Why I Won’t Do the Food Stamp Challenge
In the last few years, a number of political leaders have tried to live on a food stamps budget. A number of people have asked me to do it as well, and I’ve always refused.
Food & Water
Comment Period Extended for Food Safety Rules, Show Support for Local, Organic Food
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the comment period to Nov. 22 for its proposed produce and preventive-control rules that are part of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
Pam Warhurst: Food banks are “the first response, not the final response”
The most obvious face of austerity is the fact that we’ve got a food bank, food collection point, whatever you want to call it, where about 70 different people, once a month, have to go through the doors to collect food in order to meet some need at their end. That’s the obvious face of austerity.
How to cope with total failure
Try learning how to do things at home – make jam and cheese, weave a basket, build a shed or keep chickens – and you fall on your face many times before succeeding…
“Botany on Your Plate” and “Nourishing Choices”: Resources for a Healthier Classroom
In the United States, the National Gardening Association educates students about the health benefits of eating plant-based food through a variety of publications written specifically for school communities.
South Korea: Ground Zero for Food Sovereignty and Community Resilience
And yet, despite a series of domestic and international policies that have sought to systematically eliminate them, South Korean farmers and peasants are fighting back.
How to Be an Urban Fruit Forager
In the 10 km radius of where I live I can source 80% of my favourite fruit, mostly for free, for a token sum, or in exchange for my own homegrown produce.
Mazí Mas, “with us”: a pop-up restaurant that honors the unsung cooks
Women have played a seminal role in keeping food cultures all over the world alive.
How to Start a Grocery Co-op
The Cooperative Grocer’s Network published An Online Guide to Starting a Food Co-op in March 2002 outlining nine steps to forming a grocery co-op. The report details extensive resources and case study examples.
Foraging for mushrooms
Just as a few of our elderly neighbours here in Ireland still scour the hedgerows for fruit and other treats, so some still quietly gather their own mushrooms.
Scaling up agroecology: A tool for policy
Even when they are convinced that agroecological approaches are the way forward, governments, funders and policy makers are challenged by the question of how to move forward.
The Farmers of Hoxie Inaugurate a Water Commons
In order to preserve the water at sustainable levels, the farmers have agreed among themselves to cut back on their use of the water by 20 percent for five years.
