Last year an article in the Economist pointed out some of the complexities and contradictions within the organic, Fair Trade, local food movement. The article is well written and provocative, but is it accurate? My attention was particularly drawn to statements made my Norman Borlaug, father of the Green [...]

A quick technorati search this morning gave me a general idea of an issue that is on many people's minds: agriculture is responsible for a large percentage of greenhouse gas emissions. Just have a look here, here, here or here...four different bloggers posting independently of one another, on the same [...]

Reading over Chris Lydon's musings from the Symi Symposium in Greece left me feeling melancholy and despairing; and a thought that has been crystallizing in my mind just started running over and over again in my internal dialogue: our institutions are paralyzed by egotism, self-interest, and inefficiency. [...]

The Third World farmer lives constantly on the precipice of disaster. They are not blessed with many of the things we take for granted: la steady job, stable income, an economy fairly free from inflation, and a social services network that helps to mitigate the effects of natural disaster. [...]