Enchiladas inspire cook to go beyond steamed squash
Bangor Daily News - 4/24/2010.By Sandy Oliver – One sound, whole winter squash still in storage plus a half of one peeled and cut up for use in the refrigerator are waiting for me to be inspired. Sometimes about all the inspiration I can manage is to steam, then whip them with a little cream or butter and light brown sugar for plopping onto the dinner plate next to the main dish. |
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A new vision for the 2012 Farm Bill?
Huffington Post - 4/23/2010.By Paula Crossfield – House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-MN), who last year called those who spend money on organic produce "dumb," may become the unlikely champion of a Farm Bill in 2012 that could create opportunities for more sustainable farmers. |
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Genetically modified crops are not the answer
Common Dreams - 4/23/2010.By Hans Herren and Marcia Ishii-Eiteman – The Senate is considering a bill that would overhaul the way Americans deliver foreign aid. With more people going hungry than ever before, the bill's attention to global hunger could not come at a better time. The Global Food Security Act would streamline the aid process and focus on long-term agricultural development. But the bill includes a mandate that we spend foreign aid dollars developing genetically modified (GM) crops. |
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Foreign Policy mag spotlights ‘peak phosphorus’
Grist - 4/23/2010. By Tom Philpott – As Grist's recent special series showed, our reliance on synthetic nitrogen fertilizer has serious ecological, geopolitical, public-health, and agricultural consequences. Yet N isn't our only fertilizer problem. To grow robustly, plants need sufficient access to three key macronutrients: N,P, and K, or nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium. |
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