Searching for alternatives 2: Grasslands
Grasslands cover almost one fourth of the terrestrial area, but most of it produces rather little food.
Food & Water
Sharing the school meal potluck
The combination of school meals, school gardens and expanded food-related curriculum addresses a wide range of challenges…
Guy Watson on how Riverford Farm is living with climate change
Perhaps those for whom the notion of ‘living with climate change’ is most acutely felt are farmers.
Biocultural Heritage: The Foundation of a Sustainable Economy
All the foods at Porta Palazzo share something in common. You can trace each type of food to a particular ecosystem and a particular way of life for the people who inhabit (or once inhabited) that ecosystem.
How grassroots organizing came to the rescue in West Virginia’s water crisis
While government and industry have been slow to respond to the needs of the people, some remarkable community organizing has taken place, drawing on West Virginia’s long, proud history of grassroots work for environmental and economic justice — including powerful work against the abuses of the chemical and coal industries responsible for the spill.
In the Pastures of Colombia, Cows, Crops and Timber Coexist
As an ambitious program in Colombia demonstrates, combining grazing and agriculture with tree cultivation can coax more food from each acre, boost farmers’ incomes, restore degraded landscapes, and make farmland more resilient to climate change.
Permablitz – A Blitzkrieg of Permaculture Awesomeness
In essence, Permablitzes are community gatherings where groups of volunteers descend on a site for a weekend to build, implement, teach, and learn Permaculture design through direct action…
Our Heroes: Cole Desmond of Chicken Little Farm
Over the winter, Ecocentric interviewed farmers across the country from our Eat Well Guide in an effort to highlight both the challenges and triumphs of sustainable farmers across the country. Join us as we delve in to discover what it means to be a farmer in the 21st century.
Saving the local slaughterhouse
While the demand for local, organic, grass-fed, and humanely raised meat has grown in recent years, dwindling access to regional slaughtering and processing facilities has created a bottleneck for bringing such meats to market.
Cropmobster: Connecting the Dots Between Farms, Food Waste and Hunger
Perched along the rolling hills of Coastal Sonoma County, Bloomfield Farms spreads out across 50 acres, close to 40 of which are thick with kale, chard, heirloom tomatoes, summer squash, potatoes and more.
Of Kale and Capital
The air is cold and the snow is deep, but inside the hoop houses at Green Gardens Community Farm, the greens are growing. Donna McClurkan talks with Trent and Ruthie Thompson about their year-round operation and the slow money that made it possible.
Searching for alternatives: Community-Supported Agriculture
A Community Supported Agriculture project is based on direct person-to-person contact and trust, with no intermediaries or hierarchy.
