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Brussels Sprouts a Flower Carpet

By Sherry Ott on August 13, 2010 in Belgium, Brussels, Europe, Events, Featured, Photos

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This weekend something very special is happening in Belgium. It only comes around every other year: The Flower Carpet. This Belgian tradition started in 1971 with the first Flower Carpet being laid in the famous...

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Sustaining the Momentum in Factory Farming Reform

By Danielle Nierenberg on August 13, 2010 in California, Featured, North America, Ohio, Photos, USA

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A recent article in the New York Times highlighted efforts to limit the industrial farming practice of confining animals in close quarters.  The movement is gaining momentum in big animal agriculture states, including Ohio and...

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How Does Global Food Systems Inspire Global Activism?

By Danielle Nierenberg on August 13, 2010 in Africa, North America, Photos, USA, West Africa

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By Ronit Ridberg In part two of this two-part interview, Co-Coordinator of La Via Campesina’s North America region Dena Hoff talks about the different players in our global food system, and why we each of us...

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Part III: Where Would You Like to See More Agricultural Funding Directed?

By Danielle Nierenberg on August 13, 2010 in All Countries, Photos

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Each day we are posting three of your responses to the question: Where Would You Like to See More Agricultural Funding Directed? 1. Christine McCulloch, School of Geography and the Environment at the University of...

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‘Eat, Pray, Love’ Movie Review

By Mariellen Ward on August 12, 2010 in Asia, India, Photos

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So my top two problems are related – and ironic given that this story is supposedly about a woman who goes in search of herself to an ashram in India. From a yoga perspective, the...

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Getting to the Root of the Issue

By Danielle Nierenberg on August 12, 2010 in All Countries, Featured, Photos

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Strategies for improving food security and raising agricultural crop yields tend to focus on results seen above ground – the literal fruits of agricultural labor and research. But according to a recent article in Nature,...

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About Johannesburg and Its Forest

By Fred Hatman on August 12, 2010 in Africa, Featured, Johannesburg, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa

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Johannesburg. Jo’burg. Joeys. Jozi. Egoli. It’s all the same place. South Africa’s biggest city. The city built on gold. The city that South Africans – well, those who don’t live in it – love to hate. We...

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Interview with Artist Jennifer Richman

By Deborah Crooks on August 12, 2010 in California, Featured, New York, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, USA

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I met musician and occupational therapist Jennifer Richman many years ago at a SXSW Go Girls music showcase when a bunch of we touring artists pooled our lodging resources. A fellow twin with a parallel...

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