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a growing culture

The fight for food sovereignty is not fundamentally about ending pollution or building soil, but about culture. “African culture survived all the storms, taking refuge in the villages, in the forests […]

Posted: February 1 2021
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A New Almanac for the Young Farmers of the World

Coverage of The New Farmer's Almanac on Takepart: The Greenhorns, a nonprofit dedicated to young agrarians, is updating one of America’s oldest ag publications. (Photo: Getty Images) Long before Martha […]

Posted: November 21 2016
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the soil commons

http://www.the-scientist.com/images/News/January2014/310_Ichip.jpg Many of the most widely used antibiotics have come out of the dirt. Penicillin came from Penicillium, a fungus found in soil, and vancomycin came from a bacterium found […]

Posted: June 22 2016
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hawaii to ny in a double hulled sailing canoe

Hōkūleʻa, our Star of Gladness, began as a dream of reviving the legacy of exploration, courage, and ingenuity that brought the first Polynesians to the archipelago of Hawaiʻi. The canoes […]

Posted: May 19 2016
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drumroll...

MARCH 1978 http://www.downeast.com/march-1978/  Features Maine’s Surprising Legislature Lawmakers in Augusta are getting younger and more independent. And more and more of them are women. By Bill Caldwell. Bringing Her Down East […]

Posted: August 19 2015
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tourism with a wonderful purpose

Food Sovereignty Tours   Bolivia Mercado by Shannon Decelle Photography Multiple dates & locations Food First, led by Executive Director Eric Holt-Gimenez, offers a series of Food Sovereignty Tours around the globe. […]

Posted: July 16 2015
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rice ways of the gullah/geechee

A wealth of information here about the Gullah/Geechee & their Foodways, including a wonderful post on the "Rural Woman"

Posted: January 8 2014