Eric Schlosser woke up many of us in the United States about our Fast Food Nation. Now he tackles food additives, citing a study in the UK about the impact of food colorings and preservatives on hyperactivity. Take a look,…
Read more »From Saturday’s New York Times, Gloria Tosi, who represents most of the American ship owners involved in the food aid system, said buying commodities abroad would erode domestic political support for the program and lead to lower food aid budgets…
Read more »Be a gardener. Dig a ditch, Toil and sweat, And turn the earth upside down And seek the deepness And water the plants in time. Continue this labor And make sweet floods to run And noble and abundant fruits to…
Read more »Farmer-to-farmer training and on-farm research grow local adapted knowledge of biologically based integrated pest management that embraces biodiversity, careful observation and beneficial insects. By Timothy J. Krupnik (with permission of Rodale Institute – photos of Sawadogo in original article) September…
Read more »Meet some of the 10,000+ people that are fasting now to end illegitimate debts that cause so much poverty around the world. This video is a great tool to use for presentations on the Cancel Debt Fast! It really helps…
Read more »SF Gate – which is the San Francisco Chronicles’ web site – has an article on farmers quitting the Ferry Building Farmer’s Market. Too many folks selling the same stuff plus the distance and energy it takes to get the…
Read more »The title of the radio show appealed to me since Deconstructing Supper: Is your food safe? is a wonderful video that we lend out to groups for viewing around the country. You can see the lending library list here according…
Read more »How much fun is it when one blog references another? I donno, but I do think the conversation going on over at Ruhlman.com on what food should cost and what is a fair price for those who produce that food, especially organic and local, should be is worth a read.
Read more »Download Stephen’s Farm Bill Polemic-8-07.MP3 It is about 2.4 megabytes, so you may wish to read his piece below: WARNING MESSAGE!: To All Eaters! From Sustainable Agriculture of Louisville Do you know how much taxpayer money goes to the Farm…
Read more »By Cathleen Hockman-Wert of Corvallis Mennonite Fellowship, from the the quarterly newsletter of the Interfaith Food and Farms Partnership (IFFP), a project of Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon’s Interfaith Network for Earth Concerns. Corvallis Mennonite Fellowship dedicated five of our summer…
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