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Book Review: Urban Homesteading
by Oliver Lazenbyposted Feb 07, 2012 - Heirloom skills for sustainable living.
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Farmers Go Wild
by Abby Quillenposted Feb 06, 2012 - Going beyond organic, a new generation of farmers is nurturing nature as well as crops.
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My Prices Are Not Too High: A Farmer Fires Back
by Shannon Hayesposted Jan 30, 2012 - Shannon Hayes: Why are my prices higher than those at the supermarket? Glad you asked.
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Beyond “Free” or “Fair” Trade: Mexican Farmers Go Local
by Mike Woldposted Jan 23, 2012 - We usually think of the demand for local, organic foods as coming from the North. But in southern Mexico, the growing localist movement is a strategy for survival.
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For Farmers Everywhere, Small is (Still) Beautiful
by Robin Broad, John Cavanaghposted Jan 17, 2012 - Whether you’re worried about hunger, social crises, or climate change, the solution is the same: small-scale farming.
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From the Farm to the Occupation
by Shannon Hayesposted Dec 07, 2011 - Shannon Hayes on taking farm politics to Occupy Wall Street...and talking about the politics of Occupy in her farming community.
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Will Allen: Growing Justice in Food Deserts
by Doug Pibelposted Dec 06, 2011 - The YES! Breakthrough 15: Creating access to affordable fresh food in low-income neighborhoods.
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Visual Learning: We Are the 99%
posted Nov 23, 2011 - With this YES! lesson plan, try to truly understand an image, its message, and why it's interesting (or not). In this case, it's all about animals as food.
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Can We Restore the Prairie—And Still Support Ourselves?
by Wes Jacksonposted Nov 22, 2011 - Since ripping open the prairie for modern monocultures, we're losing soil and fertility. Agricultural pioneer Wes Jackson says there's another way.
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Farming With the Wild
by Dan Imhoffposted Nov 04, 2011 - Photo Essay: How agriculture and wildlands can both flourish—together.
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Women Farmers Feed the World
by Christa Hillstromposted Oct 22, 2011 - Grassroots food activist Fatou Batta on why the question of agricultural sustainability is also a question of equality.
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Reflections on Transforming the Food System
posted Oct 06, 2011 - YES! readers respond to Madhu Suri Prakash and Wendell Berry.
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Curriculum & Resources: The Innocence Project and Prison Food
posted Sep 22, 2011 - Use the Innocence Project’s interactive resources to understand the causes of wrongful convictions and exonerations, and see how your school's cafeteria food measures up to prison food with this tell-it-like-it is infographic.
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Young Farmers: A Growing Movement
by Fran Kortenposted Sep 20, 2011 - In spite of the daily discouraging environmental, political, and economic news, coaxing living things to grow somehow seems to make folks optimistic.
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7 Ways to Cook Up a Sustainable Diet
by Vicki Robinposted Sep 08, 2011 - Get ready for No Impact Week: Helpful tips for planet-friendly eating.
