Tom MacMillan, Comment Is Free. August 22, 2008. If we don't make changes quickly it will be our plates, not our rates, that bear the brunt of water shortage.
Daniel Pepper, AlterNet. August 2, 2008. In places like India, backlash is increasing against the chemical-dependent farming techniques of the "Green Revolution."
Kate Cheney Davidson, Yale Environment 360. July 8, 2008. Michael Pollan talks about biofuels and the food crisis, the glories of grass-fed beef, and how environmentalists should think about sustainability.
George Monbiot, Monbiot.com. June 12, 2008. Fair trade might now be necessary not only as a means of redistributing income, but also to feed the world.
Raj Patel, Melville House Publishing. June 2, 2008. Hunger and obesity stem from the same problem -- the corporations that sell our food determine what we eat and how we think about food.
Maria Armoudian, Ankine Aghassian, AlterNet. May 15, 2008. The world-renowned activist reminds people that corporation-friendly economic schemes got us into this mess in the first place.
Onnesha Roychoudhuri, AlterNet. May 15, 2008. As both obesity and hunger are on the rise, a new book shows why we shouldn't feel guilty about our food choices but angry with a corrupt food system.
Jason Mark, Earth Island Journal. May 7, 2008. The food safety regulations established in response to the spinach E. coli outbreak are threatening environmentally friendly farming practices.
Christina Larson, Christian Science Monitor. April 30, 2008. Chinese environmental activist Tian Jun found that in order to clean up Chengdu's rivers, she needed to look upstream.
Peter Smith, Christian Science Monitor. March 10, 2008. Community-supported fisheries, like community-supported farms, sell "shares" in a catch directly to consumers.
Carl Nagin, California Coast and Ocean. October 18, 2007. Farmers are now forced to comply with an array of new food safety measures, some of which are scientifically unproven and environmentally harmful.
Jason Mark, E Magazine. March 26, 2007. Propelled by the obesity epidemic and the drive for more sustainable economies, an urban agriculture movement is flowering across the U.S.
Alan Mammoser, Conscious Choice. March 21, 2007. Basic knowledge of where food comes from and how it is produced is lost on many Americans today. How differently would we eat if we got to know our food better?
Kathy Freston, AlterNet. March 14, 2007. Eating a plant-based diet is an easy, cheap way to end animal cruelty and clean up the environment. Why, then, are so many progressives still clinging to their chicken nuggets?
Evan Branosky, TomPaine.com. March 12, 2007. People don't normally associate the farm bill with the environment. But this year, policymakers should be prepared to pass a bill that reflects the public's growing concern over global warming.
Jay Walljasper, Ode. March 8, 2007. A new movement called "beyond organic" aims to save land and communities. Is it the next ecological and social revolution or just another marketing tactic?
