Litigating in Favor of Weeds
A number of years ago, I tried to farm sugar beets here in New Jersey. They’re not a big crop in my state, but a few of us decided to put them to ...
John Rigolizzo, Jr.
Fighting Obesity
Alas, the White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity took a more earnest approach. Last week, at an event hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama, it issued a ...
Food Safety 101
Let me offer an unequivocal answer: No.
Never in human history has it been safer to eat food than today. We know more about how to grow healthy food. We als...
The Perfect Vegetable: Beauty Is Only Skin-Deep
That may have been the logic behind the European Union’s regulations on the appearance of fruits and vegetables, without regard to their safety or taste.
...
Searching for the Great Pumpkin
Thad Starr took the top prize at the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off earlier this month in California: His winning entry, placed on a scale with th...
Intelligent Activism
For Queensland farmer Jeff Bidstrup, kangaroos arent cute marsupials that seem ready-made for Animal Planet documentaries. To him, theyre big-time pests.
A...
TPA Truce Needed
Yet heres an issue that should unite them all, no matter what their party or ideology: The next president should have Trade Promotion Authority (TPA).Thats be...
A Worthy Role Model
Rosalie may be a small lady, but shes one of the most gutsy and innovative farmers in the developing world. I was lucky to meet her last year in person.
Ama...
Protecting the Common Mans Food
Eggplant, notes the Oxford Companion to Food, is not an appropriate name for the varieties sold in western countries.
Everywhere else, it seems, people h...
Get Off My Lawn
Thats a funny line, but I cant keep myself from thinking that perhaps the virtues of weeds havent been discovered for a simple reason: They dont have any!
...
John Rigolizzo, Jr.
Farmer, New Jersey, USA
John Rigolizzo, Jr. is a fifth generation farmer, raising fresh vegetables and field corn in southern New Jersey. The family farm provides products to retail and wholesale markets. John volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network and has provided leadership to the Vegetable Growers Association of New Jersey and New Jersey Tomato Council. As a former New Jersey Farm Bureau President, his interest and long-time support of free trade was supported by his involvement in 11 international trade missions and engagement in World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle and Geneva.