Talks by writers, scientists, and food experts

Factory Farms: Animal Welfare, No Legal Protections 2 (video)

Factory Farms: Animal Welfare, No Legal Protections 2 (video)

In part 2, Kathy Hessler, Director of the Animal Law Clinic at Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland (Oregon), discusses some of the important work that is being done to try and address the problems associated with factory farms. According to Hessler, this effort involves a large coalition of folks from different states, as [...]

Factory Farms: Animal Welfare, No Legal Protections (video)

Factory Farms: Animal Welfare, No Legal Protections (video)

The director of the Animal Law Clinic at Lewis and Clark Law School, discusses the animal welfare laws pertaining to factory farms.

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations—CAFO’s: Dan Imhoff Speaks Out-2 (video)

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations—CAFO’s: Dan Imhoff Speaks Out-2 (video)

In part 2, Dan Imhoff continues his talk about CAFO's to a Friends of Family Farmers audience concerned about the health and wellbeing of their local communities.

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations—CAFO’s: Dan Imhoff Speaks Out (video)

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations—CAFO’s: Dan Imhoff Speaks Out (video)

The modern day CAFO, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations is both a crowning achievement of human scientific prowess, but also a profound example of monumental hubris with terrible consequences unfolding now, and yet to unfold.

University of Oregon Food Justice Conference: What is Food Justice?

University of Oregon Food Justice Conference: What is Food Justice?

The University of Oregon Food Justice conference, Keynote Roundtable: Food Justice & Farm Advocacy in the U.S., panel defines what food justice means to them:

David Korten: Agenda for a New Economy 4 (video)

David Korten: Agenda for a New Economy 4 (video)

In part 4, David Korten concludes his talk on transforming the destructive, (and corrupt) Wall Street driven financial system.

David Korten: Agenda For a New Economy 3 (video)

David Korten: Agenda For a New Economy 3 (video)

In part 3, David Korten, author of Agenda For a New Economy, outlines the steps necessary to create an economy that values life at the utmost, and treats money, as a means to that end.

David Korten: Agenda for a New Economy 2 (video)

David Korten: Agenda for a New Economy 2 (video)

David Korten, author of Agenda for a New Economy, explains in understandable terms, how our money system truly operates in today’s global society.