Eric Schlosser woke up many of us in the United States about our Fast Food Nation. Now he tackles food additives, citing a study in the UK about the impact of food colorings and preservatives on hyperactivity. Take a look,…
Read more »Be a gardener. Dig a ditch, Toil and sweat, And turn the earth upside down And seek the deepness And water the plants in time. Continue this labor And make sweet floods to run And noble and abundant fruits to…
Read more »Farmer-to-farmer training and on-farm research grow local adapted knowledge of biologically based integrated pest management that embraces biodiversity, careful observation and beneficial insects. By Timothy J. Krupnik (with permission of Rodale Institute – photos of Sawadogo in original article) September…
Read more »Meet some of the 10,000+ people that are fasting now to end illegitimate debts that cause so much poverty around the world. This video is a great tool to use for presentations on the Cancel Debt Fast! It really helps…
Read more »The title of the radio show appealed to me since Deconstructing Supper: Is your food safe? is a wonderful video that we lend out to groups for viewing around the country. You can see the lending library list here according…
Read more »Download Stephen’s Farm Bill Polemic-8-07.MP3 It is about 2.4 megabytes, so you may wish to read his piece below: WARNING MESSAGE!: To All Eaters! From Sustainable Agriculture of Louisville Do you know how much taxpayer money goes to the Farm…
Read more »By Cathleen Hockman-Wert of Corvallis Mennonite Fellowship, from the the quarterly newsletter of the Interfaith Food and Farms Partnership (IFFP), a project of Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon’s Interfaith Network for Earth Concerns. Corvallis Mennonite Fellowship dedicated five of our summer…
Read more »Enjoy this farm bill drama between a Twinkie-like food item and a virtuous apple. Tomorrow, we’re back to business with a serious Farm Bill action alert on Food Aid… The Food Battle web site’s Farm Bill Quick Facts are great,…
Read more »The Food and Faith Blog highlights ways people are building life-giving food systems based on community, sustainability, faith and love, as well as ways our agri-food systems all too often fail to give glory to God. That is reality, and…
Read more »On Friday, we were picking up produce to bring over to the Urban Fresh farmer’s market cold storage and I finally had the chance to see the Food Literacy Project, which shares space at the working Field Day Family Farm…
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