This is a special guest post by EatDrinkBetter editor Becky Striepe. Food Democracy Now sent out an urgent alert yesterday regarding protecting family farms from catastrophic federal legislation: The Senate just voted 74 Yes to 25 No in favor of the cloture vote. This means that S.510, aka The Food Modernization Act, will move forward [...]
CALL TO ACTION: Call Your Senators & Tell Them to Support Family Farms Today
November 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Two Saudi Arabias — In The U.S.?
November 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A CBS “60 Minutes” episode this week on the potential for exploitation of America’s shale gas reserves featured the claim by a corporate CEO that the U.S. has twice the resource possessed by Saudi Arabia. The episode suggested that development of these deep reserves could buy valuable time in the nation’s bid to free itself [...]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Turns 50 Soon: Help Make it a National Monument
November 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Any time Republicans gain power, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is in a little more threat. Some Alaskan conservationists are looking to change that with a push to protect ANWR indefinitely (or as close to indefinitely as possible). The Alaska Wilderness League is pushing Obama to declare ANWR a National Monument, “a move that [...]
Another Maid is Brutally Tortured by Her Employers
November 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Yet another horrific story of a domestic worker being tortured by her employers has now come to light in the Middle East. A 38 year-old Sri Lankan woman, V.R. Lechchmi, had obtained work in Kuwait through an employment agency. She told Al-Jazeera that her employers drove 14 nails into her body when she dared to [...]
Plastic State of Mind: Parody With Purpose
November 17, 2010 By 1 Comment
The news out of Los Angeles County today of the newest success in the battle against the Plastic Bag Monster reminded me of this fun and inspiring video from Green Sangha, with Bay Area performers and activists AshEl Eldridge and Jenni Perez. Here are the lyrics: Shoulda brought your own bag Yeah but you forgot [...]
