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The Real Need for GMO and Industrial-Scale Food
The Real Need for GMO and Industrial-Scale Food I’d like to start off with a story about a woman I know who works full time, takes home a below-median income, and raises two kids in Silicon Valley. This woman also has an organic garden in her tiny back yard, partially for her own enjoyment, and […]
Food scarcity is fanning flames of ‘war on terror’
Food scarcity is fanning flames of ‘war on terror’ Every country experiencing civil unrest due to rising militant Islamist violence is facing resource shortages directly linked to food insecurity, according to new research by British scientists. Of the 17 countries identified as being most at risk of food riots, 14 are Muslim-majority countries, and at […]
Food Supply Interruptions: The Biggest Gamble
FOOD SUPPLY INTERRUPTIONS: THE BIGGEST GAMBLE Nowhere have I witnessed a normalcy bias so strong as when it pertains to food. It has always been available at the grocery stores and in restaurants; at least that is the view of most people alive today. And if one falls on hard times, then the government in […]
The Cash Value of Home Gardens
The Cash Value of Home Gardens The ROI (return on investment) of a home garden can be $1,000 a year and $30/hour. The benefits of a vegetable garden extend beyond the food being grown and the superiority of that food in nutritional value and quality over agribusiness-grown vegetables. I listed some of these intangible benefits in The […]
Joel Salatin: How food can restore America’s integrity
Joel Salatin: How food can restore America’s integrity While I was in Australia in February, imported Chinese raspberries carrying Hepatitis A (from human sewage) hospitalized a dozen people and heightened interest in my seminars to a fever pitch. The news media and individuals fell over themselves trying to learn about local food systems and integrity […]
Global Soil Week: A catalyst for change
Global Soil Week: A catalyst for change As many of you already know, 2015 has been named the International Year of Soils by the UN, so never has there been a better time to get soil into the conversation. The question of ‘how do we make soil sexy?’ is something that has been troubling soil […]
The Law of the Land
The Law of the Land Land is—or should be—invaluable, perhaps even sacred. It is not only a place to live, but also a source for food, for water, for fuel, and for sustenance of almost every kind. Land management choices have profound impacts on our ecosystems and environment, and thus on our health, well-being and […]
Tossing and Turning: Our Disturbed Soils and Troubled Sleep
Tossing and Turning: Our Disturbed Soils and Troubled Sleep I’m sitting under a halogen light right now and staying up late to write about soil. That probably doesn’t sound ironic to you. I think it should. How I came to reflect on soil and sleep as functionally related and analogous in their processes is something […]
Peak oil, ten or so years on
Peak oil, ten or so years on This blog began seven years and almost a thousand posts ago, and I thought it a good time to take stock. Since the blog itself was inspired by the “peak oil” movement, and since it’s been ten years, by some measures, since the peak, I wanted to assess […]
Ten Wonderful Things I’m Grateful For (Irony Alert)
Ten Wonderful Things I’m Grateful For (Irony Alert) Being grateful boosts your happiness. Ten wonderful things I’m grateful for. Since every volume on the nearly endless shelf of pop psychology self-help books recommends working up some gratitude as the key to happiness, I’ve conjured up a list of what I’m grateful for. (Please turn your irony […]
“Surviving Or Thriving” – What Canada’s 40% Surge In Meat Prices Means For Ordinary People
“Surviving Or Thriving” – What Canada’s 40% Surge In Meat Prices Means For Ordinary People On the surface, Canada’s 1.2% inflation is negligible, and barely enough to keep up with the pace of overall growth as mandated by a few central bank academics. It is below the surface, however, that one finds the scary truth. […]
Permaculture: The Design Arm of a Paradigm Shift
Permaculture: The Design Arm of a Paradigm Shift Here’s how it happened to me: Back in 1990 I was playing hooky from my unsatisfying biotech job in Seattle by browsing the homesteading shelves in the public library. I pulled down a thick black book I hadn’t seen before calledPermaculture: A Designers’ Manual. As I perused […]
The Value of Learning To Cook
The Value of Learning To Cook The potential of food to add beauty/pleasure to everyday life should not be under-estimated. I have been discussing job skills for the past five days, but life skills are equally valuable. For example, knowing how to cook. Knowing how to cook offers benefits beyond just saving money (though that is […]
Food Not Lawns!
Food Not Lawns! The mission of Food Not Lawns is just what you’d think from its title—grow gardens instead of a useless beds of monocropped grass. The organization is actually about much more than that though. Perhaps most importantly, it’s about having communities come together with a common purpose to transform wasted lawn space into a productive food […]
California drought to squeeze produce prices, but so will other factors
California drought to squeeze produce prices, but so will other factors Price of lettuce has gone up 40 cents, but some of that is due to low Canadian dollar Drought may have gripped California’s agricultural heartland for a fourth consecutive year, but it’s not the only factor putting pressure on imported produce prices at the […]
