Category Archives: farm
Antibiotics More Polluting Than Originally Thought; 90% Go Into Environment
My dentist told me yesterday I needed to have antibiotics inserted in my gums. I told him I preferred to floss more. I wasn’t being a smart aleck. I avoid taking antibiotics unless I must. First of all, the more … Continue reading
Detroit’s Urban Farms: City of the Past- and the Future?
Everyone should visit Detroit at least once. I lived there for three years. It’s a grim reminder of what can happen if a community is divided by race, religion, poverty, and not economically diverse and sustainable. Acres of abandoned homes … Continue reading
Utah Farmer’s Ironic Battle Against His Freedom-Loving Neighbors
One of the more disturbing phenomena in American society today is the notion that continuing to do bad, destructive things is somehow better than doing good, nurturing things. Among them, politics (religion trouncing reason), energy (renewable energy buried by government … Continue reading
Welcome to “Irononomics”: Eat More Cheese! No, Wait- Eat Less Cheese!
Urged on by government warnings about saturated fat, Americans have been moving toward low-fat milk for decades, leaving a surplus of whole milk and milk fat. Yet the government, through Dairy Management, is engaged in an effort to find ways … Continue reading
Stephen Colbert Migrant Worker Testimony: If Congress Invited Him, They’re Stupider Than We Think
I’m not a fan of the government doing anything. But I’ve gotta ask, why isn’t the government doing anything? Maybe this Ag Jobs bill would help, I don’t know. Like most members of Congress, I haven’t read it. Stephen Colbert … Continue reading
Smallbean Video Network Program: Better Framing Means Better Farming
If the promise of social networking is coming true anywhere, it’s in the Third World and developing nations that the non-profit organization Smallbean is operating. They are helping people use cameras, computers, and other gizmos to communicate their way out … Continue reading
Wasatch National Forest Adventure: Utah’s Rail Trail is So Much Fun, You Forget It’s Bicycling
Calling myself a bicyclist would be an insult to those who spend thousands of dollars on equipment, entry fees, and those fancy, tight-fitting uniforms that make me gasp for air merely looking at them. I don’t do much street cycling … Continue reading
Breaking Irony: Water Pumping Causes Huge Fissures; Private Greed Again Leads to Government Intervention
Someday in America, water will become a more precious substance than oil. In many parts of the world, it already is. Here in Utah, we’re finding out now what many places in the west, Arizona and Nevada among them, already … Continue reading
Salt Lake Farmers Market, Zoe’s Garden; Becoming a Locavore
Yet another documentary about the multinational food industry has debuted: “Food, Inc.” We’re hearing- or refusing to hear- more warnings about the corruption, health risks and marketing abuses of Monsanto, WalMart and other gigantic conglomerates who feed the world with low-cost, … Continue reading
Brian “Dr. No” Wansink Making America The Biggest Loser
I met Cornell U. marketing professor Brian Wansink when he taught at the University of Illinois in 2001. He was just beginning to emerge as a major voice in the fight against obesity with his research into portion size, processed food … Continue reading
