US - Letting dairy cows graze in fields rather than feeding them in centralized facilities might seem old-fashioned, yet for a growing number Missouri farmers it makes good economic sense. "Pasture-based dairying has gone mainstream,"

Our challenges, opportunities, and solution paths are complex and interrelated. Yet, all too often, we see them individually, not linked and interacting.

Dad had the family in the old jalopy going home when he saw a farmer beating his horse. Dad slammed on the brakes, grabbed a tire iron and ran across the field to discuss beating horses with the farmer.

Putting fuel efficiency feedback systems on the dashboard of every American automobile (both existing and new) could well be one of the most cost effective tools for quick reduction in America's oil dependency and, as well, to improve traffic safety.

A good friend of mine who is a backyard beekeeper in Oakland invited me a couple of weeks ago to meet his fellow urban farmer Novella Carpenter for a reading of her new book, Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer.

"Would you like a bag with that?", asks the girl at the grocery store check-out. You glance at the couple of items purchased, and think of the walk home. She sees you hesitating and adds "It's okay; these plastic bags are biodegradable.

They're trying to shut down family farms and force everyone to have to exclusively buy from factory farms without cleaning them up to make our food safer or help the animals. Also, we could be forced into genetically modified foods. ACT NOW to fight this!

Putting OLPC's software on a USB drive gives old PCs a new lease on life.Wonderful new breakthrough in recycling PC and also providing access to literacy, computer literacy,jobs education to children in poverty-could spell peace and world integration

Foraging implies a responsible stewardship of the land. While it's sometimes necessary to kill plants, this isn't done lightly. Foragers keep in mind that their harvesting impacts far more than the target plant itself.

Even with bills being bandied about on the floors of Congress; even with everyone from Whole Foods to General Mills getting on the "organic" bandwagon; even with everyone from Seventh Generation to Clorox hopping on the clean "green" path.