Table of Contents

May/June 2008

Cover Story

Farming Consciousness: Five Things Every Family Should Know.

Feature Stories

City Chickens: The emerging mascot of urban agriculture.

The Learning Garden: In Search of Atlantis on the Pacific by David King.

Morning Owl Farm: Raising community food consciousness by Benjamin Gisin.

Should People Raise Their Own Food?: Study finds reasons why we should.

Raising the Steaks: Beef packing concentrations by Debra Eschmeyer.

Organic Wedding: On a farm, in 4 feet of snow and in a greenhouse by Susan Gisin.

GMO Sugar Beets Slated for Planting: The risks and controversy by Jeffrey Smith.

Drying Fruits: Save your fruits for up to a year by Elizabeth Andress

The Secret Life of Soils (Part III of III): A deeper journey into what is underneath our feet by Willl Newman II.

Banner of Organic Honesty: Azure Standard, organic farm and small natural-foods distributor by Susan Clark.

In Each Issue

Grass-Roots Viewpoint: The world enters a new food consciousness.

In The News: Happenings around the nation and the world.

Food Sleuth: Soils, organics and health.

Sustainable Farmers Talk: Quotes from sustainable farmers.

Book Review: Closing the Food Gap by Mark Winne.

Domestic Food Outlook: U.S. - Waiting for new wheat crop.

Global Food Outlook: Global food security.

Economics Outside the Box: Cereal grains. Time for public intervention by Benjamin Gisin.

Peter Puffin & Freddie Frog: Food security services coming to the forefront.