that milk comes from an udder, not a store shelf.”
Klaas and Mary-Howell Martens, of Lakeview Organic Grain, in Penn Yan, New York, grow a variety of grains, including wheat, spelt, barley, oats and triticale, plus peas, dark red kidney beans and edamame soybeans, along with raising livestock on about 1,400 acres. Their family farm phi- losophy entails looking at the world through a lens of abundance, rather than scarcity, and working in coopera- tion with their neighbors instead of in competition. The result has been a groundswell of thriving organic farm- ers and a renewed sense of community and economic strength throughout their region. The Martens switched to organic
farming after Klaas experienced partial paralysis due to exposure to pesticides, compounded by concern for the health of their three children. Because the Martens work in alliance with nature, they’ve learned to ask a unique set of
Conscientious food
producers are teachers, innovators, environmental stewards and change-
makers creating a brighter future for us all.
questions. For example, when Klaas sees a weed, he doesn’t ask, “What can we spray to kill it?” but, “What was the environment that allowed the weed to grow?”
Anne Mosness, in Bellingham, Washington, began fishing for wild salmon with her father during one sum- mer after college. The experience ignited a sense of adventure that led her back to Alaska for nearly three decades, as a crew member and then a captain in the Copper River and Bristol Bay fisher- ies. During that time, Mosness became a passionate advocate for protecting coastal communities and ecosystems.
“Like farm families on land, fishing fami- lies face many risks and uncertainties,” but she believes, “political forces may be even more damaging to our livelihoods and wild fish.” For example, “We are replicating
some of the worst practices of factory farming on land in our marine environ- ment with diseases, parasites and volu- minous amounts of pollution flushing into our coastal waters,” explains Mos- ness. She’s also concerned about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s potential approval of genetically engi- neered (GMO) fish without adequate health and environmental assessments, and she works to support GMO label- ing so consumers can make informed choices in the marketplace.
Melinda Hemmelgarn, aka the “food sleuth”, is a registered dietitian and award-winning writer and radio host at
KOPN.org, in Columbia, MO (
FoodSleuth@gmail.com). She advocates for organic farmers at
Enduring-Image.blogspot.com.
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