Posts Tagged ‘conventional agriculture’

Alleged Bribery, Fraudulent Record keeping—Tyson Top Executives Escape U.S. Prosecution

Alleged Bribery, Fraudulent Record keeping—Tyson Top Executives Escape U.S. Prosecution

Tyson executives avoid criminal conspiracy charges…

Nathan Winters Coming Soon to CUpS

Nathan Winters Coming Soon to CUpS

During the summer of 2009, Nathan Winters spent 5 months pedaling across the country—4300 miles— to rediscover our food system. Along the way he interviewed farmers, activists, educators, food entrepreneurs, and others, to capture the rich flavors of those strongly connected to the land and to creating a sustainable future. As he applies the finishing [...]

California Approves Use of Pesticide Linked to Cancer

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 [...]

Organic Agriculture: Is It Sustainable? Is It Viable?

Organic Agriculture: Is It Sustainable? Is It Viable?

[ Editors Note: Darren made a comment to an earlier post that piqued my interest. I wrote him back asking if he would be interested in sharing his thoughts on what he sees as the future of agriculture, and the role for sustainable and organic farming systems. He was kind enough to present his views [...]

Fred Kirschenmann: The Future of Agriculture— An Introduction

Fred Kirschenmann: The Future of Agriculture— An Introduction

Fred Kirschenmann, a long-time leader in the sustainable agriculture movement, Distinguished Fellow at the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, and a third-generation farmer (an organic farmer himself), offers some thoughtful reflections upon the future of agriculture. Kirschenmann points out that much of what made modern industrial agriculture possible, depended upon relatively mild and stable climate [...]