Polyface Farms in Swoope (pronounced “swope”), Virginia, is a holy grail for farm-to-table junkies like me. While I know their uber-sustainable agriculture practices are at an extremely high level, I ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

SWOOPE — The Swoope-based free-range farm Polyface Farm hosted a private event Nov. 15 that sold 300 tickets. The event was for the Weston A. Price Foundation, a nonprofit charity that is "dedicated ...

Polyfaces—a documentary directed by Lisa Heenan and Isaebella Doherty — goes deep behind the scenes of Polyface Farm, a celebrated family-run operation located in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. The ...

SWOOPE – Polyface Farms kicks off Free Range Saturdays on April 30, a monthly event for the community where people can come, spend the day, purchase food from the farm, along with other items from ...

STAUNTON - The News Leader will host a special screening of "Polyfaces" at 7 p.m. on Dec. 7 at the Visulite in Staunton. The documentary will be followed by a Q&A discussion with Joel Salatin and the ...

An Augusta County farmer renowned for his contributions to the local-food movement is looking forward to seeing a documentary about his third-generation farm at the Virginia Film Festival. “They have ...

In this episode of Mother Earth News and Friends, Joel Salatin met with Charlotte French at the 2019 Texas MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR to discuss how he manages the land on his multifaceted farm. Through ...

Farmer, book author, and speaker Joel Salatin will visit Rockport's Four String Farm in October. Salatin is an advocate of local, sustainable agriculture and runs Polyface Farms in Swoope, Virginia.