On AlterNet: sustainable agriculture

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

Don't Buy the False Promise of Industrial Agriculture: We Don't Need Genetically Engineered Food, Just Biodiverse Farms

Vandana Shiva, ClimateStoryTellers.org. February 24, 2011.

Genetically engineered food and industrial agriculture won't save us from climate change, droughts and food insecurity -- in fact, it's just the opposite.

How Our Dependence on Cheap Meat Is Helping to Destroy the Fabric of the Country

Dena Hoff, Other Words. November 23, 2010.

As family farms and ranches fail, consumers suffer, too.

Food in Dry Times: How to Grow What We Need With Less Water

Frederick Kirschenmann, YES! Magazine. June 2, 2010.

How an old North Dakota farm has become a laboratory for growing food when water runs short.

Why Small Organic Farming Is Indeed Radical (and Beautiful)

Eliot Coleman, AlterNet. February 3, 2010.

The radical idea behind by organic agriculture is a change in focus.

Despite Censorship By Beef Magnate, Michael Pollan Spreads Message About the Real Price of Cheap Food

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.

Pig and Turkey Farming in the Inner City: One Woman's Amazing Adventures in Taking Urban Farming Beyond the Garden Plot

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: 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.

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?

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

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.

I Saw 'Food Inc.' -- Now What?

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.

Food Inc: Michael Pollan and Friends Reveal the Food Industry's Darkest Secrets

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.

Taking Down the Corporate Food System Is Simple

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.

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

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

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

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?

Corporate Agriculture Is to Blame for the Hundreds of Thousands of Farmer Suicides in India

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.

Why Are Indian Farmers Committing Suicide and How Can We Stop This Tragedy?

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.

8 Ways to Join the Local Food Movement

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.

Salmonella in Peanut Butter, Melamine in Milk -- How Do We Know What's Safe to Eat?

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.

Is America on the Brink of a Food Crisis?

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.

NPR Gets It Wrong on the Food Crisis

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.

Turning Your Lawn into a Victory Garden Won't Save You -- Fighting the Corporations Will

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.