Farms as battlegrounds

At every level, regulation stands to make it harder and harder to be a small scale producer of food – whether a farmer or a cook. And, of course, it makes it harder to be an eater as well. All of those regulations are going to have to be reconsidered if we are going to have a truly local food system, or a local economy for that matter.

Climate – June 20

As Iraq runs dry, a plague of snakes is unleashed
African farms becoming too hot to handle
Warming may outstrip Africa’s ability to feed itself
Climate change hits China’s ‘poor hardest’
Learning to live with climate change will not be enough

Food & agriculture – June 18

Advanced Worm Composting
Agriculture Offsets — a Savior or a Boondoggle?
Reality Report: Michael Bomford Interview: Do We Need Fossil Fuels to Feed Ourselves?
Crop to Cuisine: Food & Wine Magazine Celebrates Sustainable Food in Aspen

Urban Agriculture as a Career Path

Tom Howe, 19, a freshman at Wayne State University wants to be an urban farmer. While this may seem an unusual career goal for a young man of the twenty-first century, let alone one from an upscale middle class suburb of Detroit…Howe is emblematic of today’s growing national trend where young people are looking for ways to make a difference in their world–especially when it comes to sustainability issues.