John Ikerd

The “five stages of grief” are widely used to describe the process people go through in facing, and eventually accepting, the reality of...

Someone recently forwarded me a link to an opinion piece by freelance writer Sarah Mock that begins: “I tried to prove that small family...

Everything eventually boils down to economics! How many times have we heard this assertion—as if it were settled truth? Farmers need an...

We humans are subject to the same laws of nature that govern the rest of the universe. If this were not true, there would be no concern...

Ten years ago, I wrote a book titled The Essentials of Economic Sustainability. It was written initially for short courses I taught in...

I have been writing a regular column for the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development for the past 10 years. My...