Editorial Opinion Acres USA: a voice for eco-agriculture October 2008 Whispers in the Capital There was a TV play some few years back in which two or three...
GM Alfalfa Ban Upheld Alfalfa is the nation's fourth largest crop, and California's 1 million acres of the nation's 23 million makes it first among producers....
Governor Terminates Raw Milk Once again, the existence of California's two raw milk dairies is in jeopardy. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed a bill...
Is Local Enough? Ed Thompson of American Farmland Trust got to wondering whether a major city such as San Francisco could actually feed itself on food produced...
Organic White House Lawn? Casey Gustowarow and Daniel Simon decided that they needed to do something to promote backyard organic gardening. With a little...
Earthworms: Eco-Warriors Researchers at Britain's Reading University, using X-ray technology at the United Kingdom's newest synchrotron at Oxfordshire, were...
Bread & Breads According to a recent New York Times report, the backlash against mass-produced food has finally reached the very staff of life itself. Many...
E. coli Research California's leafy greens company Fresh Express invested $2 million for research in the wake of the 2006 E. coli outbreak. First-year findings...
HELLO ALL, Inspired by the Transition Town/Resilient Communities movement the steering committee is starting a weekly group to address the changes and...
i set up a yahoogroups website under the keyword "carbon-negative." this new web resource will serve as an information & communication platform for an emerging...
The Almond Disgrace In September 2007 the USDA began implementing its new requirement that all raw almonds produced in this country be treated either with...
Nitrogen & Invasives A new study published in Invasive Plant Science and Management reports that the nitrogen level in soil is a key factor in determining...
Ancient Honey The first known reference to beekeeping appears as a carving in an Egyptian temple some 4,500 years old, but the first tangible evidence of...
Organic Cannabis in Canada Public Works Canada is open for bids on a federal contract to grow and distribute medical marijuana across Canada. In 2000 the first...
Peach Belt Poisoned North Carolina's current 1,350 acres of peach orchards are dwarfed by the 16,200 acres that covered the state in 1941, but although the...
for a new, very nicely presented website about biochar and its use in soil: www.carbonchar.com their business address is NJ, which makes them the first biochar...
American Chestnut Revival Restoring the Crown of Abundance friday, nov. 7 was our third visit to an extra-ordinary 18-inch dbh american chestnut on a steep NW...
thanks for this, gianni. nice to hear about someone who really makes sense linking fertility and finance. all economics that ignores soil fertility as the...
http://www.purefoodgrowersofamerica.com/ http://www.purefoodgrowersofamerica.com/The-Energy-Crunch.html Pure Food Growers of America, LLC, in conjunction with...
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/values/local-producer-loan-program.php Whole Foods Supermarkets Every year, Local Producer Loan Program (LPLP) provides $10...
Boston.com The Boston Globe RICK WEISS Gene-altered animals and food safety By Rick Weiss | November 10, 2008 PERHAPS you're still getting used to the idea...
My woodstove is much closer to me than is New Jersey. btw - live coals will light cold ones. I hope no one else burns their new Marmoleum floor. ... business...
David, This prompts a question I've been wondering about. What is the difference between biochar and what I get out of my woodstove/fireplace? If I regularly...
<http://www.thepureproject.com/PUREPROJECT/HOME.html> THE PURE PROJECT - SITE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION . PURE PROJECT is an idea incubator directed by a...
Organic "wastes" composted on area farms to divert these methane emitters from landfills: a good idea for farmers, or not? At the Zeroing Out Waste Conference...
These guys are the master's of the universe of municipal composting (http://www.intervale.org/)and will come and work with your municipality and train key...