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Day 1 Highlights from the Citizens’ Summit for Sustainable Development

Day 1 Highlights from the Citizens’ Summit for Sustainable Development

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the image above to see a slideshow from the first day of the Citizens’ Summit for Sustainable Development.

Day 1 of the Summit brought …

by × March 24, 2012 × 0 comments

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Slideshow: Day 1 of the Citizens Summit

All images courtesy of Cara Mae Cirignano, Chris Randall, and Austin Lord.

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Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture Panel – Making Connections

For the first breakout session of the day, I had the opportunity to attend the “Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture” session, with speakers Mark Bomford, Director of the Yale Sustainable Food Project, and Amy Kalafa, Independent Filmmaker and Author …

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Agriculture, Human Landscape

Patterson: “Outrageous” That Farmers’ Lawsuit was Dismissed

Patterson: “Outrageous” That Farmers’ Lawsuit was Dismissed

Last week's featured article, Organic on the Offensive, inspired strong reactions from people on both sides of the genetically modified agriculture debate. Among the responses Sage received was a letter from Don Patterson, a Virginian farmer and the man who helped catalyze the lawsuit.
by × March 21, 2012 × 1 comment

Actions, Activism, Agriculture, Human Landscape

Organic, unmodified carrots grown by the farm at Hell's Backbone Grill, Utah. (Photo by Benjamin Goldfarb.)

Organic on the Offensive: Nation’s Farmers Sue Big Ag

A group of farmers are waging a class-action lawsuit against giant GM seed company Monsanto. The farmers' argument? "An invention that poisons people is not patentable." Ben Goldfarb explores an ongoing case with the power to revolutionize the way America grows its food.
by × March 19, 2012 × 3 comments

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Blogging the 2012 U.S./Canada Citizens’ Summit for Sustainable Development

Blogging the 2012 U.S./Canada Citizens’ Summit for Sustainable Development

Follow along in real time as 180 scientists, leaders, advocates and entrepreneurs gather to lay the groundwork for the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro.
by × March 18, 2012 × 0 comments