|The life of a seaweed gatherer|
Grist - 10/28/2011.By Daniel Klein – Most of the seaweed we get these days is farmed. But way up in northern Maine, Larch Hanson is still harvesting it wild in its many varieties on the rugged coast. This video isn't about the details of that process, however. It's about the essence of life for Larch, who rises at dawn to cut seaweed and then writes Zen poems about it.
|Blueberry grower cited for waste violations|
Kennebec Journal - 10/27/2011.AP – Deblois: One of the world's largest blueberry growers has been accused of discharging so much blueberry waste into a Maine river that the water turned blue.
|High and dry: Southwest drought means rising food prices|
Grist - 10/27/2011.By Gary Nabhan – Very few urban dwellers have paid attention to the catastrophic drought in the Southwest that began nearly a year ago. But last month, as farmers and ranchers assessed the year's harvest, it became clear it had knocked back their yields and sales, while driving their costs higher than they have ever been.
|Farming with a smaller footprint – why it matters|
Grist - 10/26/2011.By Stephanie Ogburn – Conservation is an important part of federal farm funding -- the laws that shape what, where, and how we grow our food. And yet, if the negotiations around the 2012 Farm Bill go as predicted, funding for conservation is in grave danger.