Jun 3, 2025
Montana rancher Amber Smith didn't grow up in
agriculture, but ranching became her life's work.
As a young adult Kristen Kipp left the family
ranch in the Blackfeet but felt a deep longing to go back to her
home and the work of raising livestock.
Amber is the executive director of Women
in Ranching, which was first a...
Women ranchers in their power
Jun 3, 2025
Montana rancher Amber Smith didn't grow up in
agriculture, but ranching became her life's work.
As a young adult Kristen Kipp left the family
ranch in the Blackfeet but felt a deep longing to go back to her
home and the work of raising livestock.
Amber is the executive director of Women
in Ranching, which was first a...
May 20, 2025
The Transition Movement is a worldwide network of people working locally to move away from fossil fuel-base infrastructure toward locally-based systems. Projects include community-owned renewable energy utilities, local food security projects and farmers markets, local currencies, conversions of lawns into edible...
May 6, 2025
Eileen Napier and Stan Hayes of Ramstead Ranch teamed up around their common interests in organic gardening, permaculture, and healthy living. They started on two acres and sold eggs on the honor system, and then the project grew––they bought ranch land in the Pend Oreille Valley, in the northeastern corner of...
Apr 22, 2025
Paul Rice started out as an anti-capitalist labor organizer, working with coffee farmers in Nicaragua in the 1980s. Over time he saw that what growers needed most was a fair price for their product––and so began his work as a Fair Trade advocate. He returned to the US to study business, and founded Fair Trade USA,...