Buying organic is a powerful change-making action, but it's also a relatively easy one. You put the organic food in your cart, hand over the cash, and head home with a bag full of food you can feel good about. Defending your choice to support organic can sometimes be a little trickier. Early on, the trend was to attack the quality of organically grown food--bug-eaten lettuce and scabby apples. In just 20 years, the criticism has become the polar opposite, that organic food is gourmet and only for the rich. The latest "feed the world" scare tactic has been a really good way for Big Ag folks to shut down arguments for any agricultural path other than the one they...
Check out this great speech by Prince Charles on the future of food. The Prince boldly speaks out about a crisis we urgently need to address. With eloquent words, clarity, and heartfelt passion, the prince explained what’s gone so terribly wrong with our food chain—and what we can do to make it right.
"It is, I feel, our apparent reluctance to recognize the interrelated nature of the problems and therefore the solutions, that lies at the heart of our predicament and certainly on our ability to determine the future of food."
— HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales
So would Scarlett Johansson give up her acting career to have an organic farm? According to Contact Music, she insists that it wouldn’t be difficult.
She told WENN, “There are things outside of the movie business that I want to pursue and hopefully eventually will when all this falls apart.”
“I also think it would be nice to have a vineyard somewhere and have an organic farm. It’s a hippy dippy wish but a good one.”
It doesn’t look like Johansson’s career is ending anytime soon, but we’ll be on the lookout.
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PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Misha Manuchehri slowly picks her way through plots of barley, wheat and peas. Every so often, the graduate student in crop science at Washington State University stoops to pluck an errant weed at a farm just off campus. With a bachelor's degree in organic agriculture already under her belt, Manuchehri plans to continue her studies and ultimately find work in sustainable agriculture. Plenty of others are doing the same at dozens of universities that now offer courses, certificates or degree programs focused on organic and sustainable agriculture. Experts said those graduates shouldn't have trouble finding jobs as the agriculture industry replaces aging farmers — the average age of a U.S. farmer is 57 — and farmers...
Below is the 2nd episode of an interview with one of Allgood Provisions organic pistachio farmers. Topics include organic vs. conventional farming, environmental benefits of organic farming, and the future of organic food. Enjoy!
