Over the past century, the number of Americans living on farms has fallen from nearly 40% to less than 2%. As large agribusiness and monoculture farms take over, smaller farmers have had difficulty finding ways to compete. Michael Pollan featured Polyface Farms in The Omnivore’s Dilemma, his treatise on food. By making sure that the [...]
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Impact of Climate Change Bill on Rural Farmers
July 11th, 2009 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Business, Eric Wilson, Green Economy 
Tags: Agriculture, Cap and Trade, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Sequestration, Colorado, Michael Pollan, Offsets 
No Comments »Integrity of “Organic” Label Questioned
July 6th, 2009 Justin Manger The organic food movement has recently been growing very rapidly. The Washington Post states that “relaxation of the federal standards, and an explosion of consumer demand, have helped push the organics market into a $23 billion-a-year business, the fastest growing segment of the food industry.” Now there is some question as to whether growth has [...]
Posted in Business, Green Products, Justin Manger, Local Energy/Food Tags: Agriculture, Food, Michael Pollan, Organic No Comments »Zeba: Making Agriculture Truly Green
January 31st, 2009 2ndgreenrevolution January 30, 2009 Agriculture, having gone through its own Green Revolution that increased yield and growing efficiency to unprecedented levels, still uses a massive amount of inputs to produce its abundant harvest. Oil-based fertilizers, gas-guzzling tractors, and vast irrigation needs- the very inputs that made the agricultural green revolution possible – are now being questioned. [...]
Posted in Justin Manger, Sustainable Development Tags: Agriculture, Water Conservation, Zeba No Comments »
