Gila River Diversion Would Be a Costly Failure
The notable legacies of the 21st century will be strategies that creatively demonstrate how cost-effective, ecologically sound water management can maximize the value of our limited water supplies.
Food & Water
Food Justice: What it Means and Why We Need it
If everyone who touched food (including both farm workers and farmers) made enough money to pay for high quality food out of their wages, our food system would be on its way to greater fairness and long-term economic viability.
Growing the food movement
Movements are big, and even if you believe that small is beautiful, in this case, it’s counter-productive.
Getting beyond just wheat, corn, and rice
What was the last grain you ate? Chances are very good it was wheat, corn or rice…
Can the Soil Save Us from Climate Change?
“The only way to bring [CO2] down is through plants…”
You gotta roll with it
At one time, real bread bakeries could be found at the heart of almost every neighbourhood, providing skilled employment opportunities for people from that community, and allowing everyone else to find a key staple foodstuff within walking distance.
An Innovative Conservation Fund for the Colorado River
The four largest cities that get their drinking water from the Colorado River are gearing up to pilot an innovative conservation scheme that pays farmers, industries and municipalities to reduce their use of the river’s water.
Toward a Future: Permaculture
We use the magic of radio to fly around to garden roof tops in Brooklyn USA, a permaculture fruit farm in Quebec, and small acres restored in Nottingham UK. Buckle up.
Black Farming, Self Determination and Resilience
Dr. Monica White – through her work on Black farmers and liberation movements – taught me (or reminded me, because it was in my ancestral memory) that there is a very powerful relationship between African Americans and the land that must be remembered.
Rise of the anti-mafia land movement
Leave the gun, take the cannoli’, the iconic quote from The Godfather reflecting the relationship between food and the Mafia that is a continuing reality in Italy.
Herding Wisdom
Here’s a new twist on an ancient practice: skilled shepherds as ecological doctors!
Lonely Mountain Farm
Kenny Baker’s path to farming was an unlikely one.
