Publication archives

Apr 22, 2014

Something’s missing from our food and it’s not salt

by
Andrew Ranallo
We’ve all made recipes and forgot that one key ingredient, only to forgive ourselves because, after all, food is more than just its physical ingredients: Too salty or not, we made that soup and we’ll be damned if we’re not proud of ourselves.
Apr 16, 2014

Open-source seeds challenge Monsanto, support International Day of Farmers' Struggles

by
Dr. M. Jahi Chappell
Tomorrow, Thursday, April 17, the Open Source Seed Initiative (OSSI) will release over 29 seed varieties into the global
Apr 15, 2014

Climate change in the 2015 federal budget and Farm Bill

by
Tara Ritter
This blog was originally published on RuralClimateNetwork.org.
Apr 7, 2014

Minnesota's continuous living groundcover

by
Tara Ritter
Of Minnesota’s 55.6 million acres, 27 million acres are taken up by farmland. Currently, crop production is dominated by summer annuals like corn and soybeans, which need to be replanted each year and grow only in the summer. The consequence of this type of cropping is that for most of the year, no active roots exist in the soil to filter water, reduce runoff, or prevent erosion.
Mar 28, 2014

Take action on minimum wage: Support a food system that supports its workers

by
Andrew Ranallo
Healthy, sustainable food cannot come from an unhealthy system that exploits its workers. Right now, part of that exploitation is an unacceptably low minimum wage in all sectors of the food system, from production to distribution, retail, restaurants and food service.
Mar 26, 2014

IATP’s Shiney Varghese to serve on UN High Level Panel of Experts on water and food security

by
Andrew Ranallo
Food, farming, livelihoods—no matter what you’re looking at, water is there, and when it’s not, things start to fall apart. California is facing currently its worst drought on record.
Mar 19, 2014

Nanotechnology Risk to Soil Health

Overview: Nanotechnology and its application to agriculture and food
Mar 19, 2014

Environmental and public health still secondary to product development in new national nanotech strategy

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
The 2014 National Nanotechnology Initiative Strategic Plan was released on February 28, a Friday afternoon. Perhaps it was a coincidence, but when the U.S. government doesn’t want to draw attention to a report, often that report will be released on a Friday afternoon.