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Meet the Plush GMO Mascot, Frank N. Foode
Rebekah WilceThree years ago, the Center for Media and Democracy reported on Karden -- an adorable puppet used in part to convince kids that gardening with sewage sludge was a fun activity for all...
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Latinos Remember Two Icons
Randy Jurado ErtllBy Randy Jurado ErtllThe last week of March is a time of remembrance for Latinos. We celebrate Cesar Chavez’s birthday, and we honor the memory of Archbishop Oscar Romero.Chavez was...
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Oregon's GMO Sellout
- by Rebekah Wilce, The ProgressiveEven though the state of Oregon enacted a law to override the ability of localities to regulate their own food systems, local ballot measures to ban GMO crops passed...
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Walmart Squeezes Organics
Contributorby Wenonah HauterOne of the most frequent questions I get about the food system is what to make of the fact that Walmart sells organic food.Is it good news or bad?Is it a sign of progress or...
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Pesticide and GMO Companies Spend Big in Hawai'i
Rebekah WilceHawai'i has become "ground zero" in the controversy over genetically modified (GMO) crops and pesticides. With the seed crop industry (including conventional as well as GMO crops) reaping...
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The Contamination of Natural Kaua`i
Paul KobersteinCascadia TimesWAIMEA, HAWAI'I -- Given its fragile and unusually rich ecology, the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i seems ill-suited as a site for agricultural experiments that use heavy...
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Feeding Hawai'i
Maureen Nandini MitraCan the Aloha State transition to growing enough food to sustain its population using small-scale, agroecology practices?For Chris Kobayashi and her husband, Dimi Rivera, it all...
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Kochs and Corps Have Bankrolled American Council on Science and Health
The American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) poses as an independent science-based organization devoted to outing "junk science," but consumer advocates have called it "a consumer front...
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Oregon Residents Challenge the State "Right-to-Farm" Law
A group of residents of the Cedar Valley area near Gold Beach in Curry County, Oregon say their properties were doused with pesticides by a helicopter aiming for privately-owned timberlands last...
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Indian Journalist Offers Harsh Critique of Globalization
Amitabh PalAn Indian journalist globally renowned as an advocate for the poor, Palagummi Sainath wrote his classic book “Everybody Loves a Good Drought: Stories from India’s Poorest Districts” in...
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Palestinian Farmer Spotlights Food Sovereignty
Julia BurkeAli Abd ElRahman has been in the United States for only a few days, but it’s the longest he’s ever lived without having to go through a military checkpoint.ElRahman lives in Jerusalem, and...
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Oaxacans Want Right to (Not) Migrate
David BaconBy David BaconOAXACA DE JUAREZ, MEXICO—For six weeks, hundreds of teachers in the capital of the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca have been living in tents.Bonifacio Garcia, one of the...
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On Green Cities, Wilderness, and Hip-Hop Education: An Interview With Baba...
Julia BurkeWith rhymes that include The Princess Bride references and call-outs searing everyone from his fellow liberals to Bible-belt Creationists, Baba Brinkman wields good-natured wit and acerbic...
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The Extraordinary Cesar Chavez
James L. VizzardEditor's Note: This week in 1968, Cesar Chavez ended a twenty-three-day fast in solidarity with American farm workers, joined by four thousand supporters. Known for his tireless work in...
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Making Deserts Bloom
Robert Leonard ReidEditor's Note: As politicans and CEOs persist in denying the reality of climate change and Californians face a dire water shortage, we found this July 1981 archival piece...
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The National Pollution Scandal
Gaylord A. NelsonThe founder of Earth Day, Wisconsin Senator Gaylord A. Nelson, wrote this scathing essay on the scourge of pollution in 1967. On Earth Day's forty-fifth birthday, his warning that "the...
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Ask Dr. Science: Scott Walker Edition
Jud LounsburyI grew up in a small town in central Iowa and the soundtrack of that time would most certainly have to include my comedic hero, Dan Coffey, and the daily 90-second bit he used to do on NPR...
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The Green Energy Revolt
Jason MarkThis article appeared in the May 2015 issue of our magazine. Subscribe to read the full issue online. Debbie Dooley is mad as hell. Since 2012, the fifty-six-year-old grandmother and former...
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Letter from California: Field Notes on a State in Drought
Jason MarkThis article appears in the current issue of our magazine. Subscribe to read the full issue online. This was the year without a winter. In January, not a single drop of rain fell in the San...
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States Humiliate the Poor With Food Stamp Crackdown
David A. LoveLegislators across the country are launching a mean-spirited campaign to block poor people from purchasing certain kinds of foods, products, or services. Missouri state Rep. Rick Brattin...
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