Author and Farmer Eliot Coleman Helps Organic Connections Series Finish on a High Note
June 19, 2012
It’s a bittersweet episode of Organic Connections this week as this round of Harvest’s thought leadership series comes to a close with a fantastic conversation with Eliot Coleman. Eliot is the author of The New Organic Grower, Four Season Harvest and The Winter Harvest Handbook. He has written extensively on the subject of organic agriculture Read more...
Organic Connections Goes To the Farm with Pat Ricchiuti
June 12, 2012
Harvest’s thought leadership series on managing organic materials is back this week with Pat Ricchiuti, owner of P-R Farms. Pat is a fourth generation farmer in California. When it comes to growing oranges, almonds, stone fruit, olives and more, Pat is well aware of the direct link between the health of his soil and the production of Read more...
New Organic Connections video with the Rodale Institute’s Jeff Moyer
June 5, 2012
In our latest Organic Connections thought leadership video, Jeff Moyer, the Farm Director of the Rodale Institute, talks about improving the health of the soil. It’s all connected: healthy soil, nutritious food and healthy communities. Organic crops are popular even with young kids! He loves showing 12-year-olds how they have the power to change wheat Read more...
Samples of Sustainability Around the World
May 31, 2012
We recently came across an article by Ashley Halligan titled “Four Sustainability Projects You’ve Never Heard Of.” Strap on a virtual seat belt made from recycled materials and journey to: Songdo, South Korea – showcasing an “aerotropolis” and a 100-acre Central Park, Medellin, Colombia – building an innovative escalator that connects low income with higher Read more...
This Week on Organic Connections: Ian Bowles
May 29, 2012
Harvest’s “Organic Connections” thought leadership video series continues this week with Ian Bowles, the former Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs for Massachusetts. Ian is an American environmentalist, politician and political aide. From 1999 to 2001, Bowles was the Associate Director of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. He then served as Governor Deval Patrick’s Secretary of Energy Read more...
Harvest’s Launches First Three “Organic Connections” Videos
May 22, 2012
Three weeks ago, Harvest launched its thought leadership video series titled, “Organic Connections.” Viewers have tuned in to see fresh perspectives on North America’s shifting relationship with organic materials. From apple cores to compost, pizza crusts to power, and farms to forks, this series connects ideas and knowledge from experts in a variety of interlocking Read more...
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