Musings on sustainable food systems, agriculture vs. agroecology, and more!
‘As Common As Dirt‘ just received the 2013 James Beard Award in the Politics/Policy/Environment category, one of the most prestigious awards for food journalism. Click the link above to get an eye-opening reminder of the realities of American farm labor. Particularly, it exposes the ‘farm labor contractor’ system, a system in which an intermediary between … Continue reading 'As Common As Dirt', an Expose on Farm Labor in California
… Aka, two of my favorite food writers. Find it here, as well as highlights from their interview if you don’t have time to listen to all of it! And with that, I am off to visit my family this weekend – see you Monday!
In a way it’s almost funny – all this time a lot of the food policy community’s attention is drawn to seed laws in the US, dissecting Supreme Court cases and hidden Congressional amendments, while at the same time the European Commission is drafting what seems to be at least equally harsh legislation with a … Continue reading What's Happening to EU Seed Diversity?!