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Occupy Wall Street: the Conscience of the Nation
December 19, 2011 04:12 -
Willie Nelson’s Long Time Bassist—Dan “Bee” Spears Dies
December 14, 2011 09:12 -
Barn Raising and Community Support Celebrated at Pete’s Greens
December 7, 2011 09:12 -
Building Worker Power for a Just and Sustainable Food System
December 4, 2011 13:12 -
Hacking the Food System In the Public Interest
November 30, 2011 10:11 -
Using Honeybees to Sniff Out Explosives
November 22, 2011 13:11 -
Farm To Fork and the Local Food Economy
November 16, 2011 19:11
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The Resilient Gardener, A Book Review
February 2, 2012 04:02 -
Announcing the Food Farmer Earth Collective
January 29, 2012 23:01 -
Alan Kapuler: Man of Science, Ideas, and Humanity part 4 (video)
January 24, 2012 04:01 -
Factory Farms: Animal Welfare, No Legal Protections 2 (video)
January 17, 2012 04:01 -
Factory Farms: Animal Welfare, No Legal Protections (video)
January 10, 2012 12:01 -
Farmer Don: Ode to a Small Family Farmer
January 9, 2012 04:01 -
Mother Nature’s Own Weapons of Mass Destruction
January 4, 2012 04:01
Posts Tagged ‘canola’
Energy Independence: On Farm Biodiesel Fuel Production (video)
Roger Rainville is plowing ahead on meeting his own energy needs. His fuel costs about $1.70 per gallon to make.
Roger Rainville: a Farmer’s Journey toward Energy Independence-coming soon to CUpS
August 19, 2010; Alburgh, Vermont. Roger Rainville has been a dairy farmer all his life. 5 years ago, on Borderview Farm, Rainville sold off all his dairy cows, about 120 of them, and now raises 50 replacement cows. He has also converted his 300 acre farm into becoming a research farm, with over 3000 test plots [...]
South Australia alone on GM canola ban
January 28, 2010 Western Australia recently decided to allow genetically modified (GM) canola to be planted in their fields. A statewide ban on GM food and crops was adopted in 2003. This from GeneEthics.org: “State governments agreed with widespread warnings that GM canola would adversely impact markets and trade in Australian food products. They used [...]