Source Note: Organic Idiocy

Title: Organic Idiocy (May, 2007) Summary: On May 7th 2007,Business Day (South Africa) published and article by Hans Lombard criticizing the credibility and value of organic produce.  Topic: Sustainable Agriculture Category: Mainstream Journalistic What is it? This was newspaper article from Business Day Publication Information: Business Day (South Africa)May 07, 2007 Business Day Edition http://www.businessday.co.za/home Author: Hans Lombard Location: Business Day [...]

Source Note: Is Organic Worth it ?

Title: Organic products win favour. . . . but it’s at a price (April, 2007). Summary: On April 22nd 2007,The Sunday Mail published a story by MIchelle Collins, that took and objective look at the pros and cons of buying organic. Topic: Sustainable Agriculture Category: Mainstream Journalistic What is it? This was a newspaper article in The Sunday [...]

Source Note: Organic Farming Reaps Rewards

Title:  Organic Farming Reaps Rewards  Summary:  On Nov 15th 2007,The Washington Post published and article about Amigo Cantisano, one the United States best farming consultants, who preaches the advantages of organic farming, assuring perspective farmers that they can be productive and natural.  Topic: Sustainable Agriculture Category: Mainstream Journalistic What is it: This is newspaper article from The Washington Post  [...]

Source Note: Fixing Agriculture

Title: Fixing Agriculture (Dec, 2008) Summary: Tom Vilsack, newly appointed head of the Agriculture Department, is being criticized on both ends of the sustainable farming issue, environmentalists say he too lenient on corporate farming and corporate farming has its doubts about his loyalty to the status quo. Topic: Sustainable agriculture Category:  Mainstream Journalistic What is it: News [...]

Source Note: Make Sustainability Mainstream

Summary: The UN reported that our planet is reaching a point of no return in terms of environmental degradation, but environmental leader says there is hope found in sustainable agriculture. Topic: Sustainable agriculture Category: Journalistic What is it: Newspaper article from The Edge Malaysia Title: Net Value: Make Sustainability Mainstream Publication Information: The Edge Malaysia, [...]

Should Question: Should The Department of Agriculture Increase Incentives for Sustainable agricultural production and processing?

Should The Department of Agriculture increase incentives for sustainable production and processing? Sustainable agriculture has been an issue in America for many years and has become even more prominent as commercial and large scale farming increases. Consequences from large-scale industrial agriculture have a huge impact on the environment. Commercial farming policy needs to reformed in [...]

Elated liberals celerate Obama’s arrival.

“We have chosen hope over fear” headlines Talking points memo.Com’s web cite. Liberal media seems to be serving as a stage for “lefties” to celebrate. Live bloggs, streaming video and clips of celebrating Obama supporters across the country and around the world attempt to capture the voices of the world-wide party. Not only are liberal [...]

Got any good Stories?!

<!– @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –> The biggest mistake I made when I was prying people for stories was doing just that; asking for stories. People seem to freeze when they get put on the spot. I found the best stories through casual conversation and round-about [...]

Story Telling; Ira Glass response

<!– @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –> Ira Glass made several points that resonated with me. The first was his advise about being yourself and not trying to imitate existing radio personalities. He also said that “your voice” is going to fall short of your refined taste. [...]

Batter: From Pancakes to Fish n’ Chips

On Tuesday I will discuss batter and its various uses. Batter is is used in all of my favorite dishes and continues to  surprise me in its versatility. Batter by itself can be used to make pancakes and waffles. Add meat and you can make fried chicken and fish n’ chips. I love batter! It’s my favorite [...]