Swanton Berry Farm: Bringing Justice to the Table
Swanton Berry Farm has been a leader in the sustainable food movement for more than 30 years, pushing boundaries for environmental stewardship as well as social justice.
Food & Water
Thinking like a creek
When it comes to land, building resilience in an ecosystem so it can withstand an intense shock often means rebuilding resilience.
Mark Shepherd on Restoration Agriculture
Restoration agriculture calls for the re-imagination of agriculture in which perennial systems replace annual plantings and harvests that expire in one season and leave nothing behind except scorched earth, toxic runoff and carbon emissions.
The case for food hubs
The food hub concept, which is gaining traction throughout North America, holds the solution to a problem that continues to bedevil the local food movement, and that is lack of infrastructure.
Gardening for peanuts
If you have a long enough season, consider growing peanuts. Here’s how I grew, dried, and roasted last year’s crop.
Food Co-ops, Food Hubs, and Food Democracy: Part 2
Food politics is often a major news story these days, so I would dispute the generalization that most consumers do not see food as political.
Agriculture in a Changing World
"Agriculture is the oldest environmental problem," the Land Institute’s Wes Jackson tells us early in this 27-minute video.
Water Cooperation and Political Security Go Hand in Hand
A fascinating report produced by the Strategic Foresight Group, a Mumbai-based think tank, shows that cooperation across political boundaries in the management of water correlates quite highly with peace – and that the lack of cooperation correlates highly with the risk of war.
Food Co-ops, Food Hubs, and Food Democracy
The movement needs to refocus on its basic mission of empowering and mobilizing communities in need of healthy food and economic justice.
Gene Everlasting
That’s the title of my new book soon to be out. It is sort of a testimonial on how living close to nature can give comfort to those facing the inevitability of death which is all of us. I also try to work in a little humor about the futility of trying to avoid the inevitable. The sub-title says it better perhaps: “A Contrary Farmer’s Thoughts On Living Forever.” I started writing it after I found out, much to my amazement, that I was not going to live forever. I had cancer.
Bhaskar Save, the Gandhi of Natural Farming
Save’s way of farming and teachings are rooted in his deep understanding of the symbiotic relationships in nature, which he is ever happy to share freely (and still very enthusiastically!)
In.gredients – possibly the coolest grocery store ever
I’ve been dying to visit In.gredients since before the store even opened for business, and I profiled the company in my book Plastic-Free based on a telephone interview and articles I had read about a new packaging-free grocery store opening up in Austin, TX.
