Stories by Lisa M. Hamilton
Lisa M. Hamilton is a writer and photographer who focuses on food and farming. She's currently writing a book about the changing place of farmers and ranchers in American life, and a new movement to restore their leadership role in the food system. Read more about her.
By consolidating, centralizing and homogenizing our food system, we've put all our proverbial eggs in one basket -- and that's a big risk.
Posted on Jun 11, 2009, Source: AlterNet
A 10th-generation rancher in New Mexico shows how to restore the environment, agriculture and ranching communities.
Posted on Jun 8, 2009, Source: Counterpoint Press
Between 2002 and 2007, the United States lost 43,603 real farms -- we can't let agribusiness control our food supply.
Posted on May 13, 2009, Source: Prairie Writers Circle
From the news these days you'd think farmers have never had a better friend than ethanol. But if you actually are a farmer, ethanol, with the high corn prices it brings, is looking less and less like a blessing -- and more like a curse.
Posted on May 25, 2007, Source: AlterNet
