An Archive Of Related Stories
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Article by Fred Gerendasy Photo: Left to right, Keith Agoada; Sawyer Emmer; and Troy Vosseller
One of the big challenges facing our modern industrial food system is the heavy reliance upon fossil fuels for the growing of crops, and the transporting of them long distances to market. An average head of lettuce travels 1500 miles […]
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
Article and Photo by Luis Carlos Diaz
[This article reprinted courtesy of Global Voices ]
Venezuela is one of the principal oil-exporting countries of the world. However, petroleum is not edible and, lamentably, Venezuela’s national food industry is not able to feed its population. So Venezuela is, since its economy stopped having an agricultural focus […]
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
[This Article From Our Friends at Local Harvest ]
Nearly a decade ago, an idea was born in a field outside of Decorah, Iowa. After a field day at Sunflower Fields Farm, several farmers wondered if they could band together, coordinate their marketing efforts, and sell their products to local institutions under a […]
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
“It is the best of times, and the worst of times when it comes to food. But, I focus on the best, and there are alot of very positive things happening.” So says Michael Pollan in this final installment, as he completes the dots between government policy, public health, and the cost […]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Could it possibly be, our conceptions for eating, and our understanding of foods, have gone terribly awry? In this segment, Michael Pollan talks about how Americans have come to view food through the lens of nutritionism. Focused upon the good and bad nutrients within foods, this is our measure of what we deem […]
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