Organic Farming

Will Obama-Mania Lead Us to Solartopia? Yes We Will!

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 11.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Organic Farming, Yes We Can, Election Protection, Obama-Mania, Gynecology, George W. Bush, Solartopia, Renewable Energy, Obama, King CONG (Coal, Oil, Nukes, Green Energy Mass Transit, Environment, Agribusiness, Gas), Nuclear Power, Green News
Harvey Wasserman

Rebirthing Detroit as a clean, lean, green machine with union labor making carbon free cars and the New Solartopian mass transit network we really need... Yes We Can!

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The Salad Bowl Of The East Coast: Organic Greens, Grown In Maine

Good | Peter Smith | Posted 11.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Organic Farming, Farming, Whole Foods, Local, Agriculture, Locavore, Atlantic Organic, Eating Matters, Organic Food, Maine, Csa, Food Politics, Environment, Salad, New England, Trader Joe’s, Green News

Ben Dobson is making the 3,000-mile salad a thing of the past. He has planted 170 acres of salad greens this year, and the 24-year-old farmer is hopin...

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Spending Your Organic Food Dollars Wisely

Sloan Barnett | Posted 11.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Organic Farming, Pesticides, Green Shopping, Local Food, Organic Food, Shopping, Green, Green Living, Green News
Sloan Barnett

What's keeping shoppers from purchasing organic food? Cost. No question. And who can blame them? But let's understand why and what we can do about it.

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An Organic Farm On The White House Grounds

Plenty | Ragan Sutterfield | Posted 11.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Food Matters, White House Farmer, Organic Farming, Farming, Michael Pollan, President Obama, Organic Food, Eating Matters, White House Organic Farm, Sustainability, White House Grounds, Green Living, Obama Administration, White House Lawn, Green News

As Michael Pollan wrote in an Open Letter to the next president, "You, like so many other leaders through history, will find yourself confronting the ...

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Permaculture: Homegrown Independence

Anthony Anderson | Posted 09.10.2008 | Green

Read More: Composting, Organic Farming, Locavore, Permaculture, Green Living, Fruit Trees, Suburbs, Farming, Sustainable Food, Sustainability, Green News
Anthony Anderson

Do we like the idea of independence, but how dependent are we on cheap oil, cheap and clean water, and food grown by strangers shipped from thousands of miles away?

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Who's Going to Grow Organic Food for Our Kids?

Jenna Woginrich | Posted 08.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Small Farms, Green, Food, Organic Farming, Organic Food, Green News
Jenna Woginrich

I've always assumed there were lots of young folks like myself out there, wishing they could be out in a field with rams or snap peas. But recently I realized how alone I am in this dream.

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The Next Time Someone Dismisses You as an Arugula-Eating Elitist...

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 08.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Organic Farming, Organic Food, Prison, Chicago, Incarceration Rates, Non-Profits, Jail, Green Business, Green Living, Organic Eating, Growing Home, Food Security, Living News
Frances Moore Lappe

Suddenly, organic food looks less like a yuppie luxury and more like it could and should be a staple for our sanity and security.

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Eating Local or Not: It Depends

Graham Hill | Posted 08.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Local Produce, Organic Farming, Farming, Local Food, Organic Food, Grocery Stores, Vegetables, Food, Eating Locally, Life Cycle, Local Farmers, Green News
Graham Hill

The burning question: local vs. imported. When we want to make the best food decision what should we choose?

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How To Green Your Grocery List

Grist | Posted 08.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Organic Farming, Green Shopping, Eating Organic, Organic Food, Sustainable Food, Green Gardening, Environment, Green, Food Prices, Green Living, Organic Eating, Green Living Tips, Green News

It can be hard to focus on eating greener when the very staples you need cost more than usual. Fortunately, there's a veritable cornucopia of ways to ...

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Green Edge 3: Small Farmers, Ecofeminism, Vandana Shiva

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 07.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Organic World Congress, Organic Farming, Farming, Modena, Vandana Shiva, Ecofeminist, What Is Slow Food, Slow Food Organization, Food, Green News
John Tepper Marlin

Ecofeminist Vandana Shiva, monoculture with a masculine wish to dominate, is at the Organic World Congress to protest the human and environmental cost of industrial farming practices.

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Green Edge 2: Organic Wine-Making

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 07.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Environment, Food, Organic Farming, Levizzano Rangone, Agriculture, John Tepper Marlin, Organic World Congress, Wine, Organic Wine, Living News
John Tepper Marlin

Wine-making organic standards are more complex than standards for vegetables -- organic vegetable production is earth-friendly, health-friendly and tastes better. For organic wine the case needs more elaboration.

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Is Locally Grown Food Going Corporate?

Laura Weiss | Posted 06.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Long Island, Organic Farming, Whole Foods, Manhattan, Eating Organic, Worldwatch Institute, Sustainable Food, Agriculture, Factory Farms, Food, Edible East End, New York City, Green News
Laura Weiss

If locally grown veggies are packed in plastic tubs, crammed into trucks, and shipped off to grocery stores, how different are they from any other produce section offering?

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A Good Day's Work

Craig McCord | Posted 05.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Onions, Community Supported Agriculture, Organic Farming, The People Who Feed Us, Hearty Roots Farm, Csa, Planting Season, Living News
Craig McCord

On an early Saturday morning in the middle of May, just outside Red Hook, New York, a white van slowly makes its way along glorified ruts that lead to a freshly plowed field. 16,000 onions are to be planted here in the space of a single day.

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The Greenhorns: A New Breed Of American Idol?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 03.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Organic Farming, Farming, Severine Von Tcharner Fleming, The Greenhorns, Farmers, Agribiz, Farms, Agriculture, Agribusiness, Documentaries, Living News
Kerry Trueman

With dwindling resources, climate change, and the triple threats of peak oil, peak soil, and peak water nipping at our heedless heels, industrial agriculture is becoming a "luxury" we can't afford.

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