Allan Savory's TED Talk
By Admin / On January 16th, 2013
Allan Savory's TED talk highlights the importance of managing livestock in a way that mimics nature. He makes a compelling case that our future depends on it.
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Michael Kugelman's Interview with the Security & Sustainability Forum
By [node:field_contributor] / On December 6th, 2012
The Global Farms Race: Land Grabs, Agricultural Investment, and the Scramble for Food Security is now available.
In anticipation of The Global Farms Race's release, co-author Michael Kugelman spoke to Ed Saltzburg at the
Michael Kugelman Interview with Ed Saltzburg of the Security & Sustainability Forum
By Admin / On September 4th, 2012
Michael Kugelman, in his upcoming book, The Global Farms Race, delves into the dynamics of foreign control of farmland in developing nations.
Hazards of the Harvest: Children in the Fields
By Elizabeth Grossman / On August 9th, 2011
While the rest of the country has been experiencing an epic heat wave, in the Pacific Northwest where I live, thus far the summer has been unusually cool. One consequence of the cool weather is a slow-to-appear local tomato crop, made evident to consumers by some remarkably high prices.
Considering bees, industrious but not industrial
By Ann Vileisis / On January 14th, 2009
Nowadays when I see bees in my garden, I pay close attention.
I have noticed at least four different types. They buzz purposely—so focused on the periwinkle blue flowers of my rosemary hedge. I crouch down to examine their fuzzy bodies and the gorgeous floral interiors that are the center of their apian attention.
Holiday Gifts that Reflect a Commitment to Place
By Timothy Beatley / On December 23rd, 2008
Obama’s pick for Sec. of Agriculture—not a food guy
By [node:field_contributor] / On December 17th, 2008
Young Farmer on the Rise
By Ann Vileisis / On December 3rd, 2008
In my recent book Kitchen Literacy, I concluded by urging readers to learn where their food comes from and how it is raised.
Will Obama take on food?
By Ann Vileisis / On November 19th, 2008
In the months leading up to the election, food activists (see the video by The White House Organic Farm Project, a.k.a. TheWhoFarm.org below) have been salivating over the possibility that they could convince the next president to turn up some sunny expanse of White House lawn and put in a lush and leafy organic farm. The bounty of veggies could feed not only the first family but also Washington's needy and fresh-food-deprived school children.
Potato Diversity and Traditional Knowledge
By Gary Paul Nabhan / On October 3rd, 2008
As mentioned in last week's blog post, in Peru's Parque de la Papa-the Potato Park-, the Quechuan farmers maintain some 1200 varieties of potatoes named in their own language. Farmers are particularly attentive to the effects of climate change on the micro-habitats where each potato variety can be planted. Quechuan Ricardo Paco Chipa says his father constantly reminds him that the elevation distributions of potatoes today are far different than those that were common when he first farmed a half century ago.