Yearly Archives: 2014

73 posts

Cary Fowler explains the Svalbard Global Seed Vault

April 3, 2014
“If we don’t have crop diversity, we don’t have food security. If we don’t have food security, we aren’t going to have physical security." Cary Fowler talks to RAFI about the Svalbard Global Seed Vault and new documentary, Seeds of Time.
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[Guest Post] At What Cost? Food Hubs, Walmart, and Local Food

March 27, 2014
In this pervasive global system, the effects of our food choices are hidden, and we are unable to see our impacts as consumers and citizens. We are, though, in a movement to liberate food and agriculture from the control of impersonal economic forces, misguided policy, and corporate domination.
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Lee County Homeowners Fight Fracking

March 24, 2014
A radio story for Carolina Connection highlights how mineral rights leases are obtained by gas companies, which can put a drill on someone's land without the landowner's consent.
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2014 Farm Bill Analysis: Organic Agriculture

February 24, 2014
While U.S. consumer demand for organic grows exponentially, domestic production to meet that demand has not kept up, requiring greater imports of organic production to fill the gap. The organic program funding in the new Farm Bill will help U.S. farmers and handler better meet that demand.
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