Ann Cooper’s Lunch Lessons: Changing The Way...

Ann Cooper has been known as the “Renegade Lunch Lady” for speaking out against the traditional school lunch. In a nation where children are born with shorter estimated life expectancies than their parents because of diet-related illness, Ann is a relentless voice of reform by focusing on the links between food, family, farming and children’s health and wellness. In this talk for TEDxBoulder, she tries to...

Birke Baehr: 11 year old local food activist

Check out this great video below of Brike Baehr who is only 11 years old telling the world about all of the problems with our food system. I can just imagine what this world would be like if every 11 year old was taught these values from a young age. Way to go Birke!  -written by Rachel 

The unlikely partnership between Joel Salatin and ...

When one thinks of Joel Salatin you would not associate any sort of fast food/ chain restaurant with what him or his farm. However, as surprising as it might be in this article Joel talks about his unlikely partnership with the restaurant. While Joel still thinks that many of the practices inherent in the fast food industry make it very difficult for local farmers to...

Aeroponics

Well look what we got here.  Another door is opened in the world of sustainable agriculture.  We all know the benefits of aquaponics and now we have another system making its way into the spotlight, Aeroponics…… Aquaponics Modular Production Systems (AMPS) has debuted there most recent project in New Orleans, the very first areoponics farm. The Tower Garden system can be utilized in place of hydroponics for indoor...

Aquaponics Overview

A new dawn is upon us.  The future is here.  What is it you say?  Well it’s aquaponics of course.   Aquaponics……?  You feed the fish, the fish feed the plant, and the plants clean the water for the fish.  There you go, aquaponics in a nutshell.  While it is not quite that easy, and nothing ever is, aquaponics can provide high quality produce and fresh fish in an easy, sustainable way.  Within an aquaponics...