World Water Day! – Iconic Woodstock, NY Fights Water Battle and Wins
An attempted Niagara Bottling Company water grab in iconic Woodstock New York was a defining moment for Rachel Marco Havens.
Food & Water
It’s the Food Economy, Stupid!
If we grew the oats we should eat for breakfast or baking, we would plant 25000 more hectares in oats that would generate 241 new jobs and $3.8 million in taxes…but it might cause a decline in sales of laxatives…
Scratch An American, Find A Farmer
Old sayings like “scratch a Christian, find a pagan” or “scratch a Russian, find a Tartar,” have a counterpart in agriculture: Scratch an American, find a farmer.
Uncommon Nonprofit Embraces Urban Agriculture to Break Cycle of Poverty
In 2011, Nancy Mintie, founder of Claremont, CA-based Uncommon Good saw in urban agriculture an opportunity to help fulfill her organization’s mission to break intergenerational poverty cycles and give people the tools to lift themselves up.
Joel Salatin: The Promise of Regenerative Farming
Front man for the sustainable/regenerative farming movement, Joel Salatin, returns to the podcast this week.
Sustainable Growing for Social Good
It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking about sustainable growing in strictly environmental terms.
The Agrihood Project
An agrihood is a housing development built around a market garden and food forest.
The Farm that Grows Climate Solutions
High in the mountains of Veracruz, Mexico, a small cooperative is “farming carbon” — practicing agriculture in a way that fights climate change while simultaneously meeting human needs.
Shall The Meek Inherit The Earth After All?
I’m not what you’d call a Bible thumper, but I do like to quote it on occasion, inserting an appropriate passage into the conversation in a sonorous voice that makes me sound wise.
New Equations of Regions, People, Nature and Food Chains
We usually think of geologists as going deep, but when it comes to working through the layers of meaning behind local food, geographer Terry Marsden knows how to dig very deep.
Bog Butter
Or you could do what Irish people used to do for thousands of years, and just bury food in the bog without all the steps in between.
Food Youth: The Next Generation of the Food Movement is Coming Up
I had the chance to speak with three young people, to learn more about their experience with food and their motivations to meaningfully connect with it.
