On AlterNet: sustainable agriculture
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "sustainable agriculture"
AlterNetNovember 9, 2009.
Pollan took on Big Ag and cheap food in a panel discussion, after the protests of a meat industry chairman led to his speech at a University being canceled.
Twilight Greenaway, Culinate. October 7, 2009.
Dumpster diving for her hungry pigs is only one of the many hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking adventures Novella Carpenter experienced in taking urban farming to a new level.
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.
Zachary Adam Cohen, AlterNet. September 8, 2009.
It has been a great year for sustainable foodies -- here's the best of what has happened so far.
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?
Ari LeVaux, AlterNet. July 9, 2009.
Since Dean Foods acquired Silk it has ditched support of domestic organic farms.
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.
Sarah Newman, Huffington Post. July 3, 2009.
Here's how to transition off of a corn-based diet, lessen your carb(on) footprint, support local farmers and humanely raised meats.
Tara Lohan, AlterNet. June 25, 2009.
The new film Food Inc. is a shocking look at the health, human rights and the environmental nightmare that lands on our plate each meal.
Joel Salatin, Public Affairs Books. June 20, 2009.
The new book Food Inc. explains the most realistic and effective approach to transforming a system that is slowly but surely killing us.
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.
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.
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.
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?
Tara Lohan, AlterNet. May 20, 2009.
Vandana Shiva says industrial agriculture has left Indian farmers indebted and destitute, and explains how to stem the tide of suicides.
Vandana Shiva, Huffington Post. May 18, 2009.
The factors that have caused 200,000 suicides are rooted in the policies of trade liberalization and corporate globalization.
Sarah van Gelder, YES! Magazine. April 1, 2009.
How to turn a lawn into lunch, swap preserves, glean, boost your food security and live the good life.
Jill Richardson, AlterNet. February 24, 2009.
One can go vegetarian, buy organic, or avoid processed foods, but it is hard to truly avoid all of the dangers that lurk in our food.
Robert Jensen, AlterNet. January 29, 2009.
If we continue our offenses against the land, we will have a problem far more complex than the failure of our economy.
Frances Moore Lappe, Huffington Post. August 18, 2008.
Morning Edition's recent series on the food crisis reinforces dangerous myths that actually block us from seeing the real solutions to hunger.
Stan Cox, AlterNet. June 23, 2008.
The corporate agriculture industry would like nothing better than to see us spend all of our free time in our gardens and not in political dissent.
