Category: Earth Community
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Cuba – World Leader in Sustainable, Organic Farming
This is Part one of Marcella Pedersen’s five part series on her trip to Cuba. As someone who is interested in all kinds of farming, Pedersen made it a priority to visit Cuba’s organic sustainable farms. In this article she provides a little history on how and why organic farms were established and what makes Cuba…
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VEGGIE cooperative established to mitigate effects of BP oil spill on Vietnamese community in New Orleans
VEGGI Farmer’s Cooperative is comprised of local farmers and fisherfolk dedicated to providing the highest quality local produce and seafood to the Greater New Orleans area and beyond. VEGGI Farmers Cooperative was established following the effects of the BP oil spill on the Vietnamese community in New Orleans. With many community members losing their jobs…
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Bloody Mary and La Llorona: Folklore of Miami’s Homeless Children
An article titled “Myths Over Miami” published, by Linda Edwards, in the June 1997 issue of the Miami New Times lay dormant for years until it was posted Tuesday in the “Today I Learned” section on Reddit. It went viral immediatly. The article chronicles a folklore constructed by children living on the streets and in homeless shelters in Miami,…
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Sundance Ceremony To Be Openly Celebrated in 2014
This post seems to have caused some concern about the 2014 Sundance Ceremony being televised. Joe Morales Sundance Chief sent the following message: Hello, this is Joe Morales Sundance Chief and Grand Governing Council member of the American Indian Movement. “Openly” means without fear or shame. 2014 Sundance or any other AIM Sundance will not…
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Mongolian Domog wins First Prize of World Championship of Folklore
“World Folk 2013” featured more than 100 performers from 24 countries. “Domog” (Legend) folk music group from Mongolia won the First Prize of the World Championship of Folklore. “Domog” (Legend) folk music ensemble consists of “Domog” folk music group, dancers, Mongolian throat singers and contortionists.
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Historian Free to Exhibit Kurdish Folklore
Shvan Goran spotlights the opening of folklore and cultural exhibitions taking place in Duhok’s local museum through the efforts of historian Rafa’at Rajab in the Kurdish Globe: In the centre of Duhok, a city which is stepping towards modern life, there is an old fashioned building where hundreds of ancient antiques and artefacts have been kept…
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Agroecology Best Way to Fundamentally Transform Agriculture
Doug Gurian-Sherman posts an excellent article on his blog The Equation about the promise agroecology holds to fundamentally transform agriculture to make it more resilient to climate change, respond to new pests, conserve scarce resources like water and phosphorus, reduce environmental impacts, and establish food sovereignty. …we must make a serious effort to develop ecologically-sound agriculture systems that address…
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UAE Firm To Create Green Farm in Ghana
Caline Malek at The National reports on Nahtam, a socially responsible company that is planning to set up a sustainable organic farming system in Ghana. Nahtam will acquire 4,000 acres of land in the capital city of Accra, which will produce food while offsetting carbon production. “Carbon footprint is a global issue and the simplest…
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Chciago Based Vertical Farm Produces Zero Waste
The Environmental Leader highlights the efforts of FarmedHere, a Chicagoland-based vertical farm, to produces zero organic waste by converting all of its organic waste into compost: The compost is then used in landscaping, horticulture and agriculture at other urban farms across Chicago. The urban farming company — FarmedHere says it’s the largest vertical farm in the US — partnered…
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Organic cultivation: learning from the Enabavi example
By: M. J. Prabu Reposted from The Hindu: Is it possible to get a good yield without using chemical fertilizers? Will a shift to organic affect our food security? Can we manage insect pests without using pesticides? Will organic cultivation still be profitable for farmers? These are some of the often asked questions by farmers…
