Acres USA magazine is a great resource for anyone from novice to expert looking to learn more about environmentally friendly farming. Some may think its a little extreme, but in this day and age we really have to learn that the so called “traditional” farming is really the extreme. Just think about it: is it extreme to spend thousands of dollars on fertilization while we are wasting our natural fertilizer by concentrating it so much in cesspools that it is damaging to the land? Is it extreme to genetically engineer crops and then sue farmers for using the wind carried pollen? Is it extreme that our food travels so far that it has lost a majority of its nutritional content by the time we eat it? I think so, and if you agree please take a look at Acres USA magazine. They have a great library with their featured articles here: http://www.acresusa.com/toolbox/articles.htm You can also order a free sample of magazine on their website www.acresusa.com

Here’s what Polyface farms says about Acres USA: “The world’s leading forum for ecological food and agriculture. This magazine is not afraid to print the unspeakable, and dares to challenge the most entrenched paradigms of conventional scientific thought. A true masterpiece.

-written by Rachel Burmeister, Internship Coordinator 2011-2012