Alternative News and Information. en-us http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2012 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://www.alternet.org/story/17215/farm_aid%3A_activism_takes_the_stage/ This Thanksgiving, embrace America's farmers by gathering the family around the TV for a rare and splendid glimpse of music with a cause. Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:00:00 PST Jim Slama, Conscious Choice -f5e0906e0da1a657230cf930de854408 http://www.alternet.org/story/13580/nature%27s_logic/ By portraying the dark side of industrial food, author Michael Pollan shows us a better way. Thu, 11 Jul 2002 00:00:00 PDT Jim Slama, Conscious Choice -100f962d991f6846fc9b3e6699ed9b13 http://www.alternet.org/story/12732/food_of_the_future/ When regional, fair-trade organic farms can rake in hundreds of millions of dollars for their products, it's obvious that the future of food is sustainable and organic. Thu, 28 Mar 2002 00:00:00 PST Jim Slama, Conscious Choice -36157dc9be261fec78aeee1a94158c26 http://www.alternet.org/story/11498/waging_peace_in_a_terrorist_age/ Will our almost inevitable military actions provoke more terrorism against America? Or can we break the cycle of violence before it starts? Peace activist Satish Kumar thinks so. Thu, 13 Sep 2001 00:00:00 PDT Jim Slama, Conscious Choice -91cff01af640a24e7f9f7a5ab407889f http://www.alternet.org/story/10273/crisis_and_opportunity_at_ben_and_jerry%27s/ Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream may soon lose its charismatic and progressive leaders, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, who object to its new owners' profit-driven motives. Tue, 02 Jan 2001 00:00:00 PST Jim Slama, Conscious Choice -995d8b30b557a46be7d27e26b689ad55