Farming

Green Edge 3: Small Farmers, Ecofeminism, Vandana Shiva

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 07.24.2008 | Green


John Tepper Marlin

Ecofeminist Vandana Shiva, monoculture with a masculine wish to dominate, is at the Organic World Congress to protest the human and environmental cost of industrial farming practices.

Subsidies Adding to Food Crisis Woes

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 07.04.2008 | Home


Japan is the place to be if you're looking for a real spa treatment. From daily massages and relaxing music to a diet of imported food and cold beer,...

Big Private Investors Pouring Billions Into Farming

New York Times | DIANA B. HENRIQUES | Posted 06.04.2008 | Business


Huge investment funds have already poured hundreds of billions of dollars into booming financial markets for commodities like wheat, corn and soybeans...

Turkey Hollow Almanac: Summer Memories

David Mixner | Posted 06.02.2008 | Living


David Mixner

As the first day of June arrives, the general consensus here in Turkey Hollow, is that May was one of the coldest in quite some time. So it is with arms open to the newly clear sunny sky that I welcome summer.

Food, Fuel and Farming: the Sky's the Limit

Jacqueline Leo | Posted 05.29.2008 | Living


Jacqueline Leo

Think of agriculture on the 34th floor of a big city skyscraper: the environment benefits, there's the "buy local" idea... the Flatiron building could be a farm stand on the corner of 22nd and Broadway.

'The Harvest of Shame'

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics


Sen. Bernie Sanders

The time is now that large corporations like Burger King and growers that profit from the near-slavery like conditions in the tomato fields of Florida begin to pay a price in the marketplace.

From Vacant Lots to Verdant Plots: The Leaders Who'll Feed Us

Kerry Trueman | Posted 03.20.2008 | Living


Kerry Trueman

While famous foodies like Alice Waters, Jamie Oliver, and Michael Pollan lead the War on Terrible Food, there's an army of unsung heroes who make up the muckboots on the ground, if you will.

The Greenhorns: A New Breed Of American Idol?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 03.10.2008 | Living


Kerry Trueman

With dwindling resources, climate change, and the triple threats of peak oil, peak soil, and peak water nipping at our heedless heels, industrial agriculture is becoming a "luxury" we can't afford.

How Oil Finds its Way Into Your Starbucks Latte, and Other Good News

Carla Wise | Posted 01.17.2008 | Living


Carla Wise

Starbucks' plight illustrates how soaring oil prices are beginning to affect our food system in all kinds of fascinating ways. I see this as a possible path to our salvation.

Giving Afghans an Alternative

Polly McTaggart | Posted 12.06.2007 | Living


Polly McTaggart

After the Soviets' scorched earth practices deforested the country, the bombings following 9/11 and years of severe drought and strict Taliban rule, Afghans have become some of the poorest people in the world.

Who Are These People?

Jane Smiley | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics


Jane Smiley

The World Bank opposes fertilizer subsidies in order to -- well, it boggles the mind. In order to what? Get rid of the population? Degrade the soil beyond repair? I cannot think of any other reasons.

How Reforming the Farm Bill Could Improve the Health of America's Poor

Mladen Golubić | Posted 10.30.2007 | Politics


Mladen Golubić

This subsidy system rewards farmers for growing foods that contribute to high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, and other diet-related diseases I treat every day.


 

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