Beating Meat (No, not that kind).
Is Sustainable Meat Really a Myth?A recent editorial in the New York Times by James E. McWilliams, author of Just Food: Where Locavores Get It Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly discusses the idea that there is no such thing as sustainable meat, our visions of happy grass-fed cows living in harmony with our hamburger fantasies notwithstanding. Is this true?By now, many people (maybe most) agree on the horrors of factory farming: rampant antibiotic use, mad cow, E. coli, etc., ...
Spring Rush – Harnessing the Season to Grow
As we keep hearing, the weather's been unusual in 2012. It's only April and even though it sometimes seems like we've already experienced all four seasons, there are unmistakeably signs that in the Northern Hemisphere, the Earth is finally experiencing real Spring.If we look around, we see plants and insects emerge, hear more birds and find increasing traces of wildlife. The whole soil web starts to wake up, bringing the opportunity to grow. Increasingly, more of us are taking up ...
