Some Fight Back

SUBHEAD: Review of the late Joe Bageant's new book "Rainbow Pie: A Red Neck Memoir".By Michael Donnelly on 1 September 2011 in Counter Punch - (http://www.counterpunch.org/donnelly09012010.html)Image above: Joe Bageant with baseball cap and pickup truck. From (http://www.winterpatriot.com/node/580).Q: How do you know if you are rich, middle class or poor in America? A: When you go to work, if

Start Gardening With a Vengeance

SUBHEAD: More of us should take up the spade, make some compost, and start gardening as if our lives depended on it.By Ellen LaConte on 30 March 2011 in AlterNet - (http://www.alternet.org/food/150428/garden_as_if_your_life_depended_on_it%2C_because_it_does)Image above: Poster circa 1925 with Uncle Sam advocating "Garden to cut food costs!" From (http://gallery.pictopia.com/natf/photo/8612566/).

The Local Food Revolution

SUBHEAD: A revolution aimed at rebuilding food security and food sovereignty for all.By Michael Brownlee on 24 March 2011 in Boulder Weekly - (http://www.boulderweekly.com/article-4806-id-like-to-see-a-study-on-the-relative-cost-for-t.html)Image above: Boulder Belt Farm share. From (http://www.localharvest.org/blog/330/entry/boulder_belt_farm_share_inititiative16).Boulder, Colorado -Anyone living

Miserable Means - Miserable Ends

SUBHEAD: Our remaining intellectual horsepower will be exhausted trying to revive the 'Kar Kulture'.By Steve Ludlum on 6 March 2011 in Economic Undertow - (http://economic-undertow.blogspot.com/2011/03/miserable-ends-justify-miserable-means.html)Image above: Before and After. Scene from movie "Cars". From (http://www.bloggerdad.com/how-cars-almost-ruined-the-super-bowl).I mean, who really cares

Why Growth Won’t Return - Water

SUBHEAD: Users of water, and uses of water, compete for access to dwindling supplies.By Richard Heinberg on 4 March 2011 in Post Carbon Institute - (http://www.postcarbon.org/article/269759-earth-s-limits-why-growth-won-t-return)Image above: water jugs are lined up for 6 hour wait at pump in Abu Shouk camp in Darfur. From (http://postconflict.unep.ch/sudanreport/sudan_website/index_photos_2.php?

Biochar - The Real El Dorado

SUBHEAD: We, the fire people, have to make coal and bury it, reversing the past 500 years since the start of the Industrial Revolution.By Albert Bates on 3 March 2011 in The Great Change - (http://peaksurfer.blogspot.com/2011/03/real-el-dorado.html)Image above: Screenshot from the game "The road to El Dorado". From (http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/14685/gold-and-glory-the-road-to-el-dorado/images/

Food Security & Food Culture

SUBHEAD: The ‘fast food culture’ of modern society has distanced most of us from a richness of experience.By Matty Lynch on 1 February 2011 in Permaculture Media - (http://permaculture-media-download.blogspot.com/2011/02/food-security-and-food-culture-by-matty.html)Image above: Detail of promotional poster for Morgan Spurlock's movie "Supersize Me". From (http://www.legendarystrength.com/

Philippine Organic Transition

SUBHEAD: After decades of chemicals, farmers in the Philippines are seeing the benefits of organic farming. But what convinced them to make the switch in the first place?By John Cavanagh & Robin Broad on 31 January 2011 for Yes! - (http://www.yesmagazine.org/blogs/john-cavanagh-and-robin-broad/buying-only-2-percent-of-what-you-eat)Image above: Presentation during an organic farming seminar in

S-510 Passes the Senate

SUBHEAD: Top ten lies about Senate Bill 510. Bottom line - The "Standard American Diet" is more harmful to your health.By Mike Adams on 1 December 2010 for NaturalNews.com(http://www.naturalnews.com/030587_Senate_Bill_510_Food_Safety.html)Image above: American junk food strikes again. From (http://hardgainermusclebuilding.com/blog/2010/09/15/standard-american-diet).The Food Safety Modernization