A writer joins hordes of farmers and tourists for a once-every-three-years look at Joel Salatin's pioneering "grass-farming" operation Two weeks ago, I joined about 1,700 farmers, foodies, and ...

You can find Joel Salatin’s soul in his slaughterhouse. Just behind the oversize shed that serves as his farm’s shop is what Salatin calls the chicken-processing center, where the living birds that ...

Although the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR team is currently “hunkered down” in response to stay-at-home guidelines related to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are still planning to host the FAIR at Polyface Farm ...

Polyface Farms in Swoope (pronounced “swope”), Virginia, is a holy grail for farm-to-table junkies like me. While I know their uber-sustainable agriculture practices are at an extremely high level, I ...

If you haven’t, stop reading this and think about it. It is potentially life changing. Realizing what your unfair advantage is can set you on a course to success, but being blind to your advantage ...

The following post originally appeared on the Polyface Farms Facebook page. The recent editorial by James McWilliams, titled “The Myth of Sustainable Meat,” contains enough factual errors and skewed ...

STAUNTON - There's a new toy store in Waynesboro and Polyface Farm is holding a dinner in Swoope — here's the buzz. There isn't a surface that isn't covered with toys. Shelves are lined up and ...

Today and Sunday, Zeus Digital Theaters and Visulite Cinemas will host four presentations of the premiere of a documentary film titled, “American Meat,” by Graham Meriwether and Leave It Better LLC, ...

It’s just past dawn, and the evidence is everywhere. A violent July thunderstorm crackled through here last night, booming like a cannon, sending strobe lights from the heavens and driving rain ...

This case explores a method of value creation through exploiting synergies that exist in an environment where there is diversity. The context of the case is a farm where biodiversity is leveraged to ...