Catamount Earth Institute, in conjunction with Co-op Food Stores, League of Women Voters of the Upper Valley, Sierra Club, Sustainable Hanover, Upper Valley Household Hazardous Waste Committee, Upper Valley Localvores, and the Upper Valley Land Trust is sponsoring Healthy People, Healthy Planet discussion groups this winter and spring. Discussion groups are scheduled at many locations [...]
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Clamshell containers on supermarket shelves in the United States may depict verdant fields, tangles of vines and ruby red tomatoes. But at this time of year, the tomatoes, peppers and basil certified as organic by the Agriculture Department often hail from the Mexican desert, and are nurtured with intensive irrigation. But even [...] How the Food Industry Eats Your Kid’s Lunch An increasingly cozy alliance between companies that manufacture processed foods and companies that serve the meals is making students — a captive market — fat and sick while pulling in hundreds of millions of dollars in profits. At a time of [...] From Edible South Shore When I was young, my Uncle Bob said that Thanksgiving was the holiday that you pulled everything up out of the ground by its roots, boiled them to death, beat them to a pulp and dressed them with salt, pepper and butter, the Holy Trinity of New England sauces. And so it [...] As part of a collaborative effort with Rural Vermont, Post Oil Solutions wants to make sure that area farmers are aware that local volunteers are prepared to help them deal with the damage they suffered from Irene. To that end, we have helped organize a Rapid Farm Response Brigade for our [...] There are so many ways to use pumpkins as teaching tools. Our Ag in the Classroom colleagues around the country have developed some universally useful lessons which can be downloaded for free. See below for the links. Alabama Agriculture in the Classroom has created a thematic unit which integrates pumpkins [...] With the Earth’s cropland quickly eroding, a shift to perennials is needed for a sustainable food supply. The foundation of humanity’s food supply is crumbling.The United Nations now estimates that more than 20 per cent of the Earth’s cultivated soils have been significantly degraded, while in the United States, 28 per cent of cropland is [...] Last fall, MOTHER EARTH NEWS launched a Organic Pest Control Survey to learn more about what works and what doesn’t when it comes to limiting insect damage in organic vegetable gardens. About 1,300 gardeners from across North America responded, providing new, region-specific insight into organic pest control. Read [...] “My Potato Project; The Importance of ‘Organic’” If you ever need a reason to buy locally grown food, here you go! “A child’s experiment turns into a lesson on the toxins in our food supply.” Will Allen’s Growing Power [of Milwaukee] is even closer to realizing the dream of building a community vertical garden. http://www.urbanfarmonline.com/urban-farm-news/2011/07/01/growing-power.aspx?cm_mmc=4910253 |
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