Yep, that’s me looking all farmer-like last winter sitting on Barefoot’s electric ATV prototype named “Alice.” My crew and I have had the luck of being able to test this Barefoot Motors prototype; which basically means driving it all over our vineyards and trying to break it. And we did — except all [...]
Posted by Deb in Agriculture, Environment, Technology on August 9th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Who didn’t see this one coming? None of us in the organic ag industry are surprised. In fact, we’ve been worrying about it for at least a year now. Remember, bigger is not always better, especially when it’s Wal-Mart. Ok, kids, I’m posting the whole article here, complete with original links, [...]
Posted by Deb in Agriculture, Community & Activism, Environment, Food, Organics on January 31st, 2007 | No Comments »
This is a very good article, titled Poor Taste, on Grist debunking a recent anti-sustainable, anti-organic and anti-local food rant in The Economist that even invokes one of the chief architects of the ill-fated Green Revolution.
I mean, point well taken that creating a truly environmentally conscious and sustainable food system is NOT just limited [...]
Posted by Deb in Agriculture, Community & Activism, Environment, Food, Organics, Politics on January 19th, 2007 | 4 Comments »
It’s Senegal, plus India, plus Brazil, plus biofuel. Everyone works together. It makes me happy. I know, I’m easily pleased. Link Now I’m off to find out what jatropha is…
Posted by Karen in Agriculture, Environment, World on November 3rd, 2006 | No Comments »
You know, turning swords into plowshares is somehow always timely.
Posted by Deb in Agriculture, Community & Activism, Food, Government, Iraq, Organics, Politics on April 15th, 2006 | 1 Comment »