Posts Tagged ‘dan imhoff’

Rethinking the Problem of Food Waste (video)

Rethinking the Problem of Food Waste (video)

Maybe we can’t solve intractable problems of hunger and food insecurity in America, but we certainly could do much more to help to improve the lives of many that would also benefit society as a whole.

Urban Gleaners: Reducing Food Waste to Reduce Hunger (video)

Urban Gleaners: Reducing Food Waste to Reduce Hunger (video)

It’s not a solution to hunger but it’s an important way to help those in need, and reduce food waste.

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.

The Secret Farm Bill In Washington

The Secret Farm Bill In Washington

What if in the name of reducing the federal deficit, taxpayers helped sponsor programs that increased the rates of diabetes, heart disease, and cancer upon the general public?

Oregon Food Bank: Hunger & Food Insecurity In Epic Proportions-2 (video)

Oregon Food Bank: Hunger & Food Insecurity In Epic Proportions-2 (video)

We would do well to listen to what Rachel Bristol, longtime CEO of the Portland Food Bank has to say on the subject of poverty and food insecurity in the U.S.

Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer Stands Up for the 90% of Local Farmers

Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer Stands Up for the 90% of Local Farmers

Earl Blumenauer feels that the 2012 Farm Bill should benefit the majority of hard working farmers— not a small minority as currently exists.

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

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

Editorial 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 communities, and who support the creation of more sustainable, and environmentally healthy alternatives from that of our heavily industrialized, food system. Much of Imhoff’s talk centers around ideas that [...]

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 Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) is both a crowning achievement of short-term human scientific prowess, and profound monumental hubris with terrible consequences unfolding now, and yet to unfold.