Archive for August, 2011
rockstar farmer and co-founder of the national young farmer coalition, Benjamin Shute, weighs in on farm labor issues in the NY times: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/08/17/could-farms-survive-without-illegal-labor/we-need-a-new-generation-of-american-farmers
…and yeah, it probably won’t create any new ones either. “And above all, the government needs to stop regulating genetic modifications for which there is no scientifically credible evidence of harm.” Never mind infiltrating the gene pools of seed crops all over the world, or creating super weeds, or destroying butterfly habitat….but those are not [...]
A tale of two droughts By JIM FRENCH in the Kansas City Star Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/08/08/3063548/a-tale-of-two-droughts.html#ixzz1VO4z2nMN The telephone rang at 6:30 a.m. It was my wife. Her first sentence: “We had 24-hundredths of an inch of rain last night.” I relished every word as if they were drops slowly soaking into parched earth. For the [...]
Last chance to donate! Sauerkraut Seth from the Wiyos updating you on the progress of our project. I want to thank all of you who have contributed! We are almost there! $14,000 out of $15000 raised! We have 5 more days to raise $1000. $15 gets you a pre-released CD of this interpretation of L. [...]
Organic Poultry Farms Have Fewer Drug-Resistant Bacteria, Study Finds Proponents of organic meat often make the case that it’s inherently better for people’s health and the environment than meat raised by conventional farming methods. But the actual impacts of organic production can be tough for scientists to prove. A study out today in Environmental Health [...]
We need an app that makes an alarm 10 minutes before dusk to remind you to put in the chickens! Anyone?
Check them out HERE Our first meeting will take place THIS THURSDAY at Brooklyn Grange, the country’s largest green roof and rooftop farm. Sam Comfort of Anarchy Apiaries will be there with us talking about a new pay-it-forward bee program and we will talk a little about why “Backwards is the new forwards”.
in NYC! Monday, August 29 • Recognizing Natural Food Webs Grab a notebook and join Zaac, an organizer with the Connecticut-Westchester Mycological Association, on a guided tour of a bewildering and oft-missed nature within the city. We will seek to recognize an ecologically-sound nourishment from that ‘invasive,’ ‘parasitic,’ ‘pest,’ or otherwise unwanted plant and fungal [...]
Union Square Pavilion to Host Public Resource-sharing Event and Community Meal (organized by The Greenhorns and OurGoods “UnSold Supper” Event will Improvise Food, Art, and Business New York, NY – UNSOLD DINNER is a community meal and temporary workshop to be held at the Union Square Pavilion from 6 – 8 PM on September 3rd, [...]
Prince Charles: ‘If I didn’t do this, who would?’ Britain’s best known organic farmer on soil, sustainability and the unity of all things by Tim Adams for The Observer, Sunday 14 August 2011 There is a sign as you turn into the drive at Highgrove that reads: “Beware. You are entering an old-fashioned establishment”. After [...]
This week an online directory and map called The Color of Food has been launched to the public, listing and locating farmers of color as well as other food system and food movement communities of color. It has become clear that those who control our broken food system do not represent our most impacted communities: [...]
Creative Cartography: Must-Read Books on Maps by Maria Popova From tattoos to Thomas More’s Utopia, or what Moby Dick has to do with the nature of time. We’re obsessed with maps — a fundamental sensemaking mechanism for the world, arguably the earliest form of standardized information design, and a relentless source of visual creativity. Today, [...]
by contributing the the design.plot kickstarter project – brought to you by the ambitious folks at domestic-construction – who aim to reclaim an abandoned plot in Brooklyn and turn it into a space which will be open to the community for farming workshops, film screenings, art exhibitions, and pure enjoyment.
The University of Vermont (UVM) Extension’s New Farmer Project recently launched the Vermont Agriculture Land Access Database to help connect farmers seeking land and business opportunities with land and farm owners with available resources. The database was created to provide a means for new, expanding or relocating farmers to search for land or farms for [...]
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