Author: Daniela

  • Photo of the Day

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    A young man sits with his bagpipes on a bench during the oldest folklore festival of Europe in Straznice, south Moravia, 80 km southeast from Brno, Czech Republic on June 29, 2014. Leoš Janáček, a Czech composer who celebrated Moravian traditions in much of his work was born 160 years ago today on July 3,…

  • UN Praises Role of Cooperatives in Sustainable Development

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      United Nations officials are highlighting the role cooperative enterprises can play in economic development, social justice and environmental protection. In his message for International Day of Cooperatives, marked annually on 5 July, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that this year’s Day falls at a “critical time” with the UN working to reach the 2015 deadline for the…

  • Quote For The Day

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    Originally posted on The Dish: “Stern fathers often make the mistake of believing that their children will not defend the home or the values of the family if martial discipline is not instilled. But turning the homestead into a garrison then drives the children to go AWOL. Instead, all the father has to do is…

  • Indian Bio-Diversity Board to Open up 110 Seed Banks in States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

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    News like this gives me great hope that we are wising up and moving away from mono-cultures and industrial farming. HYDERABAD: To preserve indigenous seed varieties and also promote organic farming, the state bio-diversity board will soon open over 110 seed banks across the two states. With the requisite budgets sanctioned for this pilot project,…

  • Stop Saying Black People Don’t Support Each Other Economically

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  • Cooling Off With Compost

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    Originally posted on The Dish: A simple farming technique could help mitigate the effects of climate change on crops: The technique in question is called “no-till farming,” and it simply involves leaving the debris from previous crops on the surface of the fields rather than plowing the fields and exposing the soil underneath. Observations of test agricultural fields indicate that…

  • Green Jello and Fry Sauce: Utah’s Food Folklore

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    What is “Utah food?” Many Utah natives grew up eating Jell-O, fry sauce, deep-fried scones, and “funeral” potatoes. BYU folklorist and English professor Eric Eliason is studying these food traditions and what they say about people and cultures. Utah festivals and fairs celebrate these traditions and offer authentic Utah foods all in one place, often…

  • Word Vibrations

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    Tejinder Narang relates a story that exemplifies the “sublime intimacy of spirituality and science.” Mystic Mirdad entered the stable and spoke kindly to a sick cow. A disciple asked him how could a cow understand what he said. Mirdad replied, what matters is the “vibrations of words”, not the words. The cow soon responded in…

  • Dingoes and Dogs in Indigenous culture

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    This is a re-post of a piece first published by the Animal Management in Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities (AMRRIC) who do some excellent work with dogs and people throughout the country. It was originally published in February 2013 here. There are many dog dreaming sites located around the Australian continent and each has its own…

  • Anniston Alabama vs. Monsanto

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    This is old news, but I hadn’t heard about it until I read an article where the Anniston, Alabama case against Monsanto was alluded to.  I looked it up and found this informative piece by Maryam Henien at the HoneyColony blog: From the ’40s to ’70s, Monsanto knowingly dumped millions of pounds of the now-banned…