19 February 2009

New Yorkers Try Composting With Worms - NYTimes.com

One step at a time, connecting the cycles that power the ecosystems that feed us.

12 February 2009

Texas Ranchers and Farmers Struggle in Drought - NYTimes.com

Next year floods? Hurricanes? The uncertainty of distribution and timing of climate change impacts will make adaptation to these extreme climatic variations very, very difficult.

07 February 2009

Food for the next administration

Beyond the useful resources on the website with respect to food and farming in the greater New York City area is a link to a great panel presentation on US food policy. The speakers featured are: Mark Ritchie, Judith Redmond, Michael Berwick and Michael Pollan.

Sustainable Food Monitor | Growing Better Global Food Policy

04 February 2009

How Meat Contributes to Global Warming: Scientific American

By Nathan Fiala, an economics PhD student.

03 February 2009

Home Work - Perusing the Seed Catalogs, Feeling Dizzy With Possibility - NYTimes.com

in maine, in the middle of a snowy white winter, the colors and imagined smells and flavors in seed catalogs are an absolutely indescribable delight.

02 February 2009

Blog: Living on Food Stamps - CNN.com

A blog to watch over the next month. The CNN reporter writing the blog, Sean Callebs, is going to try to feed himself on $176 for the entire next month. $176 is the amount of food assistance that the federal government would give a single individual through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program -- formerly known as food stamps.