Another Bit of Wisdom from Ben Franklin

“When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water” – Benjamin Franklin Our most precious resource? And then there was soil. When it becomes demineralized beyond all repair, food also becomes something we just may come to understand the worth of.

Fault Lines

This is not meant to freak people out, but how aware are we? Is it that Japan is “over there” just like so many other natural “disasters” and wars. When will we begin to take a look at our consumptive ways? Consume, consume, consume! Get the leaf blower out and blow all that organic matter [...]

Is the World Producing Enough Food?

As a follow up to my previous blog post and the article about Monsanto here is another article that focuses, as usual, only on large market economies and the rise on a global scale of food prices. Why are we so keen to focus only on national and international economies when the best, and only, [...]

Egypt’s Warning: Are You Listening? The Relentless Math

Chris Martenson nails this thing. What can we learn from this? On this scale will things really change? Hasn’t history taught us that prosperity follows poverty and vise versa? This article struck me, especially the discussion about Egypt’s oil production. Maybe the rebellion will inspire those that live there to go the way that Cuba [...]

Farmer in Chief

This letter was written by Michael Pollan for the NY Times before Obama took office. It is a powerful piece of writing and it is still potent and current. I give this letter to all of my students, pre-course, and encourage them to read it. Mr Pollan has written some very inspiring pieces on healthy [...]