to food (September 11, 2006).

Eat Wild: The Clearinghouse for Information About
Pasture-Based Farming
Grass Run Farm is proud to be listed with this organization.

Power Steer by Michael Pollan
This well-known article first appeared in the New York Times Magazine in 2002 and tracks a conventionally raised steer from birth to feedlot, giving a firsthand, rather unbiased account of mass beef production. Thanks to Washington University for making it available online. Also see Pollan's new book, The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Natural History of Four Meals (2006).

The Stockman Grass Farmer
This journal is a mainstay on our coffee table.