Tainted eggs came from factory farms.
With the latest dustup over unsafe food from factory farms and the Food and Drug Administration’s recall of more than half a billion eggs possibly tainted with salmonella, the health and quality of our food is again in the news.
It’s scary that America’s industrial food system continues to fail at providing families with healthy food. But it’s reassuring that the watchdogs at the FDA are looking out for the safety of the American eater. Right? Read more »
To prepare for the implications of pak oil, first we must understand the scope of the predicament.
The Local Motion Film Series continues its Summer Season showings this Thursday with A Crude Awakening, Life After the Oil Crash. This award-winning movie tells the story of peak oil, or the phenomenon where worldwide demand for oil begins to outstrip supply.
Unlike what some Pollyannas and business or politically-motivated persons would have us believe, bringing supply in line with increasing worldwide demand is not simply a matter of more drilling, baby. Our technology and bald geologic facts make clear that we wont be able to drill our way into turning a finite resource into an infinite one. Similarly, with almost every single thing we do, make, consume, or trade having something to do with fossil fuels along the way, from manufacture to transport,we cannot assume that “technology will save us”. Technology itself is dependent on fossil fuels. Read more »
Tom Hylton of Save Our Land, Save Our Towns
Save Our Land, Save Our Towns, the second film in the summer season of our Local Motion Film Series, plays at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, July 15, in the Mockingbird Restaurant Roots Music Hall and is co-sponsored by Staunton Green 2020 and the Valley Conservation Council (VCC). This warm-hearted yet provocative documentary examines the causes and effects of — and then remedies for — suburban sprawl. Read more »
Joel Salatin holds one of his hens while talking about Polyface Farms.
Hardworking local farmer (and international farming superstar extraordinaire), Joel Salatin, of Polyface Farms, is the confirmed speaker for Transition Staunton Augusta’s first ever Locavore Fest this Labor Day weekend.
Salatin, whose farm and farming methods were profiled in Michael Pollan’s groundbreaking work, The Omnivore’s Dillema, a book that addresses food production and consumption sustainability, was also featured for his farming methods in the documentary films Food, Inc. and Fresh! An author himself, Salatin’s books include Holy Cows & Hog Heaven, and Everything I Want to do Is Illegal, among others. Read more »
Events, Public Policy | Erik Curren September 1, 2010 | 
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