Posts Tagged ‘sustainable farming’

Monterey Bay Aquarium—Cooking For Solutions Sustainable Foods Institute: David Mas Masumoto

Monterey Bay Aquarium—Cooking For Solutions Sustainable Foods Institute: David Mas Masumoto

Inspiring writer, and passionate sustainable farmer, David Mas Masumoto, shares his views on farming, on life, and the inherent tensions that arise, the “creative edge,” from the art of writing, and of being a farmer. Filmed in May 2010 at the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s, Cooking For Solutions: Sustainable Foods Institute media conference, Mr. Masumoto talks [...]

Growing Food in Kenya Amid Climate Change (video)

July 23, 2010 Growing food in a region facing climate change has many daily challenges for its residents. In parts of eastern Africa this is compounded by deforestation, which has led to water run-off and erosion. The soils health has greatly diminished which has led to crop failure for many. Through a program overseen by [...]

Tom Trantham-Twelve Aprils Grazing Program Coming Soon

Tom Trantham-Twelve Aprils Grazing Program Coming Soon

July 2, 2010; Pelzer, South Carolina. In 1989, dairy farmer, Tom Trantham, was facing almost certain financial collapse on his conventional, 92 cow dairy farm operation. With the costs of animal feed skyrocketing, many farmers were turning to BST to increase milk production, a hormone purported at the time of being safe, and as the [...]

Novella Carpenter e Interview

Novella Carpenter e Interview

Fall is in full swing and Winter isn’t far beyond, I’ve been enjoying local apples, squash and weekly pots of soup. While this time of year usually encourages folks to slow down a bit I hardly have a moment to myself but was thrilled when I was able to recently carve out a little time [...]