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 »Veganism and Vegetarianism: Using the Energy Argument
May 26th, 2009 Eric Wilson It has been said that arguing vegetarianism on moral grounds is a no-win situation. Looking at the issue from a strictly energy angle reveals a new perspective on the debate of the merits of vegetarianism that can be empirically argued. According to the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, in every transformation of energy (i.e. sun’s energy [...]
Is Regionalism the Answer to Globalization?
April 1st, 2009 Eric Wilson On multiple occasions 2nd Green Revolution has written about the need for local energy generation. Using renewable sources of energy that fit the location ensure sustainable electricity production. Add to this the notion of food production, and the local argument becomes more robust. Recent posts about Alice Waters and the Slow Food movement as well [...]
Alice Waters: The Mother of the Slow Food Movement
March 18th, 2009 Eric Wilson This past Sunday CBS news magazine 60 Minutes featured Alice Waters, owner of Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California. Ms. Waters is known as “The Mother of Slow Food”, which stands in contrast to ethos of fast food. Slow Food represents the notion of growing and cooking food in a more methodical manner as opposed to [...]
Moving from the First to the Second Green Revolution
March 12th, 2009 Eric Wilson Under the about page readers can find the inspiration and historical context for 2nd Green Revolution. As stated on that page, the first green revolution refers to the increase in agricultural yields largely brought about by the addition of petroleum derived chemical fertilizers referred to as NPK. NPK stands for Nitrogen, Phosphorous, and Potassium; three [...]
