In this week’s episode, Nourishing the Planet research intern, Elena Davert, introduces a counter-intuitive method of cleaning water. In 2004 Peter Njodzeka founded the Life and Water Development Group Cameroon (LWDGC) with a rather simple goal…

House Minority Leader Steny Hoyer took to FOX on Sunday to criticize Stephen Colbert’s appearance before a Congressional committee as ‘inappropriate’ two days after Speaker Nancy Pelosi used directly apposite language to describe Colbert’s testimony, calling it “appropriate…. I think it’s great.”

Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet.

This is the second part in a two-part interview with Steve Osofsky, Director of Wildlife Health Policy for the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). In this first part of the interview, Osofsky explains Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) and how small-scale farmers can benefit from the conservation of wildlife. To read the first part of this interview see: Finding Common Ground to Improve Livelihoods and Conserve Wildlife.

What should we REALLY learn from the egg recall. Well, I’ll tell ya…

What does it take to ban a toxic pesticide (like arsenic)? A lot, it turns out.

Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet.

In the main section of the Lederer Youth Garden in northeast Washington D.C., run by the DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), a staff member pulled up a weed from the rows of ochre, peppers, and watermelons. “This will sell for 3 dollars a bunch at the farmers market,” he said. “But here in our garden, we consider it a weed.”

A Monsanto-friendly bill designed to prohibit the growing and sale of home-grown food is making its way through the legislature.

For many farmers, an abundant harvest is only the first step toward feeding their families and earning an income. Vegetables ripening in the field—or even harvested and stored nearby—are still a long way from the market where they can be sold for a profit.

Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet.

This is the third blog in a series about the increasing prevalence of large-scale land acquisitions, or land-grabs.

I just got back from a trip to rural Mexico to see how subsistence farmers live and to learn what might be done to help promote food security. Here’s what I saw.