October 2009

  • Organic Food vs. Chemical Food

    By ecoscott on 10/29/09 9:58am
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    Organic Farming Is Fastest Growing, Still Only 1% of U.S. FarmlandOrganic Farming Is Fastest Growing, Still Only 1% of U.S. FarmlandI read a recent post in Triple Pundit that dropped one of the more head-nodding statistics I’ve heard in a long time about organic farming-

    “Sustainable agriculture is the fastest-growing sector of the food industry. On the other hand, less than 1% of American cropland is farmed organically.”

    Great that it is the fastest growing and wild that only 1% of the U.S. is organic- that means 99% of the U.S. farmland is covered in chemicals.

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  • The Chi'Bagoda Project: Bambitat for Humanity

    By lafeeverte on 10/18/09 4:42pm
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    Roof of the Eco Village Training Center at The Farm: photo by January FieldzRoof of the Eco Village Training Center at The Farm: photo by January Fieldz

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  • T. Boone Pickens Teams With... the Democrats?

    By ecoscott on 10/7/09 11:20pm
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    T. Boone PickensT. Boone PickensHave you heard of T. Boone Pickens? The man who made billions in oil in Texas? Friend and supporter of George W. Bush? The man who funded the infamous Swift Boat TV commercials that played their role in bringing down John Kerry’s bid for the presidency in 2004? The man who is heavily invested in nuclear gas and… wind power? If you haven’t heard of him yet, you may just hear of him a lot in the future- and you may have heard of some of his friends.

    “He’s a legendary entrepreneur,” President Obama said. “One of the things that I think we have to unify the country around is having an intelligent energy policy.”

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