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Much More Than Just Manure

Here is green manure number one, a lovely purple wisteria-in-miniature-like flower whose fragrance brings to mind anything but manure.
Tim Stark
06.21.07
Keywords
tim stark,
sustainability,
farming,
environment
food politics

Cannibal Rice

Cannibal rice is what Greenpeace calls the genetically engineered rice that the USDA recently approved for field trials.
Barry Estabrook
05.29.07
Keywords
food policy,
organics market,
environment,
politics of the plate,
barry estabrook
magazine

Do I Dare to Eat a Shrimp?

Sure, they’re cheap, but what about the taste? And what do shrimp farms do to the environment? Here’s the lowdown on America’s favorite seafood.
Barry Estabrook
March 2007
Keywords
barry estabrook,
seafood,
aquaculture,
farms + fish,
environment
food politics

And the Award for Best King Goes to…

Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej has won the Norman E. Borlaug Medallion for making major contributions to nutrition and sustainable agriculture.
Karen Coates
10.27.06
Keywords
farms + fish,
environment,
asia,
thailand,
karen coates
magazine

Sustaining Vision

Deep in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley lives a self-described “grass farmer” who is living proof, as Michael Pollan discovers, that there is such a thing as a free lunch.
Michael Pollan
September 2002
Keywords
michael pollan,
sustainability,
ecology,
slow food,
environment
magazine

Where the Wild Things Are

Deep in the heart of northeastern Australia, an American couple is building a rain forest for the future.
Corby Kummer
July 2001
Keywords
corby kummer,
australia,
environment,
agriculture