Tag: Agriculture
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Cornucopia Institute Supports Ecological Principles Underlying Sustainable and Organic Agriculture
If you are interested in abating the cruelty perpetrated on animals by industrial agriculture, I highly recommend you familiarize yourself with the Cornucopia Institute, which audits and rates dairy and egg producers on a wide range of ethical standards. They go far beyond “free range” or “organic” labeling and identify producers that really do avoid some…
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Meet Deborah Szekely, a 91-Year-Old Wellness Warrior
Reposted from The Atlantic The nonagenarian just started her “project for the next decade.” EMMA GREEN Organic food may be a fad of the 21st century, but Deborah Szekely, 91, has been organic farming since 1930. In her nine decades of life, she has run for Congress, managed a federal agency, and served as a…
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Farmer to Farmer Program Spearheading Agroecology Efforts in Nicaragua
Carmen Herrera writes about a program in Nicaragua which “encourages an appreciation of local knowledge to reestablish food sovereignty. ” In an area carved into small farms known as minifundios, where each lot measures 0.75 to 1.5 Ha (1.8 to 3.7 acres), participants in the project called Farmer to Farmer (Campesino a Campesino) are spearheading…
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Dominican Republic Records 30 Percent Increase in Organic Food Production
From the Fresh Plaza website: The Dominican Republic recorded in the past six years a steady 30 percent increase in the production of organic food, with which it has established itself as one of the world leaders in the marketing of these items. The Ministry of Agriculture expressed in a statement today that the country…
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Photo of the Day
The rice terraces of Yunnan, China, are carved into the hillside. Different types of vegetation lend the landscape its alternating hues. See more surreal landscapes here.
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Shut Up and Listen – Cont’d.
Peasant communities all over the world are beginning to realize that, although intensive agriculture might boost crop yields in the short term with seemingly little effort, in the long term it pollutes water sources and depletes the soil. Many have decided to abandon intensive agriculture and revert to the traditional farming practices used by their ancestors for…
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Indian Farmers Learn From Past Mistakes
Tan Cheng Li writes about a growing number of farmers in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu who are returning to the old way of chemical-free cultivation of crops: YONG Weng Thing was amazed when he saw the field of spinach. Being a farmer himself, he knows good quality stuff when he sees it and…
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Chhattisgarh state launches “Organic Farming Mission” in India
This is how government policy influences the market in a positive way. Imagine how much different our agricultural landscape would look in the US if we adopted the same practices on a large scale. RAIPUR: In a bid to boost organic farming in state, Chhattisgarh government, on Friday, launched an ‘organic farming mission’ in districts…
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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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