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Fred Kirschenmann: The Future of Agriculture, part 2 (video)
Fred Kirschenmann, a leader in the sustainable food movement, completes his reflections upon the future of agriculture.
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 [...]
My Journey to a more Sustainable Food Lifestyle-Part 5
Weaning my 3 year old off of hot dogs…there must be a local, organic beef hot dog somewhere I have a real love hate relationship with the state of New Jersey. I love living a short 20 minute drive away from the Atlantic Ocean but I hate that I live so far south that I [...]
Fred Kirschenmann: The Future of Agriculture-Part 1
Cooking Up a Story: Food News Fred Kirschenmann steadfastly warns us, conventional agriculture, and its heavy dependence upon fossil fuels, and irrigated water, simply will not continue to offer a viable means for feeding the world. We have been drawing upon nature’s reserves of stored energy (hydrocarbons) and water resources at unsustainable rates, and those [...]
Paul Roberts: The End of Food, part 2 (video)
Part 2. Journalist and author, Paul Roberts continues his argument that developing an alternative food system will not be quick, nor will it be easy to accomplish. It will require substantial support from the government in order to develop and take hold, and require a systematic approach to creating holistic solutions. Roberts points out, risk [...]
My Journey to a more Sustainable Food Lifestyle-Part 4
I found a CSA…but do I really need it! March is finally here, time for me to pull out my favorite gardening books, finalize seed orders, and sketch out the plan for this year’s vegetable garden, even though its snowing* outside as I sit here writing this post. I couldn’t be more ready for spring, [...]
Call Of The Honeybees (video)
Ever since Rachel Carson’s book “Silent Spring” first appeared, warning us against the dangers of chemicals in our natural world—we seem to be entering a new, more dangerous period, where the accumulated human effects upon the environment are producing an obvious toll. In this story, another human soul speaks out, this time, about the plight [...]
My Journey to a more Sustainable Food Lifestyle-Part 3
Where are those re-usable shopping bags? So far I’ve shared with you how I came to my decision to adopt a more sustainable food lifestyle, my move from regular dairy to local and organic and my discovery of the local farmers markets in my area. But my journey doesn’t end there. Once I tackled my [...]