USDA: Rural population needed not for farming but for cannon fodder
Why do we need more farmers? What is the driving force behind U.S. Department of Agriculture policy?
Food & Water
More 2% Solutions
Here are two more 2% Solutions – short case studies of practices that soak up CO2 in soils, reduce energy use, sustainably intensify food production and increase water quality.
Namu: Growing the Menu
Namu, founded by brothers Dennis, David, and Daniel Lee, is known for its creative “New Korean American cuisine,” a blend of Korean, Japanese, and local influences.
As Pesticides Fail, California Citrus Growers Turn to Natural Solutions
Citrus growers in California are now turning to a natural solution after pesticides have been shown to be ineffective.
Photo Gallery: Surprising Backyard Bees
Until a few months ago, if someone said the word “bee,” I’d immediately picture the familiar black-and-yellow-striped honeybee or perhaps a big, fuzzy bumblebee—both regular summer visitors to the flowers in my yard.
Food & agriculture – Aug 14
•Surge of investment in farming threatens £5trn catastrophe
•Tokyo’s "unmanned stores" – honor-system sheds where farmers sell their surplus produce
•Community kitchens and connectors developing to foster new food businesses
•4-acre urban farm is made up of multiple residents’ gardens
•Too many urban beehives may do more harm than good, experts say
A Foodshed View of Resilience
“Resilience” may be a somewhat new term in the lexicon of forward-thinkers, but the concept is by no means entirely new, and it has a direct tie to another useful word: “foodshed.”
Getting to the Root of the Problem
Farmland LP is a business born from the “uh-oh moment.” The uh-oh moment arrives when you comprehend just how unsustainable modern society has become.
Back to Basics: Direct Hydropower
For almost two thousand years, water wheels powered machines directly via mechanical transmission.
A dialogue on sharing food
If we are concerned about stopping the enduring crime of starvation amidst plenty, we cannot restrict our actions to the level of our own country or community.
Open Pollinated: Seeds of Value
An open pollinated (OP) seed is a seed of value as it can grow into a plant true to the plant it was saved from.
Gauging the urban appetite
The agendas that are set so solemnly for international (or global) food and hunger problems cannot be used at the sub-national or local administrative level, which must analyse its own problems and find practical solutions, All too often, catering sensibly to the food needs of urban populations is ignored by policy makers, while economic ‘development’ (more infrastructure, more financing, more consumption, more personal mobility at the cost of public transport) is welcomed. The provisioning of food and the planning for shortening and localising food supply chains is usually abandoned by public administrators to the ruthless methods of the market
