Jammin’ with the girls
On a recent CUESA farm tour, an eager group of strawberry enthusiasts embarked on an adventure to Dirty Girl Produce and Happy Girl Kitchen Co. to learn about growing, picking, and preserving strawberries.
Food & Water
Agriculture headlines
•China’s Bad Earth •Pesticides, fungicides harming bee colonies, UM study says •Can Agriculture Reverse Climate Change?
Joanna Blythman on the Power of “lots and lots of little projects”
There are many socio-economic reasons for supporting local food.
The Fruits Of Our Labor
The fruits of our labor are starting to show themselves. Everywhere in the garden that I look, I am seeing fruits and vegetables that are ready to eat, or soon will be.
Peasant farmers’ markets in Colombia
How then did Colombian peasant organizations – …win a very good public policy in the capital of Bogotá to promote peasant farmers’ markets?
Mike Small on the Power of When Lots of People Do Stuff
You may feel as though your efforts, working in your local Transition initiative or doing other community resilience work, is just a drop in the ocean. Yet there is a huge power in it, especially when you look at it from the context of what happens when you add all that stuff up.
City Farming
The ancient practice of agriculture meets modern city as we explore groundbreaking farms in Japan, the US and Norway. Monocle Films visits the people bringing green growth to their thriving metropolises.
Criminalization of food sovereignty defenders: Old and new trends
Recent years have seen a sharp increase in the tendency to persecute, punish and criminalize social protest activities and the legitimate claims of those who promote food sovereignty and defend connected human rights, especially in cases related to large-scale economic investment.
Water Stress Threatens Future Energy Production
When we flip on a light, we rarely think about water. But electricity generation is the biggest user of water in the United States.
Should You Be Able to Buy Food Directly From Farmers? Regulators Don’t Think So
Around the country, local farmers are selling meat, dairy products, and other dinner table staples directly to neighbors, who are increasingly flocking to the farms in search of wholesome food.
Field trip to an agroecological “teikei” family farm
In teikei consumers participate in the production through labour and capital, and in return they get seasonal, local, organic food directly from the farm.
How to Install Raised Garden Beds
Hopefully this guide will give you the direction, inspiration, and confidence that you, too, can be tending your own well-constructed garden beds soon.
