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On AlterNet: farming

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

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.

A Mini Solution to the Coming Food Crisis

A Mini Solution to the Coming Food Crisis

R.J. Ruppenthal, Chelsea Green Publishing. October 23, 2009.
What if each of us could produce just 10 percent of our own food at home? What a huge difference that would make.

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.

Going Back to the Future to Fight Climate Change

Going Back to the Future to Fight Climate Change

Anil Netto, IPS News. October 12, 2009.
As typhoons morph the landscape, those who cultivate it are discovering new ways to succeed.

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?

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.

Michael Pollan: People Are Finally Talking About Food, and You Can Thank Wendell Berry for That

Michael Pollan: People Are Finally Talking About Food, and You Can Thank Wendell Berry for That

Michael Pollan, The Nation. September 10, 2009.
Wendell Berry's now-famous formulation, "eating is an agricultural act" -- is perhaps his signal contribution to the rethinking of food and farming under way today.

Ever Wonder if You Could Kill What You Eat? We Did the Other Night

Ever Wonder if You Could Kill What You Eat? We Did the Other Night

Makenna Goodman, Chelsea Green Publishing. August 28, 2009.
Were we traumatized? Did we feel sorry for the chicken? Are we dreading this weekend, where we'll have to kill 150 more? Here's why not.

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.

Peter Gleick: 'Drought Impacts on Unemployment Are Grossly Overstated'

Peter Gleick: 'Drought Impacts on Unemployment Are Grossly Overstated'

Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. August 27, 2009.
Exaggerating the role that water plays in unemployment will do little to improve farm jobs and much to hurt rational water policy in the region.

VeggieTrader.com: The New Site That Let's You Save Money, Get Rid of That Extra Broccoli and Meet Some Nice Foodies

VeggieTrader.com: The New Site That Let's You Save Money, Get Rid of That Extra Broccoli and Meet Some Nice Foodies

Ari LeVaux, AlterNet. August 26, 2009.
This new site not only provides a way to swap food, but is becoming a social networking hot spot for foodies.

Want to Understand the Business of Organic Farming? Just Watch

Want to Understand the Business of Organic Farming? Just Watch

Chelsea Green PublishingAugust 24, 2009.
Check out these videos from the author of 'The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook.'

Is Farming the New American Dream?

Is Farming the New American Dream?

Makenna Goodman, Chelsea Green Publishing. August 21, 2009.
In this economic climate, why is farming becoming a desirable life for young people who have the luxury of choice?

Lays Touting Their Potato Chips as Locally Grown -- Have They Gone Too Far?

Lays Touting Their Potato Chips as Locally Grown -- Have They Gone Too Far?

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. August 20, 2009.
Frito-Lay is trying to co-opt a movement designed specifically to provide an alternative to industrial food.

Is Whole Foods Sustainable or Just a High-Priced Hoax? I Took a Job There to Find Out

Is Whole Foods Sustainable or Just a High-Priced Hoax? I Took a Job There to Find Out

Jill Richardson, Ig Publishing. August 18, 2009.
Was Whole Foods truly sustainable, or was it just a high-priced version of the same food one could find in a conventional supermarket?

Do Grown-Ups Really Need to Drink Milk?

Do Grown-Ups Really Need to Drink Milk?

Ari LeVaux, AlterNet. July 22, 2009.
Despite what the food pyramid says, we don't need milk after we're babies. Maybe it's time to wean ourselves from cows and grow up.

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.

Pass the Waxman-Markey Bill, Or Else

Pass the Waxman-Markey Bill, Or Else

Beau Friedlander, Air America Media AlterNet: PEEK. June 26, 2009.
While the bill is weak medicine for a very sick planet, it’s a whole lot better than taking the poor orb behind the Milky Way and shooting it.

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.

Are Pesticides Causing Parkinson's Disease?

Are Pesticides Causing Parkinson's Disease?

Robin Marantz Henig, OnEarth Magazine. June 19, 2009.
Scientists are closing in on an inescapable conclusion: Pesticides may be a cause of Parkinson's disease.

How We Can Free Ourselves from a Fossil-Fuel-Soaked Diet

How We Can Free Ourselves from a Fossil-Fuel-Soaked Diet

Rebekah and Stephen Hren, Chelsea Green Publishing. June 11, 2009.
By gradually relocalizing our food production we can return to an agricultural system that is much less energy intensive.

Why Our Food System May Suffer the Same Fate as Our Financial System

Why Our Food System May Suffer the Same Fate as Our Financial System

Lisa M. Hamilton, AlterNet. June 11, 2009.
By consolidating, centralizing and homogenizing our food system, we've put all our proverbial eggs in one basket -- and that's a big risk.

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.

California's Water Woes Threaten the Entire Country's Food Supply

California's Water Woes Threaten the Entire Country's Food Supply

Scott Thill, AlterNet. June 6, 2009.
Nearly a third of the country's food supply comes from California, but drought there may be a catastrophe for farmers -- and the rest of us.

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?