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Small Changes in Behavior Can Yield Meaningful Results to Slow Global Warming
Some of the 75 dairy cows at Guy Choiniere’s farm in Highgate, Vt., where feed has been changed to plants like alfalfa and flaxseed to reduce the methane emitted when they belch. Photo: Cheryl Senter for The New York Times.Greening … Continue reading
Food Democracy Now: Advocates for Sustainable Farming Practices
Dave Murphy, left, director of Food Democracy Now, talks with Paul Willis, manager of Niman Ranch Pork Co., and Lisa Stokke, assistant director of Food Democracy Now. All are founders of the nonprofit organization, which was started at a time … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Food Production, Political Activists, Social Activism
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Climate Change Disaster : Too Late for Prevention?
Flooding in Bangladesh in 2007. A serious rise in sea levels seems impossible to prevent. Photo by Sumaiya Ahmed / Flickr. Low-lying island nations like the Maldives — they’re goners now, let alone in a couple of generations, when they … Continue reading
Foodie Sunday: Open Season on Alice Waters
Alice Waters. Photograph by Jamie Rose/The New York Times/Redux.The War on Alice WatersBy Laura Shapiro / May 6, 2009 She made sustainable agriculture a rallying cry, but now the activist chef is under attack from food lovers. “It…radically overstates Alice … Continue reading
Foodie Friday: Michael Pollan’s Food Revolution in the Making
A food revolution in the making from Victory Gardens to White House LawnBy Michael Pollan / April 20, 2009 Last month, First Lady Michelle Obama broke ground for a new vegetable garden on the South lawn of the White House. … Continue reading
California’s Harvest of Shame
Documentary featuring Fabian Núñez, past speaker of the California State Assembly. California’s Harvest of Shame from California Assembly Access on Vimeo. This is a short film showing the realities of life in the fields in 2008. It is narrated by … Continue reading
Agriculture’s Ponzi Scheme
SUBSIDIZED “FOODS”Cookies or Fish?By Janet Gilles / The Rag Blog / March 29, 2009 After World War II, starvation was a real danger, and calories were in short supply. The United States Dept of Agriculture put in place subsidies to … Continue reading
Hawai‘i : Runaway Technology Vs. the Good Food Revolution
Hawaiian taro patch. Photo by Kirk Lee Aeder / HVCB Image Library.The Good Food Revolution On Kaua‘i, too, there are people engaged in remembering and reconnecting. Unlike the dry west side of the island, the North Shore is a lush … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Gardening, Genetic Engineering, Hawaii, Mythology, Sustainability
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Steven Chu : Energy Chief Says Family Farms an Endangered Species
“I don’t think the American public has gripped in its gut what could happen,” says Nobel winner Steven Chu.” Photo by Jose Luis Magana / AP. Agricultural diversity can soften the blow of global warming.By Janet Gilles / The Rag … Continue reading
Genetically Modified Crops and the Coming Capitalist Consensus
“GMO giant Monsanto is steamrolling India:” A Greenpeace protester sprays milk-based paint on a Monsanto research soybean field near Atlantic, Iowa. AP photo. These folks are pushing Genetically Modified crops (GMO’s) onto the Third World in the name of ending … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Capitalism, Genetic Engineering, Global Economy, Third World
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‘Future Farming’ : A 50-Year Plan for Sustainable Agriculture
Wes Jackson, president of The Land Institute, shown with actress Jane Fonda. Photo by Joan Halifax (Upaya) / Wikipedia Commons. ‘If we continue our offenses against the land and the labor by which we are fed, the food supply will … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Ecology, Economic Recovery, Farming, Sustainability
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Low Hanging Fruit for the Progressive Movement
Low Hanging Fruit / Copyright © 2008 Borderrose Images We have here the potential for a coalition of health reform as demanded by our public health organizations, immigration reform (this is also the cause of Mexican farmers being driven off … Continue reading
