Compass Green is a mobile greenhouse that has trained approximately 3,000 students on sustainable and organic agriculture in just one year. Co-founder Justin Cutter sat down with Organic Connections, the magazine for Natural Vitality, to talk about what keeps them going down the road....More
North Carolina’s Center for Environmental Farming Systems—an organic agricultural research facility—demonstrates how a local and sustainable food system can be realized on the statewide, mainstream level. Organic Connections, the magazine for Natural Vitality, reports....More
Many have the vision of creating a community-involved local and sustainable food supply. In the town of Northampton, Massachusetts, it is actually happening. Read all about their story in Organic Connections, the magazine for Natural Vitality....More
Chef, cooking instructor and award-winning cookbook author Peter Berley has taken his passion for locally sourced and seasonal cooking and has decided to pass it on through the unique classroom environment he has created at North Fork Kitchen. Peter sat down with Organic Connections to share his vision of the cooking school he built in a remote area of Long Island—and how he is using it to create a better world, one cook at a time....More
Pesticides can harm your child as much as they hurt insects, leading environmental scientists have discovered. Children exposed either in the womb or during childhood may end up with lowered IQ scores, or ADHD, or other behavioral and emotional problems....More
