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How A Sustainable Food System Is Built
How A Sustainable Food System Is Built From the ground up. We all eat food. Most of us every day. Most of us several times a day. Food is undoubtedly one of the most constant and impactful aspects of our lives. And the ways that we produce — and consume it— are impactful as well. We all know about climate change. Agricultural activities […]
Why Sustainable Agriculture Should Support a Green New Deal
Why Sustainable Agriculture Should Support a Green New Deal “For Sale” signs have replaced “Dairy of Distinction” on the last two dairy farms on the road I drive to town. The farm crisis of the 1980’s that never really went away has resurfaced with a vengeance. In 2013, aggregate farm earnings were half of what […]
A fixed meat ration is not the path to sustainable food systems
A fixed meat ration is not the path to sustainable food systems “We should eat less meat in order to save the planet”, has almost become a dogma. There is no doubt that industrial animal production is harmful for animals and nature. But the framing of the path to a sustainable agriculture system in terms […]
One Size Fits None: Excerpt
One Size Fits None: Excerpt Ed. note: This post is excerpted from the forthcoming book One Size Fits None from the University of Nebraska Press and is reproduced here with permission. You can find out more about the book here. Introduction I’m in western South Dakota, rolling across the prairie in a blue 1970s-era pickup truck, […]
“Sustainable Agriculture and Healthy Food Consumption Behaviors Go Together”
“Sustainable Agriculture and Healthy Food Consumption Behaviors Go Together” Professor Jules Pretty is an author and academic whose work focuses on sustainable agriculture and the relationship between people and the land. He is on the Steering Committee for a new, ground-breaking report from the Economics of Ecosystems & Biodiversity for Agriculture and Food (TEEBAgriFood). This […]
The Importance of Tree Crops in Sustainable Agriculture
THE IMPORTANCE OF TREE CROPS IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE Tree Crops are the most common perennial agricultural method. More specifically, orchards are one of the most common and successful forms of perennial agriculture. A well-maintained peach orchard will give you a steady crop for up to 20 years. An apple orchard can last up to 50 […]
Connor Stedman: Carbon Farming
Connor Stedman: Carbon Farming Sequestering atmospheric carbon through natural means Climate change remains a hotly debated topic. But a scientific fact not up for dispute is the pronounced spike in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere over the past two centuries. There’s a building urgency to find solutions that can manage/reverse that […]
Cuba’s sustainable agriculture at risk in U.S. thaw
Cuba’s sustainable agriculture at risk in U.S. thaw Organic farm, Alamar. Melanie Lukesh Reed/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND President Obama’s trip to Cuba this week accelerated the warming of U.S.-Cuban relations. Many people in both countries believe that normalizing relations will spur investment that can help Cuba develop its economy and improve life for its citizens. But in agriculture, U.S. […]
Study Indicate That Organic and Sustainable Agriculture Can Feed the Planet
STUDY INDICATE THAT ORGANIC AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE CAN FEED THE PLANET The never ending debate as to whether organic food production could actually feed the globe is back at the debate table. And the data culled for this latest report suggests that turning to increased organic food production to feed the globe isn’t really a […]
Has ‘organic’ been stripped of its meaning?
Has ‘organic’ been stripped of its meaning? The term ‘organic’ has come to be understood by most consumers as ‘grown without synthetic chemicals’, which to most people’s surprise, does not always mean that farming practices are sustainable. The Sustainable Agriculture Initiative Platformdefines sustainable agriculture as “the efficient production of safe, high quality agricultural products, in a way that […]
A STEP TOWARDS TRANSFORMATION
A STEP TOWARDS TRANSFORMATION In Reading, the United States’ second poorest city, the residents’ group Permacultivate is practicing and preaching local food production. As you enter the 2,500-foot greenhouse, you immediately notice the large 300-gallon plastic tanks to the left. A few steps closer, you can see the tilapia swimming around and realize that water […]
The state of our soil
The state of our soil Jointly published by the Heinrich Böll Foundation and theInstitute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, the Soil Atlashighlights the current state of our soils and the ways in which we are draining this precious resource: “We are using the world’s soils as if they were inexhaustible, continually withdrawing from an account, but never paying in.” […]
Pesticide Free Farming
Pesticide Free Farming A revolutionary experiment in sustainable agriculture is showing impressive results in south India. Around two million farmers in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh have ditched chemical pesticides in favour of natural repellants and fertilisers, as part of a growing eco-agriculture movement. The sustainable techniques are spread through a network of women’s […]
4 Innovative Community Food Projects Empowering Low-Income Residents
4 Innovative Community Food Projects Empowering Low-Income Residents There are many community food organizations working hard to create a more sustainable and equitable food system. Through urban farms, school gardens, school lunch programs and more, these groups are alleviating food insecurity and building food justice in America. WhyHunger, which supports community-based organizations that seek solutions to underlying causes of hunger and connect […]
Food Safety Modernization Act – An Assault on Sustainable Agriculture?
Food Safety Modernization Act – An Assault on Sustainable Agriculture?. The sustainable agriculture movement, and its complementary local food movement have become, over the past several years, one of the fastest growing and most concrete demonstrations of a cultural challenge to American values of consumerism, corporate power, and the belief that complex technology is always […]
