Organic Connections » Sustainability

A Woman Farmer’s Empowering Life Story

AdminMarty — Mon, 21 May 2012 00:33:58 +0000

Through her book Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works, Atina Diffley takes us through her life of conquering odds; from an abusive marriage to battling uphill as an organic farmer long before it was in fashion.

Pollution Is Leading to Atmospheric Warming, Larger Clouds and Bigger Storms

AdminMarty — Sat, 19 May 2012 20:01:34 +0000

Pollution is warming the atmosphere through summer thunderstorm clouds. How much the warming effect of these clouds offsets the cooling that other clouds provide is not yet clear.

Multiple Studies Find Wild Salmon Endangered by Farmed Salmon

AdminMarty — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:03:21 +0000

A newly published collection of more than 20 studies provides mounting evidence that salmon raised in man-made hatcheries can harm wild salmon through competition for food and habitat.

Meat Production Goes Local by Going Mobile

AdminMarty — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:03:21 +0000

Scarcity of certified processing facilities is one reason the meat industry is so consolidated—so farmer Bruce Dunlop invented a mobile slaughterhouse.

Recyclable “Fold Your Own” Furniture Made from Cardboard

AdminMarty — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:38:47 +0000

The Karton Group in Australia has a new take on cardboard packaging. Instead of shipping furniture in cardboard, their furniture IS the cardboard.

A New Documentary Calls Out Drinking Water’s Impending Demise

AdminMarty — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:11:58 +0000

A new documentary film, "Last Call at the Oasis," provides a much-needed wake-up call for Americans. Our false sense of water abundance may be our great undoing.

Organic Farmers with an Aversion to Waste

AdminMarty — Mon, 14 May 2012 02:27:27 +0000

Farmers Bill and Karla Chambers are pioneers in sustainable farming and food production—becoming the first farm to be certified sustainable to creating the first biogas plant to power their entire operation.

Solar Windows: Turning Buildings into Energy Producers

AdminMarty — Sun, 13 May 2012 16:00:42 +0000

The vast amount of glass in skyscrapers and office buildings represents enormous potential for an emerging technology that turns windows into solar panels.

Is the Chesapeake Bay Environment Henpecked by the Chicken Industry?

AdminMarty — Sat, 12 May 2012 15:44:01 +0000

Leaked letters and emails suggest Maryland’s governor is allied to industrial chicken corporations—helping that industry thwart efforts by regulators to get them to clean up their acts.

Vermont Legislature Votes to Ban Fracking

AdminMarty — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:43:09 +0000

Vermont is about to become the first U.S. state to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for natural gas.The Vermont House of Representatives voted 103-36 to approve a conference committee report calling for the ban.