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The Food and Farming Transition |
{Nature_and_Environment.104.1}: Wren W {wren1111} Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:04:13 CST (5 lines)
<b>The Food and Farming Transition</b> http://globalpublicmedia.com/museletter_199_the_food_and_farming_tran sition Richard Heinberg
{Nature_and_Environment.104.2}: ... {wren1111} Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:05:42 CST (HTML)
"http://globalpublicmedia.com/deconstructing_dinner_co_operatives_alt
ernatives_to_industrial_food_i"
{Nature_and_Environment.104.3}: ... {wren1111} Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:06:38 CST (HTML)
The Food and Farming Transition "http://globalpublicmedia.com/museletter_199_the_food_and_farming_tra n sition"
Richard Heinberg
{Nature_and_Environment.104.4}: ... {wren1111} Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:20:09 CST (HTML)
{Nature_and_Environment.104.5}: ... {wren1111} Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:40:53 CST (HTML)
CSA's (Community Supported Agriculture) are local farm co-ops or subscriptions ... you pay a yearly or quarterly fee in exchange for a share of the agriculture products produced in your area. You can narrow it down to say, dairy and vegetables, or whatever.
Many farms offer produce subscriptions, where buyers receive a weekly or monthly basket of produce, flowers, fruits, eggs, milk, meats, or any sort of different farm products.
A CSA, (for Community Supported Agriculture) is a way for the food buying public to create a relationship with a farm and to receive a weekly basket of produce. By making a financial commitment to a farm, people become "members" (or "shareholders," or "subscribers") of the CSA. Most CSA farmers prefer that members pay for the season up-front, but some farmers will accept weekly or monthly payments. Some CSAs also require that members work a small number of hours on the farm during the growing season.
A CSA season typically runs from late spring through early fall. The
number of CSAs in the United States was estimated at 50 in 1990, and
has since grown to over 2000.
{Nature_and_Environment.104.6}: David {david1961} Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:26:58 CST (3 lines)
We have a few CSAs in this area (just outside Phila) but it's too yuppyish for my taste. The Amish do a much better job at farm markets and Jersey still can't be beat for fresh produce in the summer.
{Nature_and_Environment.104.7}: ... {wren1111} Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:38:31 CST (HTML)
Census: More women running farms in Ohio
"http://www.daytondailynews.com/b/content/oh/story/business/2009/02/0
5/ddn020509bizwomenfarm.html"
{Nature_and_Environment.104.8}: James Files {riverrat} Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:06:51 CST (2 lines)
Be interesting to find out how many of those new farms are actually anything more than tax dodges. (Maybe none, but I suspect otherwise.)
{Nature_and_Environment.104.9}: Tonu Aun {tonu} Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:11:11 CST (2 lines)
Many are *otherwise* or hope to be otherwise -- we are seeing the same here in Ontario. Lots of women.
{Nature_and_Environment.104.10}: ... {wren1111} Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:07:52 CST (HTML)
As much as I would love him to, Dad can't carry on farming forever, so I recently decided it was time to return to what I think of as the most beautiful spot on Earth. I was under no illusion that being a farmer would be easy, but last year's fuel crisis, with oil prices continually rising, was a wake- up call for me.
Our costs went through the roof - animal feed, diesel for the tractors, agricultural contractor bills - but the biggest rise was in the price of fertiliser. We use very little chemical fertiliser, but many farms were driven to bankruptcy.
With this in mind, I decided to make one last BBC documentary to
find out if, and how, modern farming could survive the 21st Century.
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{Nature_and_Environment.104.13}: {bshmr} Sat, 28 Jan 2017 10:39:00 CST (26 lines)
Corn diet is turning French hamsters into erratic cannibals – research Published time: 28 Jan, 2017 04:28 Edited time: 28 Jan, 2017 14:35 ... The corn-eating hamsters also had large, swollen tongues and blood so thick it was difficult for scientists to test. They behaved differently too, running in circles and “climbing and pounding” their feeders. “Improperly cooked maize-based diets have been associated with higher rates of homicide, suicide and cannibalism in humans,” the scientists added. The reason the hamsters were acting so strangely was due to a Vitamin B3 deficiency as a result of their corn-heavy diet. When hamsters were given the added Vitamin B3 with the corn diet, the hamsters didn’t eat their children, and didn’t experience the other disturbing effects. “Knowing that these species already face many threats, and that most of them are in danger of extinction, it is urgent to restore a diverse range of plants in agriculture schemes,” the researchers said. "https://www.rt.com/news/375370-corn-hamsters-cannibals-france/? utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS"
{Nature_and_Environment.104.14}: Glen Marks {wotan} Sun, 01 Mar 2020 08:26:53 CST (2 lines)
"https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/25/the-end-of- farming-rewilding-intensive-agriculture-food-safety"
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