Coming soon are the final installment of Organic Versus GMO and more on the food crisis. In the meantime, KING CORN rules. Last year, I had the pleasure of meeting the co-producers and stars of the documentary, Ian Cheney and…

Ten and ten are a lot! I’m combining the last few so we can hear from other authors about the growing food crisis – what some have called “peak food,” because of some parallels to Peak Oil. On that note,…

Get real! The profit motive MUST NOT be a rationale for poisoning ourselves! So say thousands all over the country who are calling for a ban on Endosulfan. On February 19, U.S. groups sent a petition signed by 19,000 to…

One conclusion from Anitra’s reflections below is that food sovereignty, including greater self-reliance on one’s own region and country for food security, is critical. Poor rice yields in places like Vietnam and China force those countries to limit exports. This…

The headline that grabbed my attention was posted on March 29th, 2008, High Rice Cost Creating Fears of Asia Unrest (New York Times). The author, Keith Bradsher, writes from Hanoi, “The price of rice, a staple in the diets of…

Water and climate are already huge challenges and they will likely be the central issues for this century. Organic farming can reduce water use tremendously, which also lessens the need for fuel for irrigation. Read on to learn about other…

So one afternoon, in the middle of a larger cleaning and organizing frenzy, I found myself newly in procession of a number of pantry organizing glass bins. They are so cool they have a chalkboard paint area where I can write the name of the contents as I please. They are square, they come in various sizes, and the line up very orderly on the shelf. I love them. I love looking at them. And… I smell a whiff of idolatry whenever I gaze upon their neat, orderly presences.

…and I hope you all are enjoying the cute British spelling – like tonne and demonise… YES Organic #3. Greenhouse gas emissions and climate change Despite organic farming’s low-energy methods, it is not in reducing demand for power that the…

YES Organic #2. Energy Currently, we use around 10 calories of fossil energy to produce one calorie of food energy. In a fuel-scarce future, which experts think could arrive as early as 2012, such numbers simply won’t stack up. Studies…

YES Organic #1. Yield Switching to organic farming would have different effects according to where in the world you live and how you currently farm. Studies show that the less industrialised world stands to benefit the most. In southern Brazil,…