Michael Pollan looks at things from the point of view of agricultural biodiversity, and concludes we are all being manipulated by corn. 1 2
E. coli in spinach: an answer
More complicated than it seems; feral pigs may have contaminated organic California spinach.
Quality Low Input Food project
Organic good for you. Here comes the science.
Surf’s up in Solomons
My friend Tony Jansen and his friend Jon put together this fun video on the Solomon Islands. It’s ostensibly about surfing, but there’s stuff in there about agricultural biodiversity too. I met Tony when he was working at Kastom Gaden Association, a great local NGO working on sustainable agriculture and nutrition issues. We worked together on the livelihoods assessment of the Weather Coast of Guadalcanal.
Turks discuss organic farming
A report from the 1st Organic Farming Congress at Bahçeşehir University in Turkey.