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The Good Table Project

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By Stephen Shepard
| WholeFoods Magazine Verified
At Farmer Focus, we don’t just talk about building a better food system. We act on it. The Good Table Project was started to connect people that shape what food means in our society to have a candid conversation about where we are today and the work that still needs to be done. Farmers are the backbone of the food system and the hard work they do every day should be celebrated. One of the ways we amplify the work that our farmers do is by providing a traceable product, something we’re very proud of.
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Stephen Shepard, CEO, Farmer Focus

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By Stephen Shepard
| WholeFoods Magazine Verified
Stephen Shepard is CEO of Farmer Focus, which was started with a simple but powerful question: How can we protect and promote generational family farming? From that question came a totally different kind of business model that gives farmers back control over their farms, pays fairly, and eliminates competition for compensation. It's a model built on respect, transparency, and shared success. It’s about more than food; it’s about protecting family farms and caring for people and the planet.
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How Jewish was J.D. Salinger?

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By Stephen Shepard
| Forward Verified
In 2018, I wrote a book about the Jewish-American writers - Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, Philip Roth, and the others who powered the golden age of Jewish writers in post-war America. I thought of including Jerome David Salinger, known to the world as J.D. Salinger, but I quickly realized his Jewishness was a complicated saga. Was Salinger Jewish? There is no simple answer. His Jewish roots certainly ran deep on his father's side.
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