Here’s a short video that does a good job of explaining how antibiotic resistance is created and then transferred between species of bacteria. As you watch the video remember that almost 80% of antibiotics consumed in North America are given to animals in agriculture and most of them are used at sub-therapeutic doses (doses low [...]

It’s getting warmer!!! This is an excellent animation showing the changes in temperature over the last 140 years. I know there’s still a few Cleopatra’s (Queen of De Nile) out there. If your head is firmly stuck in the sand, don’t bother pulling it out for this, it might require you to think. http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2011-temps.html (http://www [...]

Here’s the blog of a woman who bought real food for 100 days with a budget equivalent to what food stamps would give her. It’s an interesting read on how she changed some of her shopping habits and their diet. Surprisingly, she still had fresh local milk delivered to her door, shopped at farmer’s markets [...]

SRI is the system of rice intensification that uses changes in cultural methods to produce more rice with less irrigation water, less synthetic fertilizers and less rice seed. It was developed by observing Malagasy rice growers and has been systematized and successfully implemented in 28 rice growing countries. The system out yields existing systems by [...]

This is the abstract from a peer reviewed journal article that draws a strong connection between neonicotinoid insecticides and colony collapse disorder. This piece of research is the best I’ve seen in terms of direct evidence and plausible cause and effect. The question becomes how much evidence the USDA needs before putting a moratorium on [...]

These two youtube videos demonstrate as clearly as I’ve ever seen the impact of moving to minimal soil disturbance. It’s why we were heading to no-till before our switch to organic. It’s why we eliminated soybeans from our organic rotation. It is why we are now almost 100% permanent pasture and hay. I have an [...]

Here’s an inspiring collection of people successfully getting fresh local food into schools. http://www.mnn.com/food/healthy-eating/stories/the-10-most-impressive-farm-to-school-programs (http://www NULL.mnn NULL.com/food/healthy-eating/stories/the-10-most-impressive-farm-to-school-programs)

It’s about time. The original complaint against this dairy farm was filed while Bush was still in the White House. I don’t understand how they were certified in the first place. And why would someone build a water consuming dairy farm in the middle of a desert? Enforcement Hammer Falls on Giant Arizona Organic Factory [...]

Another example of toxic materials in Chinese food. The criminal activity went undetected for years according to the article. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2011/12/16/326067/Uni-President-sues.htm (http://www NULL.chinapost NULL.com NULL.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2011/12/16/326067/Uni-President-sues NULL.htm)

Included in the recoveries was a $15 civil suit around a case of food fraud. The case involved buying expired or soon-to-be-expired food at a discount, altering the labels and then reselling.   http://newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com/Legal/Insight/2011/12_-_December/Record_DOJ_fraud_recoveries_underscore_need_for_robust_corporate_compliance_programs/ (http://newsandinsight NULL.thomsonreuters NULL.com/Legal/Insight/2011/12_-_December/Record_DOJ_fraud_recoveries_underscore_need_for_robust_corporate_compliance_programs/)