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Agriculture and Nature
By Olga Bonfiglio [Olga Bonfiglio]
Articles related to the environment, farming, and agriculture
Articles under this topic: 12
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These days, whenever I introduce myself, I say I'm a professor, a freelance writer, and a volunteer on a non-commercial organic farm and goat dairy. That last identity is a new one since a year ago last April when I began working with retired Upjohn/Pharmacia senior research scientist Ron Klein who owns Dancing Turtle Farm. Although my new venture is not a typical academic endeavor, learning how to garden and farm was a conscious and deliberate choice that came out of several considerations.
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Published: Jul-21-2010 | Times read: 26 | Rating: 0.00 [Votes: 0] |
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Louisiana leaders have not only been voicing the anger and frustration of their constituents over the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, but late last week they began to mourn the place they call home.
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Published: Jul-21-2010 | Times read: 13 | Rating: 0.00 [Votes: 0] |
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Going organic is proving to be a good investment for small and medium-sized farmers—and they are receiving some government protection against Big Agriculture as well.
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Published: Jul-21-2010 | Times read: 15 | Rating: 0.00 [Votes: 0] |
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There’s a lot more to know about weeds than most people expect. In fact, there are quite a few surprises there if you become familiar with the plant life growing in an uncultivated field—especially on a vacant city lot.
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Published: Jul-21-2010 | Times read: 15 | Rating: 0.00 [Votes: 0] |
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This summer I’ve had the opportunity to plant, cultivate and harvest two 30x40-yard gardens on a small, sustainable farm owned by Ron Klein, Kalamazoo’s version of Joel Salatin. What I didn’t plan on was falling in love with the goats there and gaining some insight into a spirituality of food.
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Published: Jul-21-2010 | Times read: 17 | Rating: 0.00 [Votes: 0] |
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Last summer Kalamazoo College senior Nick Leonard discovered gardening and eating fresh fruits and vegetables as a way to live a more sustainable lifestyle.
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Published: Aug-07-2009 | Times read: 228 | Rating: 0.00 [Votes: 0] |
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Want to be a real hero? Save the planet.
Don’t know how? Start by viewing the new eco-comedy, How to Boil a Frog.
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Published: Aug-07-2009 | Times read: 134 | Rating: 0.00 [Votes: 0] |
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The Senior Individualized Project is both a feared and revered part of the K Plan that every student who graduates from “K” must endure. For Nick Leonard, K ’09, the SIP became a gateway to a new way of living, thinking, and learning about the world which included growing, cooking and eating vegetables.
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Published: Apr-27-2009 | Times read: 357 | Rating: 1.00 [Votes: 5] |
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Whenever Will Allen arrives in a neighborhood, scores of curious children seem to come out of nowhere to see what he’s about. His pickup truck carries spades, hoes, earthworms, seeds, and a truckload of compost – all the components needed to make a garden.
Mr. Allen knows a garden not only gives inner-city kids something to do, but it can also feed them good, nutritious food and invigorate the community at the same time.
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Published: Feb-07-2009 | Times read: 230 | Rating: 0.00 [Votes: 0] |
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The success of Detroit’s urban gardens is more than just food production. It’s about connecting people and restoring their confidence so that they can rebuild their neighborhoods.
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Published: Feb-07-2009 | Times read: 239 | Rating: 1.00 [Votes: 1] |
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High school biology labs with their black table tops, microscopes, glassed-in specimen cabinets, and pervasive smell of formaldehyde appeared to be a world waiting to be unlocked and shared. But for many students this world was reduced to the memorization of phylum without an essential understanding of the subject. In THE LOST LANGUAGE OF PLANTS, science and non-science buffs alike are extended an invitation to enter the fascinating world of Nature in a different and more profound way.
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Published: Jan-20-2006 | Times read: 1052 | Rating: 0.00 [Votes: 0] |
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As the Bush administration talks up homeland security in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, one leader in the organic farm movement is emphasizing land security as part of the equation.
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Published: Jan-20-2006 | Times read: 484 | Rating: 0.00 [Votes: 0] |
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