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...
System of Rice Intensification in Karnataka India
In this short video from Karnataka, India, the narrator explains why the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is such an important innovation for many rice farmers. It produces higher...
American Anthropological Association Reports on Climate Change
The American Anthropological Association (AAA) has released its comprehensive report on the relationship between human societies and climate change. After three years of study by the Global Climate Change...
“Bumper Harvest” Expected in Tamil Nadu from System of Rice Intensification
A journalist from the Hindu newspaper has reported that rice farmers in India’s southernmost state are expecting a “bumper harvest” as a result of adopting the System of Rice...
Coal not the development solution needed by India’s poor
The New York Times reported today that India plans to double its reliance on coal power over the next five years. The country already extracts 565 million tons of...
“GMOs and the Pesticide Treadmill”
In a recent webinar hosted by , Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, a senior scientist and director of the Grassroots Science Program at Pesticide Action Network, told us all about the ecological...
SRI/SCI featured on the Food Tank blog!
Today, the folks over at Food Tank posted a short piece about the System of Crop Intensification (SRI/SCI), a set of agricultural principles and practices used by small farmers...
Kroul Farms, Farming the Family Way
Between 2002 and 2007, the total number of farms in the United States increased by 4 percent, the first increase in the number of farms since 1935. A growing...
Thinking About Crisis: Talking About Solutions
Since 2008, crisis has been constantly among us, and everywhere we go it is being proclaimed by all. Europe, the United States and others are facing continued economic crisis....