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The Guardian piece on farmer suicides in the US raises more questions than it answers.

First let’s decide what kind of food supply system we want, then use that to bring about a renaissance in real farming.

Further proof that antibiotic use on farms harms humans

Reality check with some Thanksgiving leftovers: herring scandal, Native American non-trend, Britain and food history, smash history, celery and dull spices.

A trip to the Sheep’s Head peninsula in West Cork and one of the pioneer cheesemakers there, Jeffa Gill.

Chew on these: Codfather, organics, big chicken, Instagram semiotics and double-entry easy cooking.

Sometimes the internet works in mysterious ways, to bring problems and solutions within days of one another.

Many of the things you might believe about the history of agriculture in America just aren’t true.

Just follow the money. The reason big growers want organic certification is so they can charge more.

I suppose it is inevitable that the things that catch my attention are the things that are on my mind. This issue of the newsletter reflects that to a greater than usual extent. Antibiotics, food systems, apple breeding, kale and some key references.