Agriculture
In its broadest sense, agriculture refers to cultivating or growing products for use, whether done to earn a living or to sustain oneself and one’s family or community. These days, the majority of agriculture is done, not by individuals or … more
Holistic Management on Climate Change
Allan Savory’s work, based on his holistic land management approach, provides another line of thinking on climate change, addressing causes and proposing cures: 1) ”Following up with Allan Savory on using cattle to reverse desertification and global warming“ – by Jonathan Teller-Elsberg, is an … more
Organic Is the Answer for Healthy Food, Healthy People, and a Healthy Planet
by Maya Rodale — The idea that our health is connected to the food we eat isn’t really a shocking concept. It just makes sense: you are what you eat. What matters to our health just as much—if not more—is how our … more
The Problem with Industrialized Agriculture
According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, industrial agriculture ‘views the farm as a factory with “inputs” (such as pesticides, feed, fertilizer, and fuel) and “outputs” (corn, chickens, and so forth)…’1 Many of the ‘inputs’ used to maximize production are … more
You are what you eat: Impacts of Sustainable and Industrial Agriculture on Human Health
Following is a summary of some of the key findings of a project by a Moravian College student, who looked beyond the various industry and advocacy positions to see what is really known about the health impacts of the ways … more
The Future of Agriculture in the Lehigh Valley
A Survival Manual – With the coming of peak oil, transportation and production costs for food will probably skyrocket. The burning of fossil fuels contributes to global warming. There is, therefore, good reason to localize food production and distribution to … more
The Importance of Herding Animals
Allan Savory’s Holistic Management raises a number of important points about brittle environments and grazing animals: To decide what we should or shouldn’t do in managing our lands, we need to consider its brittleness: “…environments may be classified on a … more