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From CSA to CSK: The Community Supported Kitchen (www.chelseagreen.com) TMC

Elizabeth Henderson, co-author of Sharing the Harvest: A Citizen’s Guide to Community Supported Agriculture, defines Community Supported Agriculture thusly: Community Supported Agriculture is... More

Tags: tmc,chelsea green,kitchens,communities,communitysupported kitchens,food,farms,agriculture

Submitted 1 day ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

Chipotle: Not So Hot for Farmworkers (www.thenation.com) TMC

The grim reality of Florida agriculture today--crushing poverty for farmworkers and multiple convictions for slavery--contrasts glaringly with...

Tags: farmworkers,tmc,chipotle,slavery,agriculture,florida

Submitted 3 days ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

An Open Letter to the Next Farmer-in-Chief (www.chelseagreen.com) TMC

Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, contributed this open letter to the next President-Elect advising him on how to deal with the coming food crisis. The modern American industrial... More

Tags: climate change,food crisis,tmc,energy independence,commodity crops,supermarkets,agriculture,us food system

Submitted about 1 month ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Where's the Beef? (www.grist.org) TMC

In 2006, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization published a 390-page report called "Livestock's Long Shadow." The dense document came to a startling conclusion: Livestock production -- including... More

Tags: tmc, agriculture, livestock, hamburger, climate, green eating

Submitted about 1 month ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Idaho Earns “Most Improved” for Energy Efficiency (www.publicnewsservice.org) TMC

Boise, ID – The Gem State is a lot greener heading into the winter season this year. A report from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy ranks Idaho as the most-improved state in the... More

Tags: tmc,public news service,energy efficiency,idaho,farms,agriculture

Submitted about 1 month ago by klarajo | 0 Comments |

Lessons from the Soil (www.chelseagreen.com) TMC

Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow at the Post Carbon Institute, explains the need to learn the lessons of sustainability with your whole body—by digging your hands in the soil and gaining a visceral... More

Tags: tmc,chelsea green,soil,agriculture,food

Submitted 2 months ago by klarajo | 0 Comments |

On shifting to vegetarianism (www.grist.org) TMC

I recently became a vegetarian for environmental reasons. Everyone says I should start eating soy products and tofu. But doesn't soy come from evil industrial farms in Iowa? I thought the idea was to... More

Tags: tmc,grist,advice,vegetarianism,agriculture,food,green living

Submitted 2 months ago by klarajo | 0 Comments |

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