Agriculture

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

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

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

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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.

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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Mar 18 2013 | IN Food | BY Jo Anne Tacorda

The edible benefits of the world’s largest greenbelt.

Feb 11 2013 | IN Food | BY Jo Anne Tacorda

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

$Sowing Seeds in the Desert book review A\J AlternativesJournal.ca$

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.

$Fair Trade book review A\J AlternativesJournal.ca$

Jan 08 2013 | IN Workplaces | REVIEWED BY Elizabeth Claire Alberts

Québec-based photojournalist Éric St.-Pierre captures the lives of the workers behind the fair trade label.

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