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    Tuesday
    Jun082010

    Blogs We Like: Breaking Through Concrete 

    DateTuesday, June 8, 2010 at 9:16AM

    The Southwest Tour rolled to a stop late last week, and while we're anchored in Chicago, editing the videos we filmed over the past month, I'd like to suggest another site to check out: Breaking Through Concrete.  

    The project is similar in many ways to OrganicNation.tv: The crew is currently taking a road trip across the country, shooting video and taking photos of farms along the way. There are a few wrinkles though. First, the vehicle is a short bus powered by diesel and veggie grease (pictured above), which looks really rad. Second, they focus mostly on urban farms (although they seem to be making a bunch of rural stops too).

    Part of what makes this project great is the skill level of the team. Brothers David and Michael Hanson are at the core; David is a freelance journalist, and Michael is a magazine photographer. They got a contract to put together a book about urban farming, which will be made using material from the trip. The Hansons are joined by documentary filmmaker Charlie Hoxie.

    The BTC boys are currently about halfway through a seven-week road trip. Follow them at Grist or on their own blog, and check out their first video dispatch (embedded below) that was put together by Michael Hanson:

    -Mark

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    Tuesday
    Feb022010

    New Video: What Is Biodynamic Farming? 

    DateTuesday, February 2, 2010 at 10:19AM

    During our travels across America, I've been lucky to visit many beautiful farms and gardens. But none have captivated my imagination quite like Frog Hill Farm in Port Townsend, Washington. The farm's diverse acres include woodlands, an herb and flower garden, wetlands, pastures for goats, ducks and chickens as well as neat rows of vegetables. Sebastian Aguilar, who runs the farm with his family, has taken his organic certification to the next level by employing biodynamic farming practices.

    An often misunderstood technique due to its roots in Rudolph Steiner's esoteric spiritual philosophy, biodynamic agriculture treats farms as unified organisms and emphasizes the relationship of soil, plants and animals. Biodynamic farms try to eliminate inputs (such as fertilizers) and instead create a closed-loop system of soil maintenance using cover crops, manure and herbal composts.

    Learn more about biodynamic farming via the Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association.

    Special thanks to Robin Grey for the use of his music in this video!

    -Dorothee

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    Monday
    Jan112010

    New Video: Is BIG Organic the Enemy?

    DateMonday, January 11, 2010 at 10:31AM

    Consumers and activists alike tend to be nervous about big corporations taking over organic brands. Many wonder, how can we make organics available to a larger audience at cheaper prices while maintaining the standards on which organics were founded?

    These are questions we brought to Ken Cook, the President of Environmental Working Group (EWG) during our visit to Organic Valley's Kickapoo Country Fair.

    -Dorothee

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    Monday
    Oct192009

    Quote of the Day: Organic Farming Could Stop Climate Change

    DateMonday, October 19, 2009 at 10:56AM

    Even if we acted sustainably by stopping carbon emissions today, we would not be living on a healthy planet-- we need agriculture to pull carbon out of the atmosphere. The US Congress is considering a law to cap emissions of greenhouse gases, and to award credits for technologies that capture carbon from the atmosphere and sequester it safely. Write your representatives to tell them you support the most sophisticated carbon capture and sequestration method around: organic farming. Or better yet, call them up, and tell them that organic farming could pull forty percent of global greenhouse gas emissions out of the atmosphere -- each year.

    - Tim LaSalle, CEO of the Rodale Institute in his guest post for Treehugger titled Organic Farming Could Stop Global Climate Change, in which he lays out results of the Institute's latest peer-reviewed research.

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    Monday
    Oct122009

    New Video: Are More Women Farming Today? 

    DateMonday, October 12, 2009 at 9:47AM

    Did you know? Women own nearly half the farmland in the US today, but are rarely represented on the boards of policy-making bodies. I learned this recently while talking with Leigh Adcock, the Executive Director of the Women, Food & Agriculture Network at her Homegrown Village booth at Farm Aid 2009.

    Leigh explained to me the importance of women's roles in building sustainable food systems as mothers, gardeners, landowners, activists and farmers. WFAN is a community of women involved in sustainable agriculture whose mission is to "link and empower women to build food systems and communities that are healthy, just, sustainable, and that promote environmental integrity."

    If you're interested in learning more, be sure to check out their 10th Annual Fall Harvest Gathering of Women in Sustainable Agriculture Nov. 13-15 in Whalan, MN.

    -Dorothee

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