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Biodiversity in Agriculture by Paul Gepts
Bringing together research from a range of fields including anthropology, archaeology, ecology, economics, entomology, ethnobiology, genetics and geography, Biodiversity in Agriculture addresses key...
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Buy local? Why local? Time for the REAL story!
Getting our food from the farm to the consumer – the “supply chain” – is certainly not as simple as it was the past. Once upon a time, the consumer, his/her family, and the local community WERE the...
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GEO Watch: Effort Underway for Labeling Law in Washington State
A grassroots campaign has been launched in Washington State for the adoption of a labeling law for genetically engineered foods (a.k.a. GMO or transgenic foods). The grassroots initiative seeks...
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Citizen Scientist
Dave Christensen has spent 40 years rescuing this corn from extinction and breeding it to find or create the hardiest, most nutritious varieties. Someday, he hopes, it could feed millions. He grows...
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Organicology: Shades of Portlandia!
Organicology – a “portmanteau word” meaning the study of organics – is the biggest conference/trade show focused entirely on organic seeds and produce in the country. This year more than 700 people...
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Eating Our Landscape: the Ethnobotany of the Pacific Crabapple Tree
The Pacific Crabapple tree has been growing in Northwestern North America longer than any other species of ornamental fruit. The Pacific Crabapple tree grows in lifezones ranging from grasslands to...
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Cedar Grove: Food Scraps, No Longer Food Waste
In Washington’s King County most of that waste ends up heading to one of two Cedar Grove Composting facilities where it is mixed with grass clippings, yard waste, and other wood scrap. A visit to...
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Food Waste in the 21st Century
It’s the 21st Century and one would think that by now human beings would have figured out creative and efficient ways to produce sufficient healthy and nutritious (good) food to feed us all and to...
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The Future of Food, Dr. Vandana Shiva
Scientist, author, and activist, Vandana Shiva presented the University of Victoria's President's Distinguished Lecture and Special Convocation address marking the school's 50th anniversary. Read...
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The Healthy Farm: A Vision for US Agriculture
American agriculture is at a cross-roads: a point where we can either apply our scientific knowledge to create a vibrant and healthful food and farming system for the future, or double down on an...
View ArticleThe Bread Lab: Why Your Flour Should Be Lively
Freshly ground whole grain flour is alive - and lively - according to Dr. Steven Jones, WSU Wheat Breeder and founder of The Bread Lab. Age, processing, and chemicals will "kill" your flour, and will...
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The Mad Baker in the Bread Lab
Walk past any college laboratory and you could probably identify the subject at hand by the smell. The chemistry lab reeks of chlorine and sulfur, the biology lab sends off whiffs of formaldehyde, and...
View ArticleWashington State University: Big Ideas for Food
The Washington State University, Pullman WA, has been teaching and practicing organic agriculture for more than 30 years. WSU-Pullman was one of the first universities to do research in organic and...
View ArticlePosition Statement on GMOs in the Food System
GoodFood World Position Statement on Genetically Engineered or Modified Organisms (GMOs) in the Food System From the beginning of time, food has been the foundation of culture throughout the world and...
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Justice Begins with Seeds
Copyright by and reproduced with permission from Devon Peña, Professor of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle WA. A Global Gathering of Anti-GMO Activists SEATTLE MEETING FOCUSES ON SEED...
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A Community of Collaboration
On rural Whidbey Island in Washington State’s Puget Sound, fourth generation family farmers, as well as a new breed of greenhorns, are recapturing the island’s farming heritage, creating a fresh food...
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Plant Patents on Common Vegetables – What We Are Up Against
A small group of corporations control the largest portion of the world's utility patents on plants, and there are big misunderstandings between these players and the public about exactly what these...
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The Ecology of Agroecosystems by John Vandermeer
Agroecology is the science of applying ecological concepts and principles to the design, development, and management of sustainable agricultural systems. The Ecology of Agroecosystems highlights a...
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Quinoa: The Passion and The Politics
Quinoa, a pseudo-grain closely related to a North American weedy plant, Lamb’s quarters (Chenopodium album), was first domesticated about 5000 years ago on the high plains surrounding Lake Titicaca....
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Biology Defies the Nature of Patents
(Copyright by and reproduced with permission from Frank Morton, Wild Garden Seed.) Society Suffers Their Over Application “The costs and headaches involved in working out ‘who owns what’ and ‘who owes...
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