Tag: Sustainable agriculture

  • Seed Saver Encouraged to “Pass Them On”

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    Dayna McDaniel, co-founder of Seed-Savers, KC, shares with reporter Cindy Hoedel of the Kansas City Star Magazine her reason for starting Seed-Savers, KC and the first seed she ever saved. It was a tomato presented to me by a neighbor, back in the 1970s. I had just moved into the neighborhood and I noticed this…

  • Pesticide Residue Strengthens Case for Organic Farming

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    My Google Alerts is ablaze with articles about pesticide residue found on organic produce.  Paul Hanley’s level-headed piece in the Star Phoenix explains why this finding “drives home the importance of expanding pesticide-free organic farming practices.” Providing food free from chemical residues is just one goal of organic farming and perhaps not the most important.…

  • Sacred Economics

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    A reader recommended I look into the book Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition by Charles Eisenstein.  I checked out his website and was completely blown away by this short film. The book is also available on-line.  You can find it here.

  • Earth Friendly Gardens

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    I stopped by my friends Fred and Deb’s house the other day and noticed they had their seed catalogs out with pages of heirloom plants already bookmarked. As early as it seems, within the next couple of months Fred will have his grow light going and his heat mats out warming spinach, kale and lettuce…

  • Research Shows Organic Milk Healthier

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    In thespec.com Sandi Doughton posts information on the first large-scale study to compare milk from organic and conventional dairies across the United States …the researchers found significantly higher levels of heart-healthy fatty acids in organic milk. The reason is that organically raised cows eat more grass and less corn and other grain-based feed than their conventional…

  • Registration opens Monday for MOSES organic conference

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    Registration for the 25th MOSES Organic Farming Conference at the La Crosse Center opens Monday. The conference, sponsored by the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Services in Spring Valley, Wis., will take place from Feb. 27 through March 1. The event has grown from a meeting of about 90 people 25 years ago to the…

  • Women Break Through the “Grass Ceiling”

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    Eleanor Bader celebrates women’s leading role in the sustainable and organic agriculture sector: According to the US Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service, the number of women-operated farms more than doubled in the 25 years between 1982 and 2007. In fact, female farmers now make up the fastest-growing sector of the country’s changing agricultural landscape…

  • ACTION ALERT

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    Deadline November 15: Protect Your Local Food Sources! We’ve been warned. Over and over again. By the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). By the John Hopkins’ Center for a Livable Future (CLF). Industrial agriculture is killing the planet and making us sick. So how has the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) responded to these warnings?…

  • Indian Farmers Learn From Past Mistakes

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    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…

  • Chhattisgarh state launches “Organic Farming Mission” in India

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    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…