The world just reached (and flew by) the day when the 7 billion people inhabited the Earth. 7 billion people, that is hard to imagine or comprehend. The crazy thing is, people are not going to stop reproducing anytime soon; current speculation is we will reach 9 billion by 2050. 2050 is not very far [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Michael Pollan’
How to Feed Our Growing Population
November 2nd, 2011 
Megan Stilley 
Posted in Agriculture 
Tags: 7 Billion, Food, Megan Stilley, Michael Pollan, Population Growth 
No Comments »Apples Top List of Worst Fruits and Vegetables for Pesticides; Onions Best
June 15th, 2011 Justin Manger Last month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released its yearly report on pesticides in foods. The short of it? Apples, celery, and strawberries lead on a list of 12 foods that contain “lots” of pesticides. The “Clean 15″, on the other hand, are led by onions, sweet corn, and pineapples. I say “lots” in parentheses [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Justin Manger, News Tags: Environment, Food, Michael Pollan, Organic No Comments »Bringing Locally Raised Meat to Market
August 12th, 2010 Eric Wilson At the heart of the first green revolution stands the increased yields brought about by fertilizer. The food component of the second green revolution may be a mix of organic and locally produced foods. Getting produce to market is relatively easy with the explosion of farmers markets, but locally raised beef is more difficult to [...]
Movie Review: Food Inc
January 11th, 2010 Eric Wilson With some time off over the holidays I sat down in front of my computer and streamed Food, Inc. via Netflix. The film (trailer available below) depicts the current state of the nation’s industrial food system. Food, Inc.’s website provides the following synopsis of the documentary. In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil [...]
Book Review: Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food
July 30th, 2009 Eric Wilson Michael Pollan has written extensively on food and food systems. In 2005 he published The Omnivore’s Dilemma, which looked at the industrial food chain and alternative routes to food production. As an instructor of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, Pollan brings a readable style and thorough research to his latest book, In Defense [...]
Farmer’s Markets and CSAs Proliferate Throughout The Country
July 25th, 2009 Eric Wilson Over the past decade, the number of Farmer’s Markets have nearly doubled in number across the country. According to Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma, “farmer’s markets have blossomed in recent years, their numbers increasing from 1,755 a decade ago to 3,137 at last count.” Food scares, an increased interest in locally grown food (locavores), consumer [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Local Energy/Food Tags: Agriculture, California, Colorado, Farmer's Market, Food, Michael Pollan, Photovoltaic No Comments »Impact of Climate Change Bill on Rural Farmers
July 11th, 2009 Eric Wilson 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 [...]
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 »
