Green Junction Growing corn is a major agricultural enterprise in parts of the United States. According to the USDA, nearly a billion bushels (1 bushel = 1.24 cubic feet) of grain corn were harvested in Indiana, accounting for 6.7% of the 14.9 billion bushels collected in 2024 in the entire United States. In 2023, about... Continue Reading →
The country and the world need major transformations in the current food systems. By Julie Peller Ph.D.
Green Junction Our food systems have changed drastically over the past few decades and are now far less sustainable. According to US data, in 1990, small and medium-sized farms produced close to half the US agricultural goods but now provide less than a quarter. In 1985, there were 23,000 independent pig farmers in the state... Continue Reading →