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Grapes of Wrath: Travails of a Produce Farmer in Wine Country

By Shepherd Bliss | November 30, 2015

grapes

Many good reasons exist, other than merely earning money, to be a food farmer, though getting paid is an important benefit. Working outside in nature is good for the body and soul. Nature is a helpful, abundant teacher that can aid humans to develop humility and understand our appropriate roles on this miraculous Earth, rather than damage the environment. Seeing beautiful … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transition Tagged With: farming, Sonoma County CA, sprawl

Soil erosion may get us before climate change does

By Richard Reese | December 1, 2014

Syrian ruins

Outside the entrance of the glorious Hall of Western History are the marble lions, colorful banners, and huge stone columns. Step inside, and the popular exhibits include ancient Egypt, classical Greece, the Roman Empire, the Renaissance, Gutenberg, Magellan, Columbus, Galileo, and so on. If we cut a hole in the fence, and sneak around to the rear of the building, we find the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Dust Bowl, farming, soil erosion, U.S. Soil Conservation Service

Climate, food, and art

By Staff Reports | September 11, 2014

Urban Farming and Climate

There's less than 36 hours until Transition Voice editor Lindsay Curren's Kickstarter project — 31 Days of Urban Agriculture — ends. In Kickstarter's all-or-nothing crowd funding model, that means if Lindsay makes her goal, her project is funded. And if she doesn't, she loses all the pledges (and no backers are charged for their pledges, either). At almsot 60% funded, we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transition Tagged With: climate change, DIY, farming, food, gardening, global climate disruption, Joel Salatin

Sustainable farming mania is frustrating me

By Erik Curren | September 4, 2013

farm display

I'm certainly no farmer. I work at a computer all day. So it's odd that the books that get me most jazzed up these days are not about the big problems of the day -- the economy or politics or climate and energy. They're about farming. For me, that's a real about face. I used to revel in the skulduggery of the Koch Brothers and scorn the subtleties of heirloom … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Transition Tagged With: community gardens, farming, Joel Salatin, Michael Pollan, urban farming

Secrets of the trait

By Vicki Lipski | January 28, 2013

No GMOs

Picture this:  You’re an organic farmer in – well, pick a place. Your neighbor also farms, but not organically. As neighbors go, he’s a pretty good one; the two of you talk about the weather at the feed store, and he’s been interested in your agro-forestry sideline. By the same token, Monsanto’s visited your county multiple times, and your gut tells you he’s one of their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Consumerism, Economy Tagged With: farming, food, Genetically Modified Food, Gmo, GMOs, Monsanto, Morflora

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