Industrial Organic's rapid rise nearly put Sue Ujcic and others out of business in the 1980s, but redemption came through Community Supported Agriculture and other creative solutions, like drip irrigation, bat boxes and overnight music festivals.
On March 30th, I woke up a few hours earlier than usual. I left my house and the moon was still out. Where was I going so early? To board one of the two buses headed to Albany to attend the 2nd Annual No Farms, No Food rally and lobby day.
Each summer, like thousands of other music lovers, a few friends and I travel to see our favorite bands play. In the spirit of peace and love, we gather to celebrate the community music creates, but what many don’t realize is the toll such gatherings can can take on the environment.
Audre Gutierrez is a certified medicinal aromatherapist from Santa Fe, New Mexico, and partner in Wisdom of the Earth Essential Oils. Although it may not be evident, the organic food movement and aromatherapy actually have a lot in common.
As if we needed any more evidence that pesticides are bad for human health, three independent scientific papers have provided some of the strongest evidence yet of the link between exposure to organophosphate (OP) pesticides and lower IQ levels among children.
Different states have chosen different policies to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency to achieve various goals. In order to assess progress, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has issued the “State of the States” report.
Shana Miller is director of Tag-a-Giant, an organization who's mission is reversing the decline of northern bluefin tuna populations. We took some time to talk about bluefin tuna, her life and what questions to ask the next time you order sushi.
While working as a contractor at a Long Island-based power plant, Rob Weltner witnessed firsthand the devastating impact that the facility’s outdated cooling water intake system can have on aquatic life.
With gardening season under way in all but the coldest of zones, we gathered a gaggle of gardeners from around the country and asked them to share some tips with us. The slide show is a peek into the beginnings of their space for this 2011 growing season.
Last week’s Future of Food conference offered the full spectrum: an all-day barrage of ideas challenged the mind, emotions rollercoasted through dramatic highs, disheartening lows and 15 hours of nearly uninterrupted sitting provided an epic test of posterior resilience.
For young farmers nationwide, Severine von Tscharner Fleming is a fearless leader. A farmer, activist and organizer based in the Hudson Valley, New York, Severine speaks for a generation of young farmers, yet is acutely aware of the need for each farmer to tell his or her own story.
The debate raging around fracking is very familiar to Greg Swartz: Fracking offers a potential economic boost for landowners, but carries with it potential health and safety hazards and risk of severe environmental degradation.
Our Hero: Sue Ujcic of Helsing Junction Farm
A View to a (Fish) Kill: A Firsthand Perspective on Fish-killing Cooling Systems
Farming and Fracking Don’t Mix: A Farmer Speaks Out
