We love organic farming. It is a passion for us because we enjoy good food, healthy eating and honoring the earth through sustainable farming methods.  We are also life-long learners and few fields are as fertile as organic farming when it comes to expanding ones knowledge and awareness. We enjoy sharing what we've learned and so we have developed INSIGHTS as a webpage to alert you to great websites, books, resources and more.  We think you will enjoy learning about good food, health and wellness, the environment, and so much more every bit as much as we do. Check here often to see what’s new. 

In the Media:

Go Green by Eating Greens
a recent article in www.makeitbetter.net

Midwest and National Organizations:

ATTRA

Natural Resources Conservation Service

MOSES

MOSA

MACSAC

Cornucopia Institute

REAP

AgDM

Eat Well Guide

Farm Products and Services

Cashton Farm Supply Inc.

Cobra Head Specialty Gardening Tools

Portland Implement – Farm products and equipment

Seeds of Change –organic seeds and resources

Southern Exposure Seed Exchange

Territorial Seeds

Johnny’s Seeds

FarmTek

Beaver Creek Heirloom Seeds

News and Resources

Mother Earth News

Local Harvest – find local organic farms and resources

The Land Connection – an organic farming and learning resource

Grist – environmental news

Kickapoo Free Press

Ag Decision Maker

Rodale Institute

Organic Consumers Association

Books We Recommend

Syvia's Farm - The Journey of an Improbable Shephard, by Sylvia Jorrin

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, by Barbara Kingsolver

The Omnivore's Dilemna: A Natural History of Four Meals, by Michael Pollan

Diet for a Small Planet, Frances Lappe

A Map of the World, by Jane Hamilton

Holistic Management, Allan Savory

Back to Eden, Jethro Kloss

The Organic Gardener, Catharine Osgood Foster

The Apple Grower, A Guide for the Organic Orchardist by Michael Phillips

Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson

The Art of Common Place: The Agrarian Essays, by Wendell Berry

The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture, by Wendell Berry

In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto, by Michael Pollan

The Gardener’s A-Z Guide to Growing Organic Food, by Tanya L.K. Denckla

A Year in a Vegetarian Kitchen: Easy Seasonal Dishes for Family and Friends, by Jack Bishop

Slow Food: The Case for Taste, by Carlo Petrini

Plenty: One Man, One Woman and a Raucous Year Eating Locally, by Alisa Smith

This Organic Life: Confessions of a Suburban Homesteader, by Joan Dye Gussow