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Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture Panel – Making Connections
For the first breakout session of the day, I had the opportunity to attend the “Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture” session, with speakers Mark Bomford, Director of the Yale Sustainable Food Project, and Amy Kalafa, Independent Filmmaker and Author (including her work on the broken school food system in America with “Two Angry Moms” Fifteen or so graduate students, undergraduate […]
Patterson: “Outrageous” That Farmers’ Lawsuit was Dismissed
Last week’s featured article, Organic on the Offensive, inspired strong reactions from people on both sides of the genetically modified agriculture debate. Among the responses Sage received was a letter from Don Patterson, a Virginian farmer and the man who helped catalyze the lawsuit.
Organic on the Offensive: Nation’s Farmers Sue Big Ag
A group of farmers are waging a class-action lawsuit against giant GM seed company Monsanto. The farmers’ argument? “An invention that poisons people is not patentable.” Ben Goldfarb explores an ongoing case with the power to revolutionize the way America grows its food.
Blogging the 2012 U.S./Canada Citizens’ Summit for Sustainable Development
Follow along in real time as 180 scientists, leaders, advocates and entrepreneurs gather to lay the groundwork for the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro.