By Amanda Froelich Like ‘Little Free Libraries’, these small boxes are stuffed with non-perishable items that ensure everyone in the near vicinity has enough to eat. If you live in a city and have taken a stroll around your neighborhood, chances are you’ve come across…
By Christina Sarich That unassuming patch of green you call your lawn has an interesting history, and it is one you might find eye-opening considering Monsanto’s latest bid to take it over. The sprawling carpet of lush grass was once a sign of wealth for…
By Christina Sarich Though consumers have been purchasing organic products by the bucket load, and the industry is expected to grow like wildfire into 2020, only 1 percent of all farmland currently used in America is used to grow organic food. Americans have already spent…
By Alex Pietrowski The European Union’s smallest member country, Malta, has officially begun the process of completely banning Monsanto’s toxic glyphosate from the 122-square-mile island nation in the Mediterranean Sea. Labeled a ‘probable carcinogen’ by the World Health Organization, controversy over the use of glyphosate,…
By Vandita The Danish government has launched the world’s most ambitious organic plan (worth 53 million Euros) to double the organically farmed area in Denmark by 2020 from the 2007 level. In other words, approximately 12% of the Danish farmland will be organically farmed in…
By John Summerly Seeds come in all different sizes, shapes and colors. The seed is an embryonic plant and the origin of nutrition. A plant goes to great lengths to produce each seed and fill it with high concentrations of vitamins, minerals, proteins, essential oils…
By Anna Hunt The food industry scams its customers on a daily basis. The quicker you realize this, the faster you’ll start to learn just which foods to look out for and how you can improve your diet. Author of the book Real Food/Fake Food: Why You Don’t…
By Heather Callaghan Randy Buchler is a farmer, permaculture expert and educator, and his family of Shady Grove Farm in Gwinn, Michigan are reaching out to the food freedom community for help. Not only has Randy battled to keep the freedom to farm in Michigan…
By Alex Pietrowski In 2012, a study by the National Resource Defense Council issued the warning that some 40% of America’s food was being tossed in the trash, much of it because it failed the cosmetic standards of the grocery industry. In addition to the…
By Catherine J. Frompovich What would you think if I told you that not all additives and preservatives are listed on food labels? You’d probably say I didn’t know what I was talking about. Well, many chemicals used in food processing don’t seem to make…
By John Kohler In this episode, John from Growing Your Greens takes you around a tour of his springtime garden and shares with you some of the bolting vegetables and how he likes to eat some of the flowers. You will learn about some of the nutritional…
Op-ed by R. Hue Reddy This is not about local food anymore. It is about a push for everything local, to achieve true well-being of this country. Across the board, localizing is showing it is the means to free us from debt, from corruption, from…
By Seeker Stories As urban populations continue to rise, innovators are looking beyond traditional farming as a way to feed everyone while having less impact on our land and water resources. Vertical farming is one solution that’s been implemented around the world. Vertical farms produce…
By Amanda Froelich Food waste is a big issue, especially in first-world nations such as the U.S.A., where 40% of the food produced and purchased is thrown in the trash and tossed into landfills. With 795 million people still going to bed hungry each night,…
By Chris “Kikila” Perrin Can we farm sustainably? Can we endeavour to produce enough food to feed the world’s growing population in a way that is respectful to animals, and mindful of the stress agriculture places on the land? These are some of the questions…
By Alex Pietrowski “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food,” the famous quote attributed to Hippocrates, is probably more important today than ever before as a handful of corporations, dubbed Big Food, gain more control over the food industry. Hippocrates’ statement brings up a very…
By Amanda Froelich By now, everyone has heard they need to eat healthier. But doing so? Not as easy as it sounds. You have a job, you have kids you need to feed and shuttle to after-school activities, and when you’re not playing parent-of-the-year, you…
By Derrick Broze Activist Post reporter Derrick Broze and his grandmother show how to can ground beef. The process also works for vegetables, soups, and beans. Broze has recently announced the beginning of an intentional community in Texas built around the principles of non-aggression and…
By Chris “Kikila” Perrin Access to healthy, nutritious food has long been a problem for low-income consumers — a problem that often leads to a variety of diseases, like obesity and type-II diabetes. Hoping to reduce some of the financial barriers that keep some families out…
By Heather Callaghan If organic produce was easily accessible and the same exact price as “conventional” produce that uses heavier duty pesticides – you’d pick organic, right? But that’s not the current food system reality and there’s a good chance you live in a food desert or have…
