The Harvest: Farming Sustainably in New York

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ lauraflanders | November 24, 2010 Eating less meat might be better for the world, but it can definitely be delicious. Buckwheat is actually a fruit, a grain substitute that can be excellent for those with gluten sensitivities, or just a nice alternative to the usual. GRITtv’s Danya Abt and Zac Halberd took a trip [...]

Truth About Global Economic Crisis: Book Review by Joel S. Hirschhorn

by Joel S. Hirschhorn Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.foavc.org Nov. 26, 2010 You want to read The Global Economic Crisis The Great Depression of the XXI Century, edited by Michel Chossudovsky and Andrew Gavin Marshall, if you meet these criteria: you welcome information and analysis about critically important issues that come from great thinkers outside the [...]

Cut to the political heart of a U.S. holiday on the brink by Roxanne Amico

Sent to DS by the author. by Roxanne Amico Dandelion Salad Spiritmorph Studio Nov. 25, 2010 This is a post I wrote on “Thanksgiving Day.” [Before that is this very important reminder that “natural gas fracking” (DRILLING) has already been proven lethally dangerous to all land, air, water, food, and the communities living nearby.  So, [...]

Derrick Jensen: It’s Very Important for Us to Start to Build a Culture of Resistance, Part 2

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ Democracy Now! Nov. 26, 2010 Author and Activist Derrick Jensen: “The Dominant Culture is Killing the Planet…It’s Very Important for Us to Start to Build a Culture of Resistance” We speak with Derrick Jensen, who has been called the poet-philosopher of the ecological movement. He has written some 15 books critiquing contemporary society and [...]

Raj Patel: Global food justice

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ AlJazeeraEnglish | November 25, 2010 With more than one billion people around the world considered overweight, why are so many others still starving and struggling to fill their plates?