The United States Department of Agriculture is set to release the 2013 report of agricultural land values on August 2, 2013. If trends continue as they have been for the past 10 years, then the value of agricultural land – especially in the Midwest region – will see a continuing increase.
In this second chapter of a four-day documentary, freelance writer Donna Schill gives a behind the scenes look at how certified organic food ends up on grocery stores shelves.
The beyond organic farming movement emerges in Iowa. In 2010, Donna Schill, then a journalism graduate student, spent part of her summer working on an organic farm in Iowa and discovered a movement and a story that became her preoccupation for the next 12 months.
