The Great Healing – part 59: Review discussion on the 5 Items – Part 7

As of this posting, the global human population is approaching 8.25 billion people.  One single thing that unites everyone of us is the need for sustenance – food – and by that, I mean healthy, nutritious food.  The food produced through our global corporate (Big Ag) system is for the Read more

The Great Healing – part 58: Review discussion on the 5 Items – Part 6

I focus a lot on the developed world, because the 20% or so of the human population that lives in the developed world account for most of the ecological destruction brought on by the hyper-consumer lifestyle.  So, what about the other 80% or so of the developing world?  Many of Read more

The Great Healing – part 46: Item Four – The NEW Agricultural Revolution-Part 3

Why did farming become such a profit-making business, especially with the global system that ships it all over the planet – if you can afford it that is.  Can’t afford it?  Just die because you are not a customer – even for that cheap stuff we process and euphemistically call Read more

The Great Healing – part 45: Item Four – The NEW Agricultural Revolution-Part 2

We’ve spent a long time looking outside of ourselves for reasons and explanations for the myriad problems we face globally, whether that be social, economic, or ecological, or all of these.  We are so fixated on trying to pin blame that we forget that we are the co-creators of our Read more

The Great Healing – part 43: Item Four – The NEW Agricultural Revolution-Part 1

Here we are at Item four, which is not fourth most important one but perhaps the most primary.  To be honest, all five items I am covering have to happen pretty much at the same time, but the order of which to prioritize depend a lot on the urgency of Read more

The Sustainability Revolution – part 8: Preparing for Transition – Food

Before I talk about preparing for the sustainable transition, a friend commented that even though John Lennon asks us to imagine a world where we are not ruled by possessions, Klaus Schwab says that we will have no possessions and be happy.  OK, the big difference.  Lennon is talking about Read more

Economics and Energetics of farming 5 – So who is helping to change the world to SA?

Whenever I talk about the farming system, many people disempower themselves with disclaimers like “I can’t afford healthy food” or “It’s hard to find healthy food.”  Talk about an external Locus of Control (see prior post – How people think about the future 1).  This seems true of most situations, Read more

Economics and Energetics of farming 4 – Changing the way we farm and eat to get to Sustainable Agriculture (SA)   

An obvious, yet poignant question I used to ask my students to get them thinking – “What does the term Sustainable Agriculture imply about modern industrial agriculture?”  I am always amazed how so many people talk about sustainability but still practice unsustainability as something that is commonplace and acceptable.  As Read more

Economics and Energetics of farming 3 – The politics of food production and the future of sustainable farming.

“Modern corporate driven Industrial Farming is not about food!  It is about chemical and oil corporations making money.  Food is merely the vehicle in which they do this: And as a value added bonus, also a way to provide the healthcare industry – really sickcare – with long-term clients.    Richard Read more

Economics and Energetics of farming 2 – a reality check on food production energetics.

In the previous post I talked about the 10% rule of energetics within the food chain. The potentially most efficient way to eat is to consume the vegetables directly so that we get 10% of the vegetables energy.  Eating an animal that ate the vegetable only gives us 1% of Read more