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Saving Civilization—Our’s—on PBS, Television Tomorrow
It’s a fast approaching train, and it’s heading directly our way. Visionary author Lester R. Brown warns civilization is heading toward collapse…
Dan Imhoff Talks About Farm Bill 2012 in Seattle
March 16, 2011 A couple of weeks ago author and publisher Dan Imhoff spoke at the University of Washington about the upcoming Farm Bill. Imhoff had published Food Fight: The Citizen’s Guide to the Food and Farm Bill in 2007, which is an excellent resource to help anyone understand this complex piece of legislation. “The [...]
Lon Rombough: Grafting Fruit Trees (video)
Horticulturist Lon Rombough takes us through his steps for grafting cuttings from fruit trees to other trees.
Who’s a ‘Real Farmer’?
March 03, 2011 This question has popped up on occasion when trying to define certain subjects in the past such as ‘backyard gardening’ or ‘urban farming’. Is it farming or is it gardening? What defines the difference? Representative Nancy Smith (Maine) is a farmer, in the traditional sense of the word, and she has something [...]
Leading Plant Scientist Sounds Alarm—USDA GM Alfalfa Decision Under Possible Review
February 24, 2011. “For the past 40 years, I have been a scientist in the professional and military agencies that evaluate and prepare for natural and manmade biological threats, including germ warfare and disease outbreaks. Based on this experience, I believe the threat we are facing from this pathogen is unique and of a high [...]
Food Supply Chain Competition
December 10, 2010 The final Agriculture and Antitrust Enforcement Issues in Our 21st Century Economy workshop put on by the USDA and the Department of Justice was held December 08, 2010, in Washington, DC. This last workshop, entitled Margins, was to “look at the discrepancies between the prices received by farmers and the prices paid [...]
California Approves Use of Pesticide Linked to Cancer
December 02, 2010 It’s a good news/bad news scenario: California regulators have replaced methyl bromide with methyl iodide to be used as a fumigant in agriculture. The good news is that it takes methyl bromide off the list of choices due to its known ability to deplete the stratospheric ozone layer. The bad news is [...]
Food Network: Community Supported Agriculture (video)
Laura Masterson describes her sustainable farm that is supported by Community Supported Agriculture memberships.