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The planet keeps warming, but U.S. media interest cools

by Miranda Spencer, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting After the anticlimax of the COP-15 climate-policy negotiations in Copenhagen last year (Extra!, 2/10)—in which the more than 190 UN-member nations walked away with a non-binding statement of inte… [...]

NY Daily News wants to have its water and drink it too

In the NY Daily News yesterday: An editorial urging the city to buy every last possible scrap of land in the Catskill-Delaware watershed, to forestall the massive cost of another filtration plant like the one recently built to handle water from the Cro… [...]

Heritage Radio Network Interview

I was recently interviewed by Severine from the Greenhorns.  The Greenhorns is a New York-based nonprofit designed to support America’s young farmers.   They have some really cool stuff planned for the future, including a release of a young f… [...]

Dissertation to Dirt 2011-02-18 07:50:00

This Week on Why We Farm…”Holding On To Basil”I’ve found that living in the northeast teaches you how to enjoy the moment. It’s mid-September now–the trees are turning brilliant hues of orange and red, the sunlight is bright and soft, and the s… [...]

Newspaper writing: A lost art

The Bovina History blog has a tidbit today proving that — alas — the fine art of community newspaper writing has suffered since its nineteenth-century glory days. Ray LaFever writes: In February 1880, the winter was the subject of discussion, as it i… [...]

Newspaper writing: A lost art

The Bovina History blog has a tidbit today proving that — alas — the fine art of community newspaper writing has suffered since its nineteenth-century glory days. Ray LaFever writes: In February 1880, the winter was the subject of discussion, as it i… [...]

Archive of February 14, 2011 Radio Show

Cliff Weathers and Jake Jacobs discussed the impending downfall of traditional media (including and especially right-wing talk radio) and the emergence of “smart talk” radio and blogging as the new media giants. Click the image below to listen in. … [...]

Alice Holden Talks Farming

Alice Holden has been farming for ten years.  When she started, the conventional farming community around her thought she was nuts.  But in her time farming, she’s started a farmers market in her community and turned a wild piece of land into… [...]

This Week in Why We Farm: Trying Raw Milk

Travis and I looked at each other, braced ourselves, then took a swig at the same time. My immediate reaction? Disappointment.It wasn’t sour; it wasn’t yellow; it wasn’t thick. I didn’t die, and I didn’t turn into Popeye. It was just … milk… [...]

People Read My Posts and Then Tweet About Them. I’m Very Busy and Important

Be sure to check out my Why We Farm weekly web series at Homegrown.org!With a garden cart, several black crates, and a couple potato forks, the crew at Ryder farm went down Betsey’s rows of potatoes, using forks to uproot the plan… [...]