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Investing in Farmers Markets Could Create Thousands of New Jobs: Union of Concerned Scientists

Submitted by Kevin Hansen on September 9, 2011 - 09:59

 http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/solutions/big_picture_solutions/market-forces.html

A great study from the Union of Concerned Scientists shows how supporting local agriculture is big jobs creator - and far more.  Local food is better, healthier, supports the local economy, and reduces the climate-impact of farming or food transportation - and provides new food security. Children taught sustainable agriculture are better-prepared to take care of themselves and their shared planet.

A big winner. It's clear that local self-sufficiency - especially in food - is a very important part of a sustainable and healthy future.

Cheers,

Kevin

270,000 Organic Farmers Sue Monsanto

Submitted by Kevin Hansen on July 23, 2011 - 12:16

Original emailed by Paul Ray

An Open-Source Design Ecosystem for Civilization: OpenFarmTech.org - #Commons

Submitted by Pierre Terre on April 28, 2011 - 10:39

Open Source Ecology is a network of farmers, engineers, and supporters that has been imagining and creating the Global Village Construction Set, an open source, low-cost, high performance technological platform. These DIY-fabricated industrial machines can be used to build a sustainable civilization with modern comforts. The GVCS lowers the barriers to entry into farming, building, and manufacturing. It is a life-size lego-like set of modular tools that can create entire economies.

See their amazing TED Talk by

Vandana Shiva: To Feed Ourselves, First Feed Other Species - #Commons

Jul 03 2010
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Dr. Vandana Shiva, a physicist and powerful leader in the worldwide, growing movement towards organic food, describes her vision for the diverse, healthy ecosystems that once sustained, can provide ample food for humanity. Part of her experience is the  nearly 5,000 years of agriculture in India - one of the longest, and perhaps an example for other places seeking a sustainable future.

In a stunning critique, she describes her research demonstrating that organic, diverse food-ecosystems provide far more food, better quality food, better ecosystems/habitat, and more profitability for organic farmers. From the interview:

Posted by Kevin Hansen |

New US Congress Caucus to Focus on Honey Bee Colony Collapse

Submitted by Anonymous on June 26, 2010 - 20:06

Bee colony collapse focus of new congressional caucus

By Andrew Seidman | McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are rallying behind the beleaguered honeybee by creating a congressional caucus to promote research and focus attention on the troubling collapse of bee colonies.

Location

Washington DC, DC
United States
38° 53' 42.4032" N, 77° 2' 10.9176" W
See map: Google Maps

Three Farmers, Three Communities

May 28 2006
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Pierre meets three professional farmers from Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farms in southeast Pennsylvania in the USA who show how their communities organized to grow great organic food close to homes.

Their food has better quality, better taste and less driving! This is a model for farming close to home, where people need the food! See the farms at: Pennypack Farm or Anchor Run Farm or Blooming Glen Farm

Posted by Pierre Terre |
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