50th Anniversary: A Special July Issue of Acres U.S.A. Magazine is Now Available

Celebrate our 50th anniversary of publishing all year long with collector covers and special “From the Vault” content featuring interviews with experts that stand the test of time. Established in 1971, Acres U.S.A. magazine has never missed a month in our 50-year history. 

The latest issue of Acres U.S.A. magazine, #601 in our series, is now available for free to subscribers and in our bookstore for $6.00. 

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Features include:

Urban Ag Queen
BY JILL HENDERSON
Karen Washington reflects on legacy of seeking social justice.

Field of Healing
BY ALLIE HYMAS
A U.S. Army veteran uses farm to help soldiers find regeneration.

Aquaculture Enterprise
BY MARY ANN LIESER
Closed-loop systems produce protein with minimal inputs. 

Organic Standards
BY HARRIET BEHAR
NOSB considers proposal to organic rules.

Atomic Agriculture
BY ANNELIESE ABBOTT
Atomic energy fails to revolutionize farming as promised.

DEPARTMENTS

VIEW FROM THE COUNTRY
Monthly musings from Acres U.S.A.’s editor.

Opinion: Glyphosate’s Legacy
BY STEPHANIE SENEFF
Body of scientific evidence points to danger of ubiquitous herbicide.

ECO-UPDATE
News in brief from around the world on developments in food and farming.

TRANSITIONING: Going to California
BY NATHANAEL GONZALES-SIEMENS
Rodale Institute looks to transform farming in America’s salad bowl.

INTERVIEW: Doug Bierend 
Doug Bierend gives a tour of the counter-cultural citizen scientists leading the fungi revolution.

FROM THE VAULT: Leah Penniman
A 2017 interview with urban farmer and activist, Leah Penniman.

MARKETPLACE

CLASSIFIEDS

ECO-MEETINGS
We let you know when and where exciting eco-farming events are happening.

MEET AN ECO-FARMER
Get to know fellow innovative farmers putting ecologically correct production principles to work, resulting in profitable, sustainable operations.

This issues’s collectible cover: