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Understanding How Soil May Save Our Planet: A Carbon Farming Breakdown

In 1937, amid the Dust Bowl crisis, Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered a speech with the following quotation: “A nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.” A 2012 article in Time written by the World Economic Forum pulls FDR’s line forward with an ominous portent for our global future: at the current pace of degradation, the world has roughly 60 years of topsoil left.

Farmer Profile: Haden Gooch

Haden Gooch and his partner Katie produce pasture-raised chickens for Walden. They started an ice cream company in Portland, Maine last year to help fund their dream dairy farm and to spread the word about the benefits of grass-based farming.

Why Local Part III: Earn 3X Your Money!

We have written extensively here and elsewhere about why we think building a local food community matters

Partner Farmers: Anna Houston + Rob Perazzo

Anna Houston has a special way of describing the happy, healthy chickens that she and her partner Rob Perazzo raise on their New Marlborough, MA farm. “They’re total freaks,” she said with a laugh.

Ham-Tastic Ideas (With a Hint of Maple)

Ham is a delicious staple in many parts of the world, and has a long and vibrant history. The earliest known instance of curing pork legs can be traced all the way back to China in 4900 B.C.

Partner Farmer: Stephen Hall

Ever since Stephen Hall, 32, was a child, he has chased the dream of working for himself and starting his own business.

Solar Grazing: Ancient Farming Techniques Meet Modern Technology

While the phrase “Solar Grazing” may conjure an image of cows in space helmets, munching on rays of sunshine in the open pastures of outer space, it’s actually much more down to Earth, i.e. — it all starts with land.

Walden Local on Fishing Sustainably

It’s important to ensure that we protect our local waters for years to come.

Sustainable Fishing

Fish are our last wild food. However, the seafood industry is fraught with problems that affect the future of both fish populations and the men and women out on the water.

Trick or Meat!

Trick or Meat! Cooler temps, colorful leaves, pumpkins and sweaters – it’s fall in New England!

Walden Local Meat Co. Featured in Edible Manhattan

These days, shopping locally and sustainably is becoming more and more a way of life.

Regenerative Agricultural Practices

Rotational grazing. Nitrogen fixing. Cover crops. No-or-minimal-till farming methods. Improved soil fertility, plant and insect biodiversity, and increased soil microbial activity.