Vandana Shiva: Food, Ethics, and Sustainability
At Yes! Magazine's event at Seattle Town Hall, Vandana Shiva gives deep insight into the struggles farmers—and eaters—are facing today.
Sustainable food and farming
4 Ways to Share the Season’s Harvest (and Make Friends Doing It)
Guerrilla grafting, crop mobs, and other ways to make the fruits of your labor go further.
Farmer Startups? How Incubators Are Helping Small, Sustainable Farms Take Off
Training farms known as incubators are helping immigrants and others get into farming. But Congressional wrangling over the Farm Bill has put their future in question.
What Will Climate Change Mean for Ethiopia’s Coffee Crop?
Scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London, have learned that climate change endangers Ethiopia's coffee crops. Here's what they're doing to make sure the plants will survive.
Mountain Grown: Appalachia’s New Local Food Economy
Hungry for okra, collards, and trout? In Appalachia, you can now get all your soul food cravings from local farmers.
“It’s Unstoppable”: Washington’s GMO-Labeling Campaign Picks Up Where California’s Left Off
If Initiative 522 succeeds, it could push manufacturers nationwide to begin labeling foods that contain genetically modified organisms.
“Renegade Gardener” Plots World Domination Through Home-Grown Veggies
Ron Finley speaks to YES! about why “gardening is gangsta” and how he's getting city youth back in the dirt.
It Takes Time: Why Sustainable Farming Can’t Be Rushed
Maybe there’s something deeper to the stereotype of old-school farmers as plodding, slow-moving people.
Photo Essay: Vandana Shiva and the Future of Food
Our Seattle Town Hall was a great success! We're grateful for everyone who attended. Here are some pictures from the event.
How Two Plant Geeks Grew a Permaculture Oasis in an Ordinary Backyard
In “Paradise Lot,” two residents of an inner city write about how they transformed less than an acre of their blighted yard into a thriving food forest full of mushrooms, gooseberries, silkworms, and more.
March Against Monsanto: Saturday’s Fight for Food Freedom Spreads to 36 Countries
This weekend, people in 250 cities on 6 continents will march against meddling in the global food supply by Monsanto—the company that brought us Agent Orange, Dioxin, PCBs, and the bovine growth hormone.
The Farm Bill’s “Government Handouts”: Who Really Benefits?
There’s nothing like talk of “government handouts” to get people upset. But when it comes to farm bill, the real culprits might not be who you think they are.
Vermont Time Bankers Build a More Personal Economy
Video: Whatever service you might need, you’re likely to be able to get it at Onion River Time Bank, where you pay by doing what you love.
Big City Farmers Take to the Rooftops
Space is expensive in Brooklyn, so Gotham Greens built their urban farm on a rooftop.
Look out Monsanto: The Global Food Movement Is Rising
The book Harvesting Justice isn’t just a look at the world’s most exciting food justice groups—it’s also a knockout organizing tool.
Why the Most Powerful Thing in the World Is a Seed
“The Seed Underground” is a love letter to the quiet revolutionaries who are saving our food heritage.
Behind the Kitchen Door: A Must-Read for Anyone Who Eats at Restaurants
Review: More than half of the nation’s worst-paid jobs are related to food. Saru Jayaraman’s new book dives into the explosive movement for better rights for those who plant, process, and cook the food we eat.
Farmer-Philosopher Fred Kirschenmann on Food and the Warming Future
In this wide-ranging interview, Kirschenmann gives YES! the dirt on the future of farming.
Instead of Trying to Feed the World, Let’s Help It Feed Itself
We know about the ecological problems that follow when farmers are asked to “feed the world.” What would happen if they just tried to feed their neighbors instead?
Edible Insects: Gross-Out or Global Food Solution?
Cultural attitudes toward food tend to change slowly. But as we struggle to feed a growing population, insects present a remarkably plentiful source of nutrition.
Oakland Youth Swap Fast Food for Fresh Food
Video: A group of young people in West Oakland are taking control of what they eat and using pedal power to bring local groceries to produce-strapped communities.
Care about Your Food? Then Care about Your Farmworkers Too
It’s organic. It’s local. But did the workers who picked it have health insurance?
Food or Ethanol? Why Farmers Shouldn’t Give in to Monocrops
It’s a good time to be in farming if you like to grow corn. It’s a tough time if you see yourself as a steward of the land. Shannon Hayes on why growers pressured by corn-heavy markets should hold out for crops that nourish the Earth.
What India Taught Me About How to End Hunger
Back in the ’60s, Frances Moore Lappé realized that hunger is caused by a scarcity of democracy, not food. Then, a collective of courageous women farmers showed her how to change that.
Book Review: Inside Will Allen’s Good Food Revolution
Like growing vegetables from seed to harvest, overhauling the country's food system takes time.
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