The Bigger Picture, 2011-2012
Number of Articles: 8
Where does America’s fresh food come from?
Publication Date: December 1, 2012
Tags: Climate Change, Food/Water/Agriculture
California, "the world's garden." An infographic gives us the breakdown. Mother Jones
Hamilton airport is a dud
Publication Date: October 11, 2012
Tags: Aviation/Airports
The airport’s passenger terminal “is a morgue.” CBC News, Hamilton
Farmers aim for paradigm shift
Publication Date: March 8, 2012
Tags: Food/Water/Agriculture
(pdf) The agriculture industry is rallying to change your thinking about how food gets from the farm to your plate, particularly in the GTA. According to the GTA Agricultural Action Committee executive director Janet Horner, “the largest landowner in the greenbelt is the farmer.” yorkregion.com
Sustainable gardening: How to get a truly green thumb
Publication Date: March 5, 2012
Tags: Food/Water/Agriculture
(pdf) Craig and Mark Keilburger gives answers on how to find sustainable garden soil particularly for urban dwellers, and give directions on “garden sharing.” Globe and Mail
Vermont town’s food focus
Publication Date: July 15, 2011
Tags: Food/Water/Agriculture
Example of a community focused on local food/tourism economic development.NPR
Professor driving tractor to promote awareness
Publication Date: June 30, 2011
Tags: Food/Water/Agriculture
Echoing a POP slogan from the ’70s, this tractor-driving professor reminds us that while statistics change, 100% still eat food!CBC News
Bolivia: all nature to have rights equal to those of humans
Publication Date: April 10, 2011
Tags: Environment
Bolivia is set to pass the world’s first laws granting all nature equal rights to humans. The Law of Mother Earth redefines the country’s rich mineral deposits as “blessings” and is expected to lead to radical new conservation and social measures to reduce pollution and control industry. The Guardian
The next market bubbles: food and farmland
Publication Date: March 26, 2011
Tags: Food/Water/Agriculture
Within a scenario of food shortages and shifts in land values in different parts of the world, the author speculates that farmland will be the next big speculative bubble. First published by Project Syndicate.aljazeera.com