As I mentioned several weeks ago, we are in the process of rebuilding our soil fertility in our garden. One great service that I will personally attest to is that provided by a local company called Organic Technology International. For $65, I brought them a soil sample and had it analyzed. [...]

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 [...]

Recently, the Cornucopia Institute has issued a white paper on Wal-Mart's entry into the organic marketplace. The paper accuses the retail behemoth of undercutting the true meaning of the organic label. The charges focus on Wal-Mart's penchant for industrial producers, which has carried over in their attempt to [...]

After returning home I was struck by a loss of words. There is always the irreconcilable gap that exists between a world falsely divided between First and Third: the scarcity of abundance, the desperation that borders on social collapse; then, in an almost transitionless moment (save for the interminable waits in [...]

The world is waking up to the promise of organic. Yes, the statistics are quoted quite often: an annual growth rate of 20%, and anticipated market of $30.7 billion by 2007 in the United States alone. Organic is the fastest growing segment of the world food economy. [...]