Energy in U.S. Food System
I wanted to highlight a recent post from Michael Bomford of Kentucky State University on his blog Energy Farms. Michael notes that USDA data show that the U.S. Food System is INCREASING its use of …
Oil and Larkspur
The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s …
Crop Diversity Pays Off
Conventional agriculture production systems in developed countries rely heavily on fossil energy, but emerging uncertainties in energy supply indicate a need to better understand energy efficiency in conventional and alternative systems. So begins a press …
A Perspective on Ag 2.0 Silicon Valley
I attended the Agriculture 2.0 Silicon Valley conference co-hosted by New Seed Advisors, U.S. Venture Partners and Spin Farming. This is the second such conference, the first being in New York City, where Farmland LP …
Food Subsidy Pyramid
Great challenge over at Flowingdata to look at how to portray food subsidies in light of the USDA food pyramid. Here’s our quickie submission that helps highlight how subsidies just don’t reflect the stated food priorities and goals of the nation.