the irresistible fleet of bicycles

This page links to various essays on themes relating to The Greenhorns mission for you to learn more about the culture, ethos, and issues we are considering as we make the film. They will eventually be better organized and filed neatly on the young farmer web portal we are constructing. Most of these essays originated on other blogs, in newspapers, and in other published periodicals. We try to link back to give appropriate credit to all our essays.

RURAL AMERICA————————————————–

Reweaving the Fabric of Rural America: Food as a Common Thread by John Ikerd

Presented by John Ikerd at PASA’s 15th Annual Farming for the Future Conference, Weaving a Diverse Landscape: Food as a Common Thread, State College, PA, February 2-4, 2006.

FOOD, VEGETABLE GARDENS————————————————

(Graphic) Essay: The Story of Synthia

While it seems obvious that a truly progressive world view (in the realms of synthetic biology) would work towards enhancing soil fertility, restoring biotic systems, and leaving the planet in good condition for future habitants, that is not always the case.

Demand for Farmers Markets, NYC

In this NY Times article, farmers, distributors, and chefs like Dan Barber of Blue Hill discuss the need for large-scale, permanent farmers markets to supply the city with reliable, fresh, local meat and produce.

Coming into the Foodshed

10 Reasons Organic Can Feed the World and 10 Reasons GM Can’t

by Mark Anslow, Senior Reporter, The Ecologist

See MOFGA’s list of recommended articles on gardening, composting, seed selection, and more.

Change we can Stomach by Dan Barber of Stone Barns Center in Tarrytown, NY

YOUNG FARMERS————————————————–

Importance by Denise O’Brien

One Man’s Meat by Charles Graeber(growing corn on a Brooklyn rooftop)

No Bar Code by Michael Pollan from Mother Jones

ENVIRONMENT & GEOPOLOTICS———————————————-

(some of these essays link off the blog)

Peak Oil? Peak Soil! by Roger Doiron

The Peak Oil Crisis: Polity on Trial by Tom Whipple

The Threat of Agrofuels – Industrialized GMO Monocultures Will Only Hurt Farmers, Undermine Food Sovereignty, and Make Global Warming Worse By: John E. Peck Executive Director, Family Farm Defenders

How Much Fossil Fuel Did You Eat Today?: My Saudi Arabian Breakfast by Chad Heeter

What Will We Eat as the Oil Runs Out? by Richard Heinberg

Corn Can’t Save Us by David Pimentel

Economics in a Full World by Herman Daly

Ecological Footprint of Nations (2005)

Development, The Rise and Decline of an Ideal by Wolfgang Sachs

Time to Replace Globalisation: A Green Localist Manifesto for the World
Trade Organisation Ministerial by Caroline Lucas and Colin Hines

Alternatives to Consumerism: A Buddhist Programme by Sulak Sivaraksa

Catastrophic Fall in 2009 Global Food Production by Eric deCarbonnel

Coming Home to the Pleistocene by Paul Shepard

ACTIVISM————————————————–

In Distrust of Movement by Wendell Berry