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Apr 15 2013 | IN Homesteading | BY Jo Anne Tacorda

Plant a pollinator-friendly garden this spring to support your local farms and protect food security.

May 15 2013 | IN Welfare | REVIEWED BY Semini Pathberiya

The third instalment of the "Globalization Trilogy" follows an Indian farmer who is struggling to stay alive in a world of genetically modified seeds, farmer suicides and skyrocketing debt.

Zine Scene

May 2013 | IN Art & Media 39.3 | BY Laura McDonald

From dumpster diving to bike trailer design, we present some of A\J's favourite DIY guides and treatises. (Web exclusive)

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Beautiful Corn: America's Original Grain from Seed to Plate

May 08 2013 | IN Biology | REVIEWED BY Rachael Baker

Anthony Boutard offers a nostalgic history of corn, interspersed with recipes, photos and sketches.

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Campus Compost Conundrum

May 07 2013 | IN Waste | BY Megan Nourse

The Green Student explores campus composting programs at Wilfrid Laurier University, University of Waterloo and University of Guelph.

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A Taste of Canada's Food-Tree Groups

May 2013 | IN Art & Media 39.3 | BY A\J Staff

Urban foraging organizations across the country are feeding the needy – and more.

Fish Food: The Future of Sustainable Agriculture

Mar 22 2013 | IN Resilience | BY Megan Nourse

Students at uWaterloo have spent the last few years researching and building a functional aquaponics system to explore sustainable food production.

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Ontario’s Greenbelt Connects Field to Fork

Mar 18 2013 | IN Food | BY Jo Anne Tacorda

The edible benefits of the world’s largest greenbelt.

The Bittersweet World of Chocolate

Feb 11 2013 | IN Responsible Business | BY Jo Anne Tacorda

A taste of the ecological challenges of chocolate, and the efforts to make it more sustainable.

Sowing Seeds in the Desert

Jan 09 2013 | IN Traditional Knowledge | REVIEWED BY Andrew Wilbur

Masabobu Fukuoka promotes natural farming methods to combat desertification in this unique book initially published in Japanese in the mid-1990s.

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