'How is it sustainable if only 1% can afford your food?': the man on a quest to change farming

Chris Newman, founder of Virginia-based Sylvanaqua Farms, on why feeding people needs to be at the heart of sustainable farmingChris Newman, 38, and his wife, Annie, 35, always planned to retire with a farm. But after a health scare in 2013, the couple left their jobs as a software engineer and art gallery director to found Sylvanaqua Farms, a 120-acre operation in northern Virginia that produces pasture-raised chicken, eggs and pork and grass-fed beef.Newman has gained a sizable following online for his writing and advocacy, which focuses on producing food in ways that don't exploit people or the environment. Continue reading...