Fruit: The Go-To Transitionary Fuel for a Multisensory Experience

by Adam Leith Gollner

Marketing new fruits...

Seed Banking

by Adrienne Shelton, Buckland, Massachusetts

Developing a seed bank for local communities.

Kana

by Chris Dombrowski
Photographs: Randy Beacham

A lyrical exploration of the wonders of nature, and a father's quest to express those to his children

Connecting Cow to Consumer

by David Givens, Greensburg, Kentucky

The work of Green River Cattle Company enables consumers to trust the source of their food.

Food Less Traveled

by Edward C. Wolf

The hire-a-farmer option

From Ocean to Plate, a Posthumous Migration

by Sarah Murray

A salmon's journey doesn't end when it is caught

Fluid Values: Battles Over Water Rights

by Matt Jenkins

When our understanding of a river's "purposes" shifts, what happens to those left high and dry?

Stalking the Wild Groundnut

by Tamara Dean
Photo by Jason Houston

Once a staple and the subject of much interest, the groundnut, a forgotten food, whets a contemporary curiosity.

Don Berto’s Garden

by David G. Campbell
Illustrations by Molly Bang

The plants of the ancient Maya whisper their secrets to those who speak a shared language.

Gathering Berries

by Aleria Jensen

Gratitude in the muskeg

Land, Farmer, Community: A Sacred Trust

Photograph and text by Lisa M. Hamilton

Japanese families join with farmers in a spiritual practice whose goal is nothing short of world peace.

Regenerative Design

by Amy L. Seidl, Huntington, VT

LivingFuture and Teal Farm are modeling sustainability by mimicking and creating living systems

Horse Power

by Dick Courteau

A case for elegant, four-legged energy over the kind that must be mined and refined.

A Garden Becomes a Protest

by Fred Bahnson
Photographs by Taj Forer

A defiant garden blossoms in the wake of a murder, and the roots of a sacramental life take hold.

Ricekeepers

by Winona LaDuke

Poling their canoes through the murky waters of patent claims and genetic contamination, the Ojibwe strive to protect the Creator's gift from corporate agriculture.

Energy Co-op, Sabbath Sustainability, Localvores in Vermont…

by Lynn Benander, Jenny Holmes, Janisse Ray

Motivated by peak oil and climate change, as well as good common sense, Orion readers envision a better future and move toward it. Read their stories in Orion's newest department, Making Other Arrangements.

Burgers à la Thomas Jefferson

An interview with Tod Murphy

A Vermont diner embodies one farmer's faith in the nexus of food, democracy, and community.

The Tortilla Cycle

by Rebecca Allen

In Guatemala, corn is the stuff of life, and tortillas....

Measuring Your Ecological Footprint

by Adam Stein

Tesco, a British company, launches a 20-point plan to address climate change, starting with a program of "carbon labeling"

Stalking the Vegetannual

by Barbara Kingsolver

Can an imaginary vegetable save us from a detrimental—and botanically outrageous—national cuisine?

Homegrown Standards

by Ari LeVaux

"Organic" takes on new meaning as it returns to its local roots.

The Greenest Noodle

by Lou Bendrick

"Organic" "processed" "foods."

The New Farm Family

The Swanton Berry Farm

Replanting People

by Thomas Ulrich

Immigrant workers earn a piece of an organic farm.

Breadbasket of Democracy

by Ted Nace

Can we trust the future of food production to giant biotech corporations and their lobbyists?