Tag: Agriculture - Page 15
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Factory Farming Is Not the Best We Have to Offer
Over the last half-century in the US, small farms have been replaced by large, industrialized operations that treat animals and the natural world as mere commodities. This factory farming system, which slaughters animals by the billions, costs us all.
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Judge Rules Against the Corn Processors in "Corn Sugar" Case
I wrote in May that the Western Sugar Cooperative was one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the sugar refiners for misleading consumers in calling HFCS corn sugar. A federal judge recently ruled that the lawsuit must go through,
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Solar "Double Cropping" Harvests Food & Energy on the Same Land
As gigantic solar farms become ever more commonplace, some have raised the question of how big is too big for centralized solar. From solar parking lots through solar in old mines to solar parks that nurture bees
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Co-Housing Meets Commercial Farming and Cheese Making (Video)
From co-housing for aging boomers to co-housing in urban Brooklyn the idea of building intentional communities that combine shared communal space and property with private dwellings has a lot going for it, from a green
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This Blog Action Day, Say No To GMOs & Factory Farming
Feeding the world's growing human population is going to be challenging. Neither genetically modified food nor factory farming offer a just or environmentally sustainable solution. This Blog Action Day, let's say no to both.
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What Are GMOs & How Many US Foods Contain Them? (Infographic)
In light of it being GMO Awareness Month this October, and that TreeHugger has written extensively on the subject but never done a really succinct piece on what a genetically modified organism is, I'm passing on this
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Castoro Cellars: Damn Fine Eco-Friendly Wine
Castoro Cellars, founded by the husband and wife team of Niels and Bimmer Udsen in 1983, is one of Paso Robles' oldest wineries. What started out as just a few barrels in some rented space has grown into a 25,000-case
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Walmart Faces Trouble in China For Selling Fake "Organic" Pork
Walmart stores in southwest China's Chongqing have been forced to close following allegations that they have been labeling non-organic pork as organic and selling it at a higher price. There's speculation that the incident
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New Arctic Ozone Hole Could Mean Reductions in Europe's Winter Wheat Crop
You may have heard that there's a massive new ozone hole in the Arctic--the first time there's been one there. Well, ThinkProgress has a good rundown (tag-teaming it seems with Jeff Masters from Weather Underground) on why its really potentially bad
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Will the FDA Act on Antibiotic Resistance?
The recall of 36 million pounds of Cargill turkey products, which resulted from feared contamination with a drug resistant form of Salmonella, should have prompted action on antibiotic overuse in livestock. And in fact, last June, the
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How to Grow King Stropharia Mushrooms pt. II: Checking for Mycelium
With the Fall coming on strong, mushrooms are starting to poke their heads out of the leaf litter once more—the most visible reminder of nature's greatest recyclers. Earlier this year I posted a video from South
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How to Kill a Chicken (Video)
From visiting tiny houses to training chickens to eat slugs, I am somewhat addicted to Paul Wheaton's permaculture-related YouTube channel. My latest discovery is likely to be a little controversial—a thoughtful
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Right2Know Marchers Begin 313-Mile Walk From NYC to Washington DC Demanding GM Food Labeling
While thousands of people participated in the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in the New York City over the weekend, on Saturday a smaller group of activists set out on a 313-mile march to Washington DC, taking on corporate control of the US and
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Climate Change Threatens Kenya's Rainmakers
We hear a lot about the impact of climate change on agriculture, especially smallholder farmers, but there's a group of people who advise those farmers who are also affected: rainmakers.
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"Hipster" Farmers Are Doing Nothing New (Video)
We've posted before about the work of Greg Willerer of Brother Nature Farm in a rundown part of Detroit, and we know that urban farming is not just a nice idea—growing food in our cities is playing a crucial role
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iPhone Cases Made from Agricultural Waste and Recycled Plastic
The next time someone says your iPhone case looks like you found it in the trash, you can take it as a compliment. But that's only if you've got a ReCase from Miniwiz, made from 100% recycled agricultural waste and post-consumer
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Planet Getting Too Hot for Chocolate? Study Finds Climate Change Could Threaten Cocoa Farmers
The world's cocoa supply could be in danger from climate change, according to a new study from the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), which says that prices are likely to skyrocket if preventative
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Should We Eat Yak Instead of Beef?
When I wrote about goat as a less destructive alternative to beef, the responses ranged from supportive to outright disgusted. So I'm sure this latest suggestion will land me in equally hot
