Some Fight Back

SUBHEAD: Review of the late Joe Bageant's new book "Rainbow Pie: A Red Neck Memoir".By Michael Donnelly on 1 September 2011 in Counter Punch - (http://www.counterpunch.org/donnelly09012010.html)Image above: Joe Bageant with baseball cap and pickup truck. From (http://www.winterpatriot.com/node/580).Q: How do you know if you are rich, middle class or poor in America? A: When you go to work, if

Start Gardening With a Vengeance

SUBHEAD: More of us should take up the spade, make some compost, and start gardening as if our lives depended on it.By Ellen LaConte on 30 March 2011 in AlterNet - (http://www.alternet.org/food/150428/garden_as_if_your_life_depended_on_it%2C_because_it_does)Image above: Poster circa 1925 with Uncle Sam advocating "Garden to cut food costs!" From (http://gallery.pictopia.com/natf/photo/8612566/).

The Local Food Revolution

SUBHEAD: A revolution aimed at rebuilding food security and food sovereignty for all.By Michael Brownlee on 24 March 2011 in Boulder Weekly - (http://www.boulderweekly.com/article-4806-id-like-to-see-a-study-on-the-relative-cost-for-t.html)Image above: Boulder Belt Farm share. From (http://www.localharvest.org/blog/330/entry/boulder_belt_farm_share_inititiative16).Boulder, Colorado -Anyone living