Saving Herirloom Seeds by Crowdsourcing
By Patricia Larenas
Originally published on Shareable Ecosystem - 4-4-2012
Want to Save an Heirloom? Grow it!
The Fight for Real Food in Korea
By Anders Riel Muller
First published in Korean Quarterly, Winter 2012
My first time eating Korean-style food in Seoul was a disappointing experience. I went to a well-known barbecue place in the Hongdae neighborhood that many of my adoptee friends recommended. There was nothing wrong with the meat (Canadian not American as the waitress stressed), but there were only a couple panchan (side dishes) that were not very exciting. Perhaps, I thought, I had been spoiled during my other two visits to Korea, visiting my family and touring the East coast and Jeju Island.
The Produce Hub
Linking farmers, wholesalers and retailers worldwide.
Is a business social media website that has been designed for the produce and produce industry related professional. There are 13 live feeds: Sales & Marketing (7), Organics, Food Safety, Post-Harvest Technolgy, Sustainability, Media and Other. It is a professional business tool for our members to
Connect, Communicate, Network and Interact.
Membership is free.
Farmers Determined to Defend Right to Grow Food Appeal Filed in Family Farmers V. Monsanto Case
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jim Gerritsen 207-429-9765
March 28, 2012
Wood Prairie Farm
press [at] woodprairie [dot] com
NEW YORK –Family farmers have filed a Notice of Appeal challenging Judge Naomi Buchwald's February 24th ruling dismissing Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association et al v. Monsanto. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Manhattan will hear the farmers' appeal, seeking to reinstate the case, which has received worldwide attention.
PBS is putting food forward with this new series starting in April 2012
Food Forward: Urban Agriculture Across America premiers April 5 in Los Angeles @ 10:30PM PT and other major markets across the nation
Guerrilla Grafters
San Francisco, and most cities, prohibits fruit-bearing trees on sidewalks and other public right-of-ways, saying they are health and safety hazards. The fear is that fallen, rotten fruits attract rats and squirrels and cause pedestrians to slip and fall. Many of the urban trees managed by the SF Department of Public Works are ornamental fruit trees such as apple, pear, plum, lemon, and cherry which produce normal leaves and flowers, but small or no fruit.
2012 Farm Bill recommendations from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
Farming for the Future: A Sustainable Agriculture Agenda for the 2012 Food &
Farm Bill.
Healthy Farms, Healthy People Coalition
Partnering for a healthier food system
The Healthy Farms, Healthy People Coalition works for policy reform that promotes the health of all Americans while strengthening the economic and environmental viability of the food and agricultural sectors. HFHP focuses on policies that help ensure all Americans have access to a safe, affordable, and healthy diet. Healthy farms and healthy people are essential ingredients for a healthy economy.
Overarching goals:
Why is agroecology the solution to hunger and food security?
TNI interviewed Miguel Altieri, Professor at the University of California Berkeley, about hunger, food and agroecological alternatives, during a day-long colloquium at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague, The Netherlands, on Monday December 12, 2011.
How will agroecological farming achieve the necessary scale to feed the world?
