Food & agriculture – Apr 7
Great Depression Cooking with 93-year-old Clara Cannucciari
Small farms fear bearing brunt of new food safety regulations
Backyard Revolution(video and transcript)
Food & Water
Climate & environment – Apr 7
Ice bridge holding Antarctic ice shelf cracks up
California faces greater risk from global warming
Arctic meltdown is a threat to humanity
Climate Change Changes Everything
Food & agriculture – April 5
American ingenuity in Haiti (composting toilets)
To urban hunter, next meal is scampering by
Small farms, big rules
Loggers try to adapt to greener economy
Some Seriously Good Sh- er…Manure
One way or another, we’re going to have to deal with the fact that in the US, the major source of manure comes from an animal with two legs, a large brain and a beer can ;-). There is a very good chance that in the next few decades we will no longer have the option of treating our manures as waste. The project of readapting our infrastructure to use them should be a priority, because of the terrible consequences of not carefully handling human outputs.
Solutions & sustainability – Apr 1
‘Wild Blessings’: Wendell Berry’s passions, reframed (new play)
Second edition of Gaia’s Garden by Toby Hemenway (home-scale permaculture)
The many faces of relocalization
Real world energy decisions (personal experiences)
Food & agriculture – Mar 31
Powerdown Toolkit #6: Deconstructing Dinner
Farmers Face Growing Climate Change Dilemma: Scientist
Forging a Hot Link to the Farmer Who Grows the Food
Why the White House garden matters
A growing interest at Statehouse
The food and farming transition: toward a post carbon food system
How can we continue feeding humanity in a future of declining resources and environmental crisis? This 41-page report explores the growing vulnerabilities of the global food system, and the steps needed to transition to a post-carbon food system.
Waste & recycling – Mar 27
Rise In Frugality Leads To Drop In Trash Collection
SXSW FILM: Garbage Dreams
Large agriculture operations add billions to our economy but what price are we paying?
Food & agriculture – Mar 26
A Farm for the Future
Planning for peak oil
Why the foodie press needs to do better work on seafood
EntropyPawsed Perspective on Health & Dis-ease
Most Americans are dis-connected from everything essential for survival. We have lost meaningful connections with the sources of our water, food, shelter, clothing, with our fellow humans in community, with those we love, with The Mystery of Life. No wonder we feel dis-eased!
A Friendly Permaculture Critique of the Obamas’ Vegetable Garden
If I had written it as a Transition Tale in the Transition Handbook, it would have ranked as being even more ridiculous than the Beckhams’ cob retirement house. However, here we are, and Michelle Obama has started to dig up part of the White House lawn and turn it into a vegetable garden.
Food & agriculture – Mar 24
Green shoots
‘Food hub’ plan to boost local producers
Study Finds Eating Red Meat Contributes to Risk of Early Death
Is a Food Revolution Now in Season?
Food, class, and the new, new agrarianism
Cool Cuisine and Fresh Food
