Animation - Food Rules according to Michael Pollan
Excerpts from Michael Pollan’s talk. This video was made for the short film competition called out by the RSA.
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Our mission is to create a farmer-controlled and consumer-oriented food and fiber system, based upon democratically controlled institutions that empower farmers to speak for and respect themselves in their quest for social and economic justice.
Cultivating the Web
Cultivating the Web investigates the best and brightest ways that good food advocates are leveraging the internet to generate social change and further the sustainable food movement.
Sap is Rising...Adventures in Maple Sugaring
Lately, we've been having cold (below freezing) nights and warm (above freezing) days -- the exact conditions needed for maple sugaring. The change in temperature is what makes the sap rise and spill out of taps into waiting buckets.
Stone Barns
Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture is also home to the Stone Barns Farm market and the Blue Hill Cafe. Public Programs Director Nena Johnson took us on a tour of everything from the greenhouse to the bee hives to the forced-air composter...even a patch of pasture being tilled by a couple of nosy sows.
Joan’s Organic Garden
A video tour through Joan Gussow’s organic garden.
All is Fair (Trade) in Love and Chocolate
In which the GRACE team tastes and rates 11 brands of Fair Trade, Organic and Rainforest Certified chocolates. Buying Fair Trade and Rainforest Alliance Certified chocolates is an easy way to ensure that your purchasing power supports chocolate growers with sound human rights policies.
Dispatches from the Beltway: Meeting the Demand for Sustainable Meat & Dairy
Notes from "Meeting the Demand: Growing Markets for Sustainable Meat and Dairy Production," a conference organized by the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR). Lots of big ideas; lots of inspiring solutions.
Joining Hands Against Oil Drilling and for a Clean Energy Future
This Saturday, June 26th, more than 500 hands-joining events are planned for beaches across the United States to protest oil drilling and the dangers it presents to marine wildlife, fishing industries and coastal communities.
On the Road with Jack Johnson and the Eat Well Guide
Outdoor concerts and summertime go together. Imagine the scene - the band is loud, the weather is hot, there are throngs of people dancing, singing and sweating. Down around your feet is a sea of plastic bottles and trash. Indoor venues can be just as dirty.
Tour De Farmers' Markets
Kind of like the Tour de France except without the 2,200 grueling miles of high-speed cycling.
A Farm Grows in Brooklyn (On a Rooftop in Queens)
I agreed to help Gwen Schantz move some soil. It weighed 1.2 million lbs and had to be hoisted atop a seven-story building in NYC.
Fish as Food, Fish as Wildlife: Four Fish (a Book Review)
Paul Greenberg’s new book chronicles the past and future of four fish that dominate the modern seafood market: salmon, sea bass, cod and tuna.
Short Story Long: My Empire of Dirt (A Book Review)
What Howard seems to take away from the project is the singular idea that, hey, he doesn’t have to buy eggs anymore when he can get them from his chicken. Really? That’s all? I wasn’t expecting a zealous conversion to the merits of urban farming, but I did expect more reflection on how The Farm, despite its failures, fit within the larger context of the sustainable food movement.
Revolutionizing Urban Agriculture, One Sub-Irrigated Planter At A Time
Ecocentric bloggers have a soft spot for cool stuff on roofs. Check out a slideshow of our latest venture above street level and read about sub-irrigated planting systems, a diy technology that could revolutionize urban food production.
When Life Hands You Lemons, Make Farm Aid
On the 25th anniversary of Farm Aid, we're taking a look at one community in Maryland that channeled the spirit of farm-friendly fundraisers to support one of their local farms with an event appropriately titled Barn Aid.
