by NTP Staff | Jul 11, 2012 | Business, Ecology, Food, Gardening, Sustainability, Urban Farming
Here are this week’s headlines, enjoy! Happy World Population Day! – Every hour, the world population increases by about 9,100 people. At that rate, it would take less than six hours to fill up Yankee Stadium. Has Organic Been Oversized? –...
by ddorband | Jul 11, 2012 | Ecology, Multimedia, Video
America Revealed is a program on PBS that seeks to take a look at what makes up the America we know. The program focuses on giving its viewers “a fascinating new perspective on the hidden patterns and rhythms of American life, by looking through the eyes of...
by NTP Staff | Jul 7, 2012 | Education
We have lots of new and exciting things going on here at Nourish The Planet! You may have noticed we have finally finished revamping our site. We will still be making tweaks here and there for the next couple of weeks, so it should just be getting better and better!...
by ddorband | Jul 6, 2012 | Livestock, People Profiles, Publication
Cheap Meat: An Accident Waiting to Happen By Jo Robinson The latest fiasco in the U.S. livestock industry is that thousands of hogs and chickens have been raised on feed contaminated with melamine, the same chemical that has...
by NTP Staff | Jul 5, 2012 | Education
Hope everyone had a safe and celebratory 4th of July! Here are this week’s headlines. Small-Scale Farmers Creating a New Business Model as Agriculture Goes Local – Yes, yes, yes! City of Detroit and Michigan State University Agree to Pursue an Urban...
by ddorband | Jul 4, 2012 | Ecology, Food, Multimedia, Video
America Revealed is a program on PBS that seeks to take a look at what makes up the America we know. The program focuses on giving its viewers “a fascinating new perspective on the hidden patterns and rhythms of American life, by looking through the eyes of...
by ddorband | Jun 29, 2012 | Livestock, People Profiles, Publication
Confused About Fat? Choose Grassfed! by Jo Robinson In my Grandma’s day, there was no such thing as a bad fat. All fat was “good” simply because it tasted good. My Grandma fried her eggs in bacon grease, added bacon...
by ddorband | Jun 27, 2012 | Education
There are many communities, families and homes being impacted by the wildfires here in Colorado. Please keep those folks and the brave firefighters in your thoughts. Here are the headlines for this week: UN Report from Rio on Global Environment a “Suicide...
by ddorband | Jun 27, 2012 | Food, Multimedia, People Profiles, Video
In this video series, Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food and The Omnivore’s Dilemma, is interviewed by Deborah Kane of the nonprofit organization Ecotrust about his book In Defense of Food and the idea of “real food.” This interview provides and introduction...
by ddorband | Jun 26, 2012 | Business
Our good friends over at MALPACA needs your help! Thanks to a program sponsored by Chase and LivingSocial called Mission: Small Business℠, your support could translate into a $250,000 grant. But they need at least 250 votes at www.missionsmallbusiness.com . MALPACA is...
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