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On AlterNet: agriculture

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "agriculture"

White House Garden Won't Make Up for Obama's Nomination of Pesticide Lobbyist for US Chief Agriculture Negotiator

White House Garden Won't Make Up for Obama's Nomination of Pesticide Lobbyist for US Chief Agriculture Negotiator

Jill Richardson, Commonweal Institute. November 25, 2009.
Obama's statements about food and agriculture trend moderate to progressive, but his nominations for top positions in his administration tell a different story.

The War on Soy: Why the 'Miracle Food' May Be a Health Risk and Environmental Nightmare

The War on Soy: Why the 'Miracle Food' May Be a Health Risk and Environmental Nightmare

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. November 21, 2009.
Vegetarians aren't the only ones who should be concerned; there's soy in just about everything you eat these days -- including hamburgers, mac 'n cheese and salad dressing.

8 Steps Obama Could Take to Save Food

8 Steps Obama Could Take to Save Food

Robyn O'Brien, AlterNet. November 19, 2009.
No longer are our families guaranteed a healthy livelihood, not in the face of the current rates of cancer, diabetes, obesity, Alzheimers and allergies. We need a new food system.

Sorry Monsanto, You're Wrong: More GE Crops Mean More Pesticides

Sorry Monsanto, You're Wrong: More GE Crops Mean More Pesticides

Tara Lohan, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. November 17, 2009.
When do we get to officially call the "green revolution" an environmental nightmare?

Why We Need Bees and More People Becoming Organic Beekeepers

Why We Need Bees and More People Becoming Organic Beekeepers

Makenna Goodman, Chelsea Green Publishing. November 6, 2009.
Bees teach us how to live our life in a way that by taking what we need from the world around us, we leave the world better than we found it.

How to Farm Sustainably and Make Money Doing It

How to Farm Sustainably and Make Money Doing It

Richard Wiswall, Chelsea Green Publishing. October 22, 2009.
Contrary to what most people believe, a good living can be made on an organic farm, and what's required is farming smarter, not harder.

Lester Brown: How to Mobilize to Save Civilization

Lester Brown: How to Mobilize to Save Civilization

Lester R. Brown, Climate Progress. October 14, 2009.
The world renown environmentalist writes about his new book and lays out the devastating impacts unrestricted emissions of greenhouse gases will have on food and water.

Companies Like Monsanto and Dupont Practically Own the Meal on Your Plate

Companies Like Monsanto and Dupont Practically Own the Meal on Your Plate

Joya Parsons, Every Kitchen Table. October 7, 2009.
Corporations have been given the power to own seeds. And they are eliminating competing varieties and crowning their own patented seeds as the only choice in the marketplace.

New Big Ag Push to Fight World Hunger Misses What Organic Ag Is Already Doing

New Big Ag Push to Fight World Hunger Misses What Organic Ag Is Already Doing

Timothy LaSalle, AlterNet. September 29, 2009.
There's no honest assessment of the limits of dead-end chemical agriculture in playing a leading role in actually feeding people.

Farmer Gene Logsdon Explains How to Make Your Own Home-Grown 'Pancake Patch'

Farmer Gene Logsdon Explains How to Make Your Own Home-Grown 'Pancake Patch'

Makenna Goodman, Chelsea Green Publishing. September 28, 2009.
More and more people are growing their own veggies, but what about grains?

We Can't Solve Our Food Crisis if We Don't Talk About Water

We Can't Solve Our Food Crisis if We Don't Talk About Water

Sandor Ellix Katz, Chelsea Green Publishing. September 28, 2009.
Protecting our water commons should be a key issue in our debate about food politics.

Life Without Bumblebees? It's Not Just Honeybees That Are Mysteriously Dying

Life Without Bumblebees? It's Not Just Honeybees That Are Mysteriously Dying

Adam Federman, Earth Island Journal. September 15, 2009.
Not only do bumblebees pollinate about 15 percent of our food crops (valued at $3 billion), they also occupy a critical role as native pollinators.

How on Earth Can We Feed 8 Billion People?

How on Earth Can We Feed 8 Billion People?

Lester R. Brown, TreeHugger. August 28, 2009.
How China ended its dependence on food aid, almost overnight, and become the world's third largest food aid donor.

Why Corporations, Emerging Powers and Petro-States Are Snapping Up Huge Chunks of Farmland in the Developing World

Why Corporations, Emerging Powers and Petro-States Are Snapping Up Huge Chunks of Farmland in the Developing World

Scott Thill, AlterNet. August 11, 2009.
In the past six months, big players in the global economy have grabbed 50 million acres of arable land, from Africa to Southeast Asia.

Is Obama's Plan for Tackling Hunger Just Another Chance for Big Ag and Biotech to Cash In?

Is Obama's Plan for Tackling Hunger Just Another Chance for Big Ag and Biotech to Cash In?

Jill Richardson, AlterNet. August 10, 2009.
There's good reason to fear that Obama's new global food security effort may do more harm than good for the world's hungry.

Three Myths Debunked: The Truth About California's Water Shortfall

Three Myths Debunked: The Truth About California's Water Shortfall

Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. July 10, 2009.
Certainly farms and farmers are suffering, so are fish and ecosystems. But so is the truth. Here are three oft-repeated falsehoods.

Why Silk Soy Milk's Parent Company Is Throwing American Farmers and Consumers Under the Bus

Why Silk Soy Milk's Parent Company Is Throwing American Farmers and Consumers Under the Bus

Ari LeVaux, AlterNet. July 9, 2009.
Since Dean Foods acquired Silk it has ditched support of domestic organic farms.

From Farm to Pharma: How Animals Ended Up Living in Confined Feedlots Guzzling Antibiotics

From Farm to Pharma: How Animals Ended Up Living in Confined Feedlots Guzzling Antibiotics

Will Allen, Chelsea Green Publishing. July 6, 2009.
Here's the history behind the transition from farm to feedlot and why Big Pharma rules the barn.

Big Ag's Big Lie About Organic Food

Big Ag's Big Lie About Organic Food

Jill Richardson, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. June 23, 2009.
You've been told a lot of lies, but right now I'm going to focus on just one.

Do Exports of Water-Intensive Crops Hurt Drought-Prone Areas?

Do Exports of Water-Intensive Crops Hurt Drought-Prone Areas?

Melinda Burns, Miller-McCune.com. June 20, 2009.
As California and Australia are finding out, what makes economic sense to farmers may be becoming an environmental problem.

Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness

Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness

Lisa M. Hamilton, Counterpoint Press. June 8, 2009.
A 10th-generation rancher in New Mexico shows how to restore the environment, agriculture and ranching communities.

Homegrown Grains: The Key to Food Security

Homegrown Grains: The Key to Food Security

Gene Logsdon, Chelsea Green Publishing. May 27, 2009.
OK, you've mastered tomatoes and peppers -- but how about learning how to grow grains in your own yard?

Would You Call 60,000 Cows Fenced Together on a Dirt Patch a

Would You Call 60,000 Cows Fenced Together on a Dirt Patch a "Farm?"

Lisa M. Hamilton, Prairie Writers Circle. May 13, 2009.
Between 2002 and 2007, the United States lost 43,603 real farms -- we can't let agribusiness control our food supply.

Agriculture Is One of the Most Polluting and Dangerous Industries

Agriculture Is One of the Most Polluting and Dangerous Industries

Will Allen, Chelsea Green Publishing. May 11, 2009.
Industrial ag supplies most of our food, yet its lack of regulation may be more of a threat than Wall Street's.

Why What's For Dinner May Be About to Change

Why What's For Dinner May Be About to Change

Gwen Schantz, AlterNet. March 20, 2009.
From a White House garden to rule changes at factory farms, the era of industrial ag calling the shots is changing.