<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - sustainable-agriculture</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/sustainable-agriculture</link><description>Newsvine - sustainable-agriculture</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:03:10 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:04:15 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title> Nature as an Ally: An Interview with Wendell Berry</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Each generational wave of environmental  concern seems to lap at Wendell  Berry&rsquo;s doorstep. He gave up teaching  and writing in New York in the  sixties to return to Kentucky,  establishing a small farm at Lanes  Landing near Port Royal, and  dedicating himself to writing&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></source><link>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/24/11379210-nature-as-an-ally-an-interview-with-wendell-berry</link><guid>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/24/11379210-nature-as-an-ally-an-interview-with-wendell-berry</guid><category>us-news</category><category>sustainable-agriculture</category><category>wendell-berry</category><category>agrarianism</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:52:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=greenpagan5508DB0B-8798-14A3-27CB-19A444ACF706.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="343" width="279" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=greenpagan5508DB0B-8798-14A3-27CB-19A444ACF706.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="148" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Set the Record Straight on Monsanto One Tweet and Facebook Post at a Time</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Monsanto&rsquo;s marketing efforts would have you believe that its product line&mdash;centered around genetically engineered (GE) seeds and the chemicals used to grow them&mdash;is a silver bullet to addressing the world&rsquo;s food and agricultural challenges.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[McSpocky]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[McSpocky]]></source><link>http://illuminate.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/16/10428858-set-the-record-straight-on-monsanto-one-tweet-and-facebook-post-at-a-time</link><guid>http://illuminate.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/16/10428858-set-the-record-straight-on-monsanto-one-tweet-and-facebook-post-at-a-time</guid><category>food</category><category>monsanto</category><category>science</category><category>agriculture</category><category>sustainable-agriculture</category><category>monsanto-false-information</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:03:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=illuminateFC1F125F-C43B-EA63-219A-A7A72DDE3AAB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="282" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=illuminateFC1F125F-C43B-EA63-219A-A7A72DDE3AAB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Sorry, NY Times: GMOs still won't save the world</title>
<description><![CDATA[
With all due respect, Nina Federoff&rsquo;s New York Times op-ed reads like it was written two decades ago, when the jury was still out about the potential of the biotech industry to reduce hunger, increase nutritional quality in foods, and decrease agriculture&rsquo;s reliance &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[CuriousG]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[CuriousG]]></source><link>http://curiousg.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/02/7577796-sorry-ny-times-gmos-still-wont-save-the-world</link><guid>http://curiousg.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/02/7577796-sorry-ny-times-gmos-still-wont-save-the-world</guid><category>epa</category><category>fda</category><category>farmers</category><category>uganda</category><category>africa</category><category>pesticide</category><category>environment</category><category>organic</category><category>labeling</category><category>nytimes</category><category>usda</category><category>regulations</category><category>sustainable-agriculture</category><category>gmo</category><category>aaas</category><category>aphis</category><category>sweet-potatoes</category><category>famring</category><category>ge-food</category><category>carotene</category><category>nina-federoff</category><category>biopesticide</category><category>american-association-for-the-advancement-of-science</category><category>michael-crupain</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Sep 2011 22:04:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=curiousgDA34ECA8-95C9-7916-DB56-56ADCDC0A843.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="180" width="190" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=curiousgDA34ECA8-95C9-7916-DB56-56ADCDC0A843.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="114" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>How gas drilling contaminates your food</title>
<description><![CDATA[We know the controversial fracking process hurts our water supply -- but it's also affecting the things we eat]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></source><link>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/26/6723459-how-gas-drilling-contaminates-your-food</link><guid>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/26/6723459-how-gas-drilling-contaminates-your-food</guid><category>food</category><category>health</category><category>water</category><category>genocide</category><category>effects</category><category>sustainable-agriculture</category><category>carcinogens</category><category>hydraulic-fracturing</category><category>radioactive-elements</category><category>acutely-poisonous-heavy-metals</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 16:12:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fgozounlimited2F6723434.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="50" width="50" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fgozounlimited2F6723434.jpg&amp;width=120" width="50" height="50" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> Why chickens should be mandatory in the suburbs</title>
<description><![CDATA[Chickens living off a natural diet of leafy green vegetables, bugs, grubs and grains have been shown to contain nutrient-dense eggs filled with more health-promoting omega 3 fats, important fat-soluble vitamins and healthy antioxidants.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></source><link>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/22/6695519-why-chickens-should-be-mandatory-in-the-suburbs</link><guid>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/22/6695519-why-chickens-should-be-mandatory-in-the-suburbs</guid><category>self-sufficiency</category><category>sustainable-agriculture</category><category>home-garden</category><category>self-sufficient-lifestyle</category><category>ways-to-become-self-sufficient</category><category>food-freedom</category><category>suburban-farms</category><pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 16:48:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fgozounlimited2F6695508.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="517" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fgozounlimited2F6695508.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="155" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>How Christmas Trees Could Save the World </title>
<description><![CDATA[ Christmas trees make our homes festive, give us a place to store our presents, and put us in the holiday mood. But what if they could do more?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[abeckwith-2]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[abeckwith-2]]></source><link>http://abeckwith-2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/21/5690634-how-christmas-trees-could-save-the-world</link><guid>http://abeckwith-2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/21/5690634-how-christmas-trees-could-save-the-world</guid><category>environment</category><category>agriculture</category><category>trees</category><category>deforestation</category><category>sustainability</category><category>sustainable-agriculture</category><category>agroforestry</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:46:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>How Christmas Trees Could Save the World </title>
<description><![CDATA[Last year, Americans purchased nearly 30 million evergreen trees to decorate their living rooms, a collective retail value of about $1.15 billion. If they had spent the same amount of money reforesting land in impoverished countries, they could have planted 11 billion trees. 

]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[abeckwith-2]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[abeckwith-2]]></source><link>http://abeckwith-2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/21/5690629-how-christmas-trees-could-save-the-world</link><guid>http://abeckwith-2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/21/5690629-how-christmas-trees-could-save-the-world</guid><category>environment</category><category>agriculture</category><category>trees</category><category>deforestation</category><category>sustainability</category><category>sustainable-agriculture</category><category>agroforestry</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:44:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Report: Ag research too focused on food production</title>
<description><![CDATA[American farmers are producing more food than ever, but agricultural research is too focused on increasing production and needs to do better at considering consequences such as water and air pollution, according to a report issued Tuesday by a federal advisory group.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Mercer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Mercer]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/29/4580941-report-ag-research-too-focused-on-food-production</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/29/4580941-report-ag-research-too-focused-on-food-production</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>report</category><category>agriculture</category><category>us-news</category><category>sustainable</category><category>sustainable-agriculture</category><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:32:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>VeggieTrader.com: The New Site That Let's You Save Money, Get Rid of That Extra Broccoli and Meet Some Nice Foodies</title>
<description><![CDATA[You find each other online. After a brief exchange of messages, you both agree it's a good match and arrange to meet in person to do the deed.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ladyblue999]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ladyblue999]]></source><link>http://ladyblue999.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/27/3196876-veggietradercom-the-new-site-that-lets-you-save-money-get-rid-of-that-extra-broccoli-and-meet-some-nice-foodies</link><guid>http://ladyblue999.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/27/3196876-veggietradercom-the-new-site-that-lets-you-save-money-get-rid-of-that-extra-broccoli-and-meet-some-nice-foodies</guid><category>food</category><category>organic</category><category>farming</category><category>sustainable-agriculture</category><category>home-garden</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:56:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Is Whole Foods Sustainable or Just a High-Priced Hoax? I Took a Job There to Find Out</title>
<description><![CDATA[As a sustainable-food aficionado, my attitude toward Whole Foods and other national chains offering organic food changes based on the available alternatives.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ladyblue999]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ladyblue999]]></source><link>http://ladyblue999.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/18/3163867-is-whole-foods-sustainable-or-just-a-high-priced-hoax-i-took-a-job-there-to-find-out</link><guid>http://ladyblue999.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/18/3163867-is-whole-foods-sustainable-or-just-a-high-priced-hoax-i-took-a-job-there-to-find-out</guid><category>farmers</category><category>garden</category><category>organic-food</category><category>gardening</category><category>sustainable-agriculture</category><category>home-garden</category><category>local-growers</category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:40:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Plant Moringa for Hunger and Hope</title>
<description><![CDATA[The solution to world hunger may be growing like weeds in the hungriest parts of the world.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TPWard]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TPWard]]></source><link>http://tpward.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/08/2792473-plant-moringa-for-hunger-and-hope</link><guid>http://tpward.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/08/2792473-plant-moringa-for-hunger-and-hope</guid><category>world-news</category><category>world-hunger</category><category>sustainable-agriculture</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 May 2009 18:33:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Plans to Convert the Sahara Into a Forest - Buckminster fuller challenge</title>
<description><![CDATA[One of the finalists for the prize in this year's Buckminster Fuller Challenge is a project that would use known technologies to convert the Sahara desert into a sustainable source of fresh fruit and vegetables.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angel_C]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Angel_C]]></source><link>http://onlynow99.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/24/2728047-plans-to-convert-the-sahara-into-a-forest-buckminster-fuller-challenge</link><guid>http://onlynow99.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/24/2728047-plans-to-convert-the-sahara-into-a-forest-buckminster-fuller-challenge</guid><category>food</category><category>science</category><category>sustainable-agriculture</category><category>sahara-desert</category><category>buckminster-fuller-challenge</category><category>agricultural-design</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:01:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Can organic cropping systems be as profitable as conventional systems?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Results show that diversified systems are more profitable than monocropping

MADISON, WI, April 6, 2009 -- Which is a better strategy, specializing in one crop or diversified cropping? Is conventional cropping more profitable than organic farming? Is it less risky?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pamela Drew]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Pamela Drew]]></source><link>http://pameladrew.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/09/2658783-can-organic-cropping-systems-be-as-profitable-as-conventional-systems</link><guid>http://pameladrew.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/09/2658783-can-organic-cropping-systems-be-as-profitable-as-conventional-systems</guid><category>world-news</category><category>biotech-crops</category><category>pesticides</category><category>sustainable-agriculture</category><category>organic-farming</category><category>agribusiness</category><category>herbicides</category><category>healthy-food</category><category>biotech-food</category><category>chemical-farming</category><category>prganic</category><category>gmp-ge</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 Apr 2009 04:15:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Where Policy Grows-Challenging Corporations</title>
<description><![CDATA[We have learned what financial corporations out of control have done to our financial security but it appears the agriculture and food corporations are going mostly under the radar to community and consumer detriment.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[waukone]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[waukone]]></source><link>http://questioneveryone.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/29/2615168-where-policy-grows-challenging-corporations</link><guid>http://questioneveryone.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/29/2615168-where-policy-grows-challenging-corporations</guid><category>politics</category><category>environment</category><category>corporate-farming</category><category>food-supply</category><category>sustainable-agriculture</category><category>buying-locally</category><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:28:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Spoiled: Organic and Local Is So 2008</title>
<description><![CDATA["...Activist foodies represent one of the most potent market forces on the planet. Unfortunately, a lot of that conscientious buying power is directed toward conceptions of sustainable food that may be out of date.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[barkwheats]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[barkwheats]]></source><link>http://barkwheats.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/05/2510549-spoiled-organic-and-local-is-so-2008</link><guid>http://barkwheats.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/05/2510549-spoiled-organic-and-local-is-so-2008</guid><category>food</category><category>health</category><category>organic</category><category>farming</category><category>sustainable-agriculture</category><category>foodies</category><category>local-farms</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Mar 2009 22:25:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Rodale Institute Report: sustainable, intensive Organic Green Revolution can save world</title>
<description><![CDATA[Report cites a study of small-scale farmers in 57 countries whose yields increased by an average 79 percent using sustainable agriculture; organic farming 2-3 times more productive than conventional farming. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gideon Polya]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gideon Polya]]></source><link>http://gpolya.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/08/2289333-rodale-institute-report-sustainable-intensive-organic-green-revolution-can-save-world</link><guid>http://gpolya.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/08/2289333-rodale-institute-report-sustainable-intensive-organic-green-revolution-can-save-world</guid><category>us</category><category>america</category><category>green</category><category>farming</category><category>world-news</category><category>soil</category><category>sustainability</category><category>sustainable-agriculture</category><category>agricultural</category><category>organic-farming</category><category>green-revolution</category><category>rodale-institute</category><category>rodale</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Jan 2009 21:04:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Guest column: Obama should launch a New Farmer Corps | DesMoinesRegister.com | The Des Moines Register</title>
<description><![CDATA[In his nomination acceptance speech, Obama said, "America, now is not the time for small plans." Here is a big plan the president could embrace: Launch a New Farmer Corps and set a 10-year goal of establishing one-half million new farms in the United States.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fertilegroundusa]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fertilegroundusa]]></source><link>http://fertilegroundusa.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/01/2167394-guest-column-obama-should-launch-a-new-farmer-corps-desmoinesregistercom-the-des-moines-register</link><guid>http://fertilegroundusa.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/01/2167394-guest-column-obama-should-launch-a-new-farmer-corps-desmoinesregistercom-the-des-moines-register</guid><category>food</category><category>politics</category><category>sustainable-agriculture</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Dec 2008 02:27:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Tasks for Obama's ag sec: School food, subsidy cap</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tasks for Obama's ag sec: School food, subsidy cap

By Charles Abbott
Reuters
Friday, November 21, 2008; 5:47 PM]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fertilegroundusa]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fertilegroundusa]]></source><link>http://fertilegroundusa.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/24/2145256-tasks-for-obamas-ag-sec-school-food-subsidy-cap</link><guid>http://fertilegroundusa.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/24/2145256-tasks-for-obamas-ag-sec-school-food-subsidy-cap</guid><category>food</category><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>sustainable-agriculture</category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:44:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Food Declaration | Draft Declaration</title>
<description><![CDATA[The movement to create a healthier food and agriculture policy in the US has been slowly and steadily gaining ground for well over a decade.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fertilegroundusa]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fertilegroundusa]]></source><link>http://fertilegroundusa.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/24/2145162-food-declaration-draft-declaration</link><guid>http://fertilegroundusa.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/24/2145162-food-declaration-draft-declaration</guid><category>food</category><category>politics</category><category>sustainable-agriculture</category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:15:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Civil Eats » Blog Archive » Michael Pollan is Optimistic About Obama Administration's Food Policy Potential</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hear what Michael Pollan, author of the Omnivore's Dilemma, has to say about the future of our food policy]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fertilegroundusa]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fertilegroundusa]]></source><link>http://fertilegroundusa.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/24/2145160-civil-eats-blog-archive-michael-pollan-is-optimistic-about-obama-administrations-food-policy-potential</link><guid>http://fertilegroundusa.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/24/2145160-civil-eats-blog-archive-michael-pollan-is-optimistic-about-obama-administrations-food-policy-potential</guid><category>politics</category><category>sustainable-agriculture</category><category>michael-pollan</category><category>secretary-of-agriculture</category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:13:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>UN Puts Its Money Where People's Mouths Are And Buys Locally</title>
<description><![CDATA[The UN's World Food Programme Has, In The Past, Bought Food To Feed The Hungry From The World's Food Markets.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[commprof]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[commprof]]></source><link>http://commprof.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/02/2064728-un-puts-its-money-where-peoples-mouths-are-and-buys-locally</link><guid>http://commprof.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/02/2064728-un-puts-its-money-where-peoples-mouths-are-and-buys-locally</guid><category>health</category><category>united-nations</category><category>world-hunger</category><category>sustainable-agriculture</category><category>world-food-programme</category><pubDate>Sun, 2 Nov 2008 18:14:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Global regeneration - beyond sustainability as Ethiopia is transformed to a land of plenty</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nearly 1 million people starved to death or perished from hunger-related diseases during the terrible Ethiopian drought. The Valley of Antsokia in Ethiopia was a dustbowl filled with men, women and children waiting to die when Dr.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MinnieApolis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MinnieApolis]]></source><link>http://minnieapolis.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/22/1115407-global-regeneration-beyond-sustainability-as-ethiopia-is-transformed-to-a-land-of-plenty</link><guid>http://minnieapolis.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/22/1115407-global-regeneration-beyond-sustainability-as-ethiopia-is-transformed-to-a-land-of-plenty</guid><category>ethiopia</category><category>world-news</category><category>sustainable-agriculture</category><category>african-famine</category><category>john-mcmillin</category><category>antsokia</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:01:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Eat Your City</title>
<description><![CDATA[Becoming Green by J. Michael Wheeler on DancingSpoon.comThe Urban SkyFarmer.   Want to be a farmer, but don't want to give up the city life? Well, if the city can't come to the farm, the farm just might make it to the city soon.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spooner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Spooner]]></source><link>http://dancingspoon.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/24/1046765-eat-your-city</link><guid>http://dancingspoon.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/24/1046765-eat-your-city</guid><category>green</category><category>us-news</category><category>sustainable-agriculture</category><category>hydroponics</category><category>urban-agriculture</category><category>vertical-farm</category><category>aeroponics</category><category>city-agriculture</category><category>city-farms</category><category>city-gardens</category><category>dickson-despommier</category><category>feeding-cities</category><category>indoor-farming</category><category>urban-farms</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:37:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fdancingspoon2F1046775.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="215" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fdancingspoon2F1046775.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Vertical Farm Concept. Used by permission.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Roots of Change</title>
<description><![CDATA[Organic farmers fight to shift the focus of the Farm Bill toward small farms and more healthful food. 
"When I first got into farming, my grandmother thought I was absolutely insane," says local organic farmer Shanan Olson. "She couldn't understand it to save her life."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aine MacDermot]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Aine MacDermot]]></source><link>http://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/02/999302-roots-of-change</link><guid>http://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/02/999302-roots-of-change</guid><category>food</category><category>colorado</category><category>agriculture</category><category>legislation</category><category>farming</category><category>us-news</category><category>sustainability</category><category>organic-food</category><category>sustainable-agriculture</category><category>permaculture</category><category>organic-farming</category><category>farm-bill</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Oct 2007 01:48:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Down on the Fish Farm No. Two</title>
<description><![CDATA[Becoming Green by J. Michael Wheeler on DancingSpoon.com Part of an on-going series on Sustainable Agriculture Friends don't let friends eat farmed fish Seattle bumper sticker The Kona Coast of Hawaii is known for its volcanic-soil-grown-coffee.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spooner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Spooner]]></source><link>http://dancingspoon.newsvine.com/_news/2007/09/25/984430-down-on-the-fish-farm-no-two</link><guid>http://dancingspoon.newsvine.com/_news/2007/09/25/984430-down-on-the-fish-farm-no-two</guid><category>tuna</category><category>us-news</category><category>sustainable-agriculture</category><category>yellowtail</category><category>fish-farming</category><category>seafood-recipes</category><category>hawaiian-fish-farming</category><category>kona-blue-water-farms</category><category>kona-kampachi</category><category>ocean-spar</category><category>raising-fish</category><category>open-ocean-fish-farm</category><category>fish-recipes</category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:04:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fdancingspoon2F987355.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fdancingspoon2F987355.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="106" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Kona Blue Water &quot;Farmer&quot; tending the OceanSpar fish pen off the Kona coast of Hawaii.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>