…in this case it stands for Bring Your Own Bag, a campaign by the New American Dream, and part of their Buy Wisely page of online resources that promote conscious consuming. (And while you’re at it, go ahead and fill that bag with organic food — just do it thoughtfully.)
Here you’ll find choices that protect […]
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It’s all about the soil
Published by May 30th, 2007 in Marketing, Resources, Government, Industry, Agriculture, Farming and Organic. 0 CommentsOver ten years ago, Bill Duesing of Solar Farm Education asked the question in his article Living on the Earth, June 7, 1996: What’s Organic? His answer was: the soil. With the battles over genetically modified crops, questions related to legislation and labeling, and all of the marketing of organic products and the obfuscation […]
Remember the magic beans…
Published by February 4th, 2007 in Books, Resources, Farming, Food, Environment, Agriculture and Organic. 0 Comments…because they may be a real answer, when used along with other techniques of sustainable agriculture.
“Sustainable agriculture is not a concretely defined set of technologies, nor is it a simple model or package. It needs to be conceived of as a process for social learning.” –Jules Pretty
Farmers in Central America can and do use […]
Going where we can’t see the forest OR the trees…
Published by August 30th, 2006 in Political, Government, Resources, Regulation, Action, Agriculture, Food and Environment. 0 Comments…or the seeds or the plants…because of preemptive legislation stripping local control and regulatory authority over agriculture and the food supply. Some of these laws aren’t limited to plants used in agruculture, but remove local control over all plants, including trees.
These sweeping industry-backed laws are being passed in response to movements by concerned communities and […]
