Pesticide Usage versus Agroecological Approaches Part One
If you are unsure about GE food, consider this: the potential harm to human health caused by glyphosate (AKA Roundup®) has been clearly established. The ever growing use of...
Update on Sustainable and Organic Agriculture in the US
Throughout March, farmers, ranchers, and advocates of sustainable agriculture flew to DC from around the country to discuss the benefits of sustainable agriculture with Senators and Representative of their...
Reports of Dangers of Industrial Meat Industry Should Concern India
In case you missed it, the World Health Organization recently released a controversial report concluding that consumption of processed and red meats leads is linked to increased rates of...
Agricultural Minister Singh’s Comments Reveal a History of Neglect of Small Farmers
Social media is abuzz over Indian Agricultural Minister Radha Mohan Singh’s recent comments concerning farmer’s suicides. In a written statement to Parliament, Singh cited a report by the National...
Plastic Bags: a global environmental threat
We live in a disposable world. More and more of the things that we use to make life convenient are designed to be used only once. These things include...
Responding to Climate Change with Urban Farming
Cities around the world are growing, and their growth presents a problem for global climate change. On one hand, cities require huge amounts of gasoline and other carbon-based fuels...
What does it mean to say that agriculture is “male-dominated”?
On social media and other online forums excitement is brimming over female farmers. Women farmers are starting their own farms. They are organizing with other women to create communities...
Vatican Statement on Climate Change Castigates Industrial Agriculture
On Thursday, June 18th, the Vatican released to the public its long awaited official statement on climate change, titled Laudito Si. Taking the austere life of St. Francis of...
California needs to invest in environmentally sustainable desalination
California is in the midst of a four-year long drought, and the arid climate shows no signs of letting up. The drought is so extreme that reservoirs and wells...
No-Till Agriculture on the Rise in the U.S.
After years of declining productivity and soil loss, many farmers are changing their farming practices to try and bring the soil back to life. The New York Times...