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Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Organic Can Feed The World
From Barry Estabrook at The Atlantic Given that current production systems leave nearly one billion people undernourished, the onus should be on the agribusiness industry to prove its model, not the other way around”We all have things that drive us cra…
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Occupy Yourself
My latest essay at the World Faith Blog Nearly a decade ago, I had the fortune of reading American Holocaust by David Stannard, which detailed the horrific conquest of Native American culture behind the “founding” of America. I…
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Sunday, January 29th, 2012
Small Farm Training Center 2011 Harvest and Performance Report
Editor’s Note: This blog began in 2008 as a chronicle of the sustainable farming efforts, led by Terry Sheldon, at the Small Farm Training Center at the New Vrindaban Spiritual Community in West Virginia.We return to that original spirit with a report…
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Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Environmental Imagination: The Food Movement and Climate Change
From Jebediah Purdy at the Huffington Post The two most visible environmental issues today, climate change and agriculture, are about as different as they could be. Taken together, though, they give some remi…
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Friday, January 20th, 2012
Meatless in The Midwest: A Tale Of Survival
Steve Hebert for The New York TimesSome patrons, unlike the reporter, line up for brisket at Arthur Bryant’s barbecue, in Kansas City, Mo. Click here to read the full article from A.J Sulzberger at the New York Times IN an ideal world, vegetarians …
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Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
With Work Scarce in Athens, Greeks Go Back to the Land
Eirini Vourloumis for The New York TimesVassilis Ballas and his wife, Roula Boura, extracted the gum from a mastic tree on their 400-tree farm in Chios, Greece. Click here to read the full article from Rachel Donadio in the New York Times CHIOS, Gre…
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Saturday, January 14th, 2012
Storehouses for Solar Energy Can Step In When the Sun Goes Down
SolarReserveA completed solar power tower at the SolarReserve Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Plant, Tonopah, Nev., expected to be in service in 2013. Click here to read the full article from Matthew Wald at the New York Times If solar energy is eventua…
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Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
Radhanath Swami Inaugurates Eco-Village
From Radhanath Swami.com On December 24th Radhanath Swami presided over the official opening of the Govardhan Eco-village and Farm Community (GEV) spread over a scenic landscape of 60 acres near the Sa…
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
Organic Produce May Be Outgrowing Its Ideals
Planting the Beach: American demand for year-round organic fruits and vegetables has incited a farming boom in the arid deserts of the Baja Peninsula in Mexico.From Elisabeth Rosenthal at the New York Times TODOS SANTOS, Mexico — Clamshell contain…
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Thursday, January 5th, 2012
In Solar Power, India Begis Living Up To Its Own Ambitions
Kuni Takahashi for The New York TimesEvery five days or so, workers wipe down each of the 36,000 solar panels at the Azure Solar Plant in Khadoda, India.Click here to read the full article from Vikas Bajaj at the New York TimesKHADODA, India — Solar …
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Fast-Food Outlet Stirs Concerns In A Mecca Of Healthy Living
Monica Almeida/The New York TimesEllsworth Wareham, 97, in Loma Linda, Calif. Mr. Wareham was a heart surgeon who stopped working only two years ago. He is a vegan, but says choice is part of the “great American system.”From Jennifer Medina in the …
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Fast-Food Outlet Stirs Concerns In A Mecca Of Healthy Living
Monica Almeida/The New York TimesEllsworth Wareham, 97, in Loma Linda, Calif. Mr. Wareham was a heart surgeon who stopped working only two years ago. He is a vegan, but says choice is part of the “great American system.”From Jennifer Medina in the …
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Fast-Food Outlet Stirs Concerns In A Mecca Of Healthy Living
Monica Almeida/The New York TimesEllsworth Wareham, 97, in Loma Linda, Calif. Mr. Wareham was a heart surgeon who stopped working only two years ago. He is a vegan, but says choice is part of the “great American system.”From Jennifer Medina in the …
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Fast-Food Outlet Stirs Concerns In A Mecca Of Healthy Living
Monica Almeida/The New York TimesEllsworth Wareham, 97, in Loma Linda, Calif. Mr. Wareham was a heart surgeon who stopped working only two years ago. He is a vegan, but says choice is part of the “great American system.”From Jennifer Medina in the …
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Saturday, December 31st, 2011
Faith House Manhattan Tour Bus: Experience Your Neighbor’s Faith to Deepen Your Own
From Samir Selmanovic and Bowie Snodgrass from Faith House Manhattan at the Huffington Post Click through the slideshow to look at photos from the Faith House Manhattan Tour Bus: …