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...
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...
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 Drought: No Solutions Coming from Big Agribusiness
Almost everyone is taking drastic measures to mitigate the impact of California’s drought crisis. The California Energy Commission raised the efficiency standards for toilets, urinals, and faucets, requiring all...
JustFood Conference March 15th
Next week the Just Food Conference at Columbia University Teachers College will bring together community leaders, students, policy makers, educators, farmers, and chefs. We look forward to...
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...
Climate Change: Looking for Solutions, Making Demands
Last weekend, almost 400,000 people marched in New York City to call on the leaders of the world’s nations to take action to mitigate global climate change. Demonstrators marched,...
The Secrets Behind the Trans-Pacific Partnership
You may or may not have heard that negotiations are currently underway in Ottawa, Canada to complete the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP is a free-trade agreement between 12...
“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...
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...