Has all the talk around here lately about urban gardens and small farms made you want to buy some organic seeds and plant some of your own food? Well you aren’t alone, as I do too! So I went and did some research on where to buy organic heirloom seeds to save you some time. [...]
Dear EarthTalk: I’ve been hearing more and more references to the need to clean up our agricultural practices for reasons pertaining to health, food quality, even global warming. What are the major environmental issues today associated with agriculture? What amazes many environmental advocates to this day is how the widespread adoption of synthetic chemical pesticides, [...]
Check your local listings, as one of the best (if not the best) food documentaries, Food, Inc., will be airing again on PBS on August 9, 2011. It will be shown at 10pm EST: In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has [...]
I just finished reading an article over at Mother Earth News titled “Start a 1-Acre, Self-Sufficient Homestead” which made me want to hurry up and find some land to settle on in the near future, so I figured I would share it with you guys in case you were interested in reading it. The article [...]
Q: I understand that fast-food giant YUM! Brands, owner of KFC, is under fire by Greenpeace and others for rainforest destruction. What’s the story? YUM! Brands, which operates 38,000 fast food restaurants in 110 countries (including not only KFC but also Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, WingStreet, A&W and Long John Silver’s), has come under fire [...]
The other day I received the following question from Rachel M., a long-time reader of The Good Human: “Do you take any daily vitamins? If you do, are there any you can recommend that are organic and safer than the cheap ones found at the drugstore? Thanks!” Since I figured that there may be other [...]
You’ve probably heard all of the reasons to go local: it helps the environment and local economy, etc. But how can you go local in your meal planning? Here are some easy tips to help you get started. Take a Trip Take the whole family to visit a nearby farm. You can purchase local food [...]
