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Farm work should be an honored, palatable job for Americans: LA Times
Written by DOUGLASS ADAIR, and published July 10th in the Los Angeles Times: read the full story here. Arturo Rodriguez, president of the United Farm Workers of America, appeared on “The Colbert Report” on Thursday to invite Americans of all … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, Arturo Rodriguez, Colbert Report, farming, farms, farmworkers, food, immigration, labor, rights, UFW, undocumented, United Farm Workers of America, workers
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Statement from the People’s Movement Assembly on Food Sovereignty, US Social Forum 2010
Republished from the Growing Food and Justice for All Initiative listserve: Statement from the People’s Movement Assembly on Food Sovereignty, US Social Forum 2010 Over a half-century ago, Mahatma Gandhi led a multitude of Indians to the sea to make … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010, agriculture, climate change, communities, corporate, democracy, diet, ecological, economies, farmers, farmworkers, food, food production, food sovereignty, food systems, GMO, growing, harvest, hunger, immigrants, land, People’s Movement Assembly on Food Sovereignty, poverty, racism, resources, seeds, statement, sustainable, US Social Forum, water, women, workers
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Haitian Farmers Refuse Monsanto Hybrid Seeds: Yes! Magazine
Posted today on Yes! Magazine, BEVERLY BELL reports: (…) In an open letter sent May 14, Jean-Baptiste, both Executive Director of MPP and the spokesperson for the National Peasant Movement of the Congress of Papay (MPNKP), called the entry of … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, biodiversity, creole, farmers, farming, food, food sovereignty, GMO, Haiti, hybrid, import, land, Monsanto, MPNKP, National Peasant Movement of the Congress of Papay, opposition, seeds, self-determination, Verrettes
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Building an Agricultural Community: The Model Self-Sufficient Village in Haiti: Wyclef Jean
Written by WYCLEF JEAN and published by Huffington Post here.
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Tagged agriculture, community, food, Haiti, land, model, self-sufficiency, Wyclef Jean
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Will Allen Profiled by Van Jones in Time 100
At one time, the term urban farm sounded like an oxymoron. No longer. A new movement is sprouting up in America’s low-income neighborhoods. Some urban residents, sick of fast food and the scarcity of grocery stores, have decided to grow … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010, agriculture, food, food security, Time 100, urban farming, Van Jones, Will Allen
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Food Urbanism Pdf Download: RUAF
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Tagged city, download, food, food miles, pdf, RUAF, sustainable, Urban Agriculture, urbanism
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H.R. 4971: Greening Food Deserts Act Introduced to US Congress
On March 25th, US Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH9] introduced H.R. 4971: Greening Food Deserts Act to the House of Representatives. The legislation is documented by the federal government and can be accessed here : To increase the emphasis on urban … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, food, food access, food insecurity, fresh, government, Greening Food Deserts Act, H.R. 4971, hunger, legislation, nutrition, obesity, United States, urban, Urban Agriculture
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Farmworker Freedom March: End the Poverty
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Tagged art, farmworker, food, freedom, human rights, labor, march, poster, poverty
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A Certain Skewer by Food and Farm Subsidy: Treehugger
In a classic case of contradictory government policy the above pyramids clearly show the inverse relationship between federal government agriculture subsidies and federal nutrition recommendations. Originally published in 2007 by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) in Good Medicine Magazine … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, farm, food, food prices, food subsidy, food system, government, health, nutrition, Treehugger
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Weighing the Grain and Water Required to Produce a Pound of Beef
Sad to say that it’s only mildly startling to take a look at the sheer quantity of the resources required to produce one pound of beef… What does it require to raise one pound of beef, then? First, consider: A … Continue reading
The 64,000 Mile Question: What Did It Take to Get You that Taco?: Take Part Blog
“Key to this process was a close look at the embodied energy in each ingredient, or the sum total of the energy necessary for its entire life-cycle. The students compared tomatoes grown in a greenhouse with those shipped from the … Continue reading
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Tagged ecology, food, food miles, Los Angeles, students, study, tacos, Take Part
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Banchan on Cover of March Issue of Saveur Magazine
Delicious banchan takes the Saveur Photo Contest.
Slim Pickings? You Can Still Eat Well: NYTimes Recipes for Health
Conscious of a sparing economy, ideas for good eating in today’s NYTimes Recipes for Health, seen here.
Big Question: Feast or famine?
The University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment is discovering solutions to Earth’s biggest problems, including the big question of how are we going to feed a growing world without destroying the planet?
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Tagged agriculture, Earth, famine, feast, food, solutions, University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment, video
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For Pennies, a Disposable Toilet That Could Help Grow Crops: NYTimes Science
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Tagged agriculture, crops, disposable, fertilizer, food, Kenya, science, Sweden, toilets, waste
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FoodNYC: A Blueprint for a Sustainable Food System
FoodNYC: A Blueprint for a Sustainable Food System, published on the website of Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer. New York, February 17, 2010 – Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer today released “FoodNYC: A Blueprint for a Sustainable Food System,” … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, education, food, food policy, food system, FoodNYC, Manhattan, markets, NYC, plastic water botles, Scott M. Stringer, Urban Agriculture, waste
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Creating a World That Can Feed Itself: Google.org Debate
Larry Brilliant, Executive Director, Google.org interviews Hugh Grant, Chairman, President and CEO, Monsanto, Michael Pollan, Knight Professor of Journalism, UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism and Sonal Shah, Director, Global Development Initiatives, Google.org
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Tagged agriculture, corn, debate, ethanol, food, Global Development Initiatives, google, Hugh Grant, hunger, hybrid seeds, meat, Michael Pollan, monoculture, Monsanto, seeds, Sonal Shah, video
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