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Pouring Cheese on Icy Roads in (Where Else?) Wisconsin By STEVEN YACCINO Published: December 23, 2013 MILWAUKEE — In a state whose license plates advertise it as America’s Dairyland, where […]

We love TXYFC podcasts! Episode #7 features A+S Farm, based out of Moulton, TX. Shaun and Amy Jones raise heritage Gulf Coast Sheep for meat, utilizing an intensive pasture management […]

we highly recommend a few online archives of useful content https://openlibrary.org/ to find any book at a public  library near you www.archive.org to find online books, movies, music.. and a copy of the […]

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Rebuilding America's Economy with Family Farm Centered Food Systems Seeds of hope lie in America’s family farmers and ranchers despite the grim economic conditions facing the nation. Our new report […]

and what would that mean? Secret trade agenda threatens shift toward sustainable food system October 24, 2013 by Karen Hansen-Kuhn After being delayed by the U.S. government shutdown, talks for […]

Worth a watch if you haven't seen it already. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKKQnijnsM]

We know that many of you are writing books, or working on other projects, right now, and we wanted to share information about this amazing Adirondack retreat/residency center which has […]

worthwhile winter reading!  Subscribe here.   The Baffler, est. 1988, is a printed and digital magazine of art and criticism appearing three times annually—spring, summer, and fall. We’re headquartered in Cambridge, […]

A beautiful film: http://soskentilevigtid.no/home/ [vimeo http://vimeo.com/73042105] "Siblings are Forever" is a warm and poetic documentary about a brother-and-sister couple, Magnar and Oddny. Both are about 70 years old. They live on […]

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this one in berlin http://contemporaryfoodlab.com/

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vVR5Pdufqs] A series of six videos about farming grains and healthy soils: http://www.youtube.com/user/BluebirdGrainFarms/videos

The Right to Food. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74n5I0h4kUQ]

Here's a  little bit of Wendell Berry for your day. The Mad Farmer, Flying the Flag of Rough Branch, Secedes from the Union From the union of power and money […]

another important film. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/15693148] TASTE THE WASTE A film by Valentin Thurn Why do we throw away so much food? And how can we stop this kind of waste? […]

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I have been pursuing self education in technology criticism here is a good one "[People] somehow assume that the Internet is going to be the catalyst of change that will […]

Another nice video: http://foodmyths.org/ [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWOcP-bXuO8]

Young farmers planting futures in San Mateo County By Max A. Cherney Tony Cozzolino and his wife, Stephanie, are not your typical millennials. While the majority of their peers live […]

"Man of Aran" Man of Aran (1934) is a fictional documentary (docufiction) by Robert J. Flaherty about life on the Aran Islands off the western coast of Ireland. It portrays […]

Thank you, Bob St. Peter! The list is just a start. Wendell Berry wrote in Conserving Communities of the need for farmers to stop looking for help where we continually […]

  Ring of Power ‘The Circle,’ by Dave Eggers By ELLEN ULLMAN Mae Holland, a woman in her 20s, arrives for her first day of work at a company called […]

ENSSER Comments on the Retraction of the Séralini et al. 2012 Study Journal's retraction of rat feeding paper is a travesty of science and looks like a bow to industry […]

I suppose this is a tradition in england. "naked old ladies raise money for local hospital"...etc Their traditional boots and hats help keep dignity, but not totally. S http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2510460/Young-farmers-pose-flat-caps-wellies-risqu-charity-calendar.html

Food Chains explores the exploitation of farm workers in the agriculture industry in the United States, the complicity of government and corporations in perpetuating human rights abuses, and the role […]

what if western states were defined by watersheds? http://communitybuilders.net/the-united-watershed-states-of-america/ The story begins with John Wesley Powell, the great one-armed adventurer and geologist. He was made famous for his successful runs […]

Here is a teaser: [vimeo http://vimeo.com/39032509] want to help? email [email protected]

If you saw the films Queen of the Sun, or Farmer John, you know the power of great visual story telling and that sweet ironic funny loving touch that Jon […]

12 Years a Slave [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUQNjfhlREk]  

By Lindsey Rebhan The agricultural landscape in the U.S. is at another turning point in history. The number of people who lived on farms peaked in 1935, 54% of the […]

http://livinglands.co.za/living-lands-at-the-thicket-forum-2013/ making decisions from a landscape perspective.

Rural Punk Magazine Call Out For Submissions Hey You! Rural Punk! We are creating a magazine just for us, the rural punks, back to the land skids, backwoods anarchists, etc! The […]

The latest from the Beehive Collective! Support the project HERE [kickstarter url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/beehivecollective/hatch-the-beehives-epic-story-graphic-mesoamerica width=480] It's done, it's done!!! We can't wait for you to see our newest illustration! Help us print […]

How You Pay Farmers to Watch Their Crop Shrivel Up and Die by Laird Townsend for Mother Jones The federal crop insurance program puts farmers in a real bind. And […]

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace is a 2011 BBC documentary series by filmmaker Adam Curtis. The series argues that computers have failed to liberate humanity and instead have "distorted and simplified our view […]

Hey look! Our friend Aube and her great blog, Kitchen Vignettes, are on the PBS site! Kitchen Vignettes on PBS. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGjJMGXL9ho&w=640&h=360] scroll down on the site for pumpkin apple baked beans.... […]

[vimeo http://vimeo.com/62921614] Audio Portrait: Heidi Redd, Dugout Ranch; Stakeholder Group: Working Landscapes perspective

The Real Food Media Contest is seeking short and powerful films--from 30 seconds to four minutes--on food, farming, and sustainability. Contest judges include Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Robert Kenner (Food Inc.), […]