Cultivating community in urban food forests
Boston Food Forest Coalition is helping neighbors to cultivate fruit trees, raised beds, wildlife, community spaces—and hope in the face of climate disruption.
Making the transition to local, sustainable living
Don Hall is author of a new book about the Transition Movement—a network of people worldwide who are building local food, energy, and even currency systems.
Fair Trade: Good for farmers, the land, consumers—and business
Paul Rice talks about his new book, Every Purchase Matters, and how the movement to get farmers a fair price has brought prosperity to workers all over the world.
Let it Flow: Restoring balance to parched and flooded landscapes
Minni Jain and Philip Franses, authors of The Language of Water, explore the process of helping communities around the world to restore streams and rivers, prevent flooding, and recover local water wisdom.
Landscape restoration: letting nature do the work
Bill Zeedyk restores landscapes—streams, wetlands, even rural roads—by using simple, low-tech tools and letting nature do most of the work. The result is healthy, lush desert ecosystems. He’s the subject of a new documentary, Thinking Like Water.
Ducks, cows, and resilience: Benefiting farmlands by protecting waterfowl habitat
Ducks Unlimited works with farmers and ranchers across the American continent to help them reach their land health goals—while protecting wildlife, promoting sustainability, and sequestering carbon.
Animal welfare is good for everyone—including farmers
Adam Mason of the ASPCA makes the argument that healthy farm animals actually help farmers to thrive—and benefit land, air, and water. He talks about how farmers are making the transition away from industrial/conventional.
1000 Farms Initiative: A new paradigm of science in service of farmers
Scientist and farmer Jonathan Lundgren is helping to change the paradigm of agricultural science to one that expands the measures success to include the regeneration of land and health of people.
Virtual fencing—new technology that benefits both ranching and land conservation
The Nature Conservancy partners with ranchers on virtual fencing, a new technology that keeps animals in delimited areas through GPS collars—resulting in labor saving, wildlife conservation, and land health.
The awe-inspiring beauty hidden in our food
Artist and science educator Robert Dash creates art from micro- and macroscopic photographs of food crops. His new book explores both the science of our food system and the role of art in finding a more healthy and loving way forward.