January 12, 2012
The blog is on hiatus for maternity leave. For current news and updates about Diet for a Hot Planet, Anna Lappé, and other Small Planet news, please visit www.smallplanet.org.
December 19, 2011
From our friends at Environmental Working Group, posted 12/16/11:
Making sense of the complex farm bill is the first step in bringing much-needed change to America’s badly broken food and farm system.
Advocates for good food get fed a Washington, DC diet of constant government austerity excuses...
December 15, 2011
The Natural Resources Defense Council’s Growing Green Awards honor individuals who have demonstrated original leadership in the field of sustainable food. Through this national award, NRDC will recognize extraordinary contributions that advance ecologically integrated farming practices, climate...
November 28, 2011
For Immediate Release: November 28, 2011
Contact: Sam Fromartz, Editor-in-Chief
202.423.8779-c; sam@thefern.org
Naomi Starkman, 917.539.3924-c;
naomi@thefern.org
THE FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT REPORTING NETWORK LAUNCHES
Independent, Non-Profit, Investigative News Organization to Focus on Food,...
November 21, 2011
We wanted to share the good news from our friends at Food & Water Watch:
Dear friends,
Amazing news: thanks to the recent surge of grassroots pressure, the vote to allow “fracking” of the Delaware River Basin has been cancelled! The drinking water for 16-million people has been...
November 15, 2011
“Service,” by Wangari Maathai, from Replenishing the Earth
We all have a need to feel at ease and in harmony with ourselves and the environment we live within. Many of us discover that it isn’t material things that provide this. In my own life, I have observed that well-being and satisfaction are...
November 9, 2011
The Story of Broke couldn’t come at a better time with over 200 Occupations happening all over the country, right before Thanksgiving and with the election coming down the pipe. See Annie Leonard’s new short film here. If you want to get involved with Participatory Budgeting in New...