Rana DiOrio has a way with stories for chldren. Not many authors have a clue as to how to engage a child's interest in a subject. Most adults try to lecture. This is especially true with science books for children. Rana does the opposite.The way she captures the interest of a child is so wanting in books for children. We give this book an A+.

The Genius in All of Us --How to Be Brilliant

David Shenk makes a pretty clear case for nurture playing a critical role in one's life. He writes: "Everything shapes us and everything can be shaped by us." By extension, everything you feed your child, tell your child, has an impact on your child. Be careful what you say and what you do while rearing your child. If it is true that we can improve ourselves and our world, then let your child be nurtured by you with good thoughts, good deeds and compassion for others. He is watching! He is listening!

Food Futures Now

We Need Organic Sustainable Food Systems Now. Food Futures Now is a manual for social revolution to a post-fossil fuel economy that will restore the good life to all.

Rules Worth Following, for Everyone’s Sake

“If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don’t.”

Michael Pollen's Speaking Schedule

Want to know more about solutions?

www.synearth.net

For an excellent paper on community see Dee Hock's paper on community. Dr. Wilken has presented Hock's thoughts in his

Community of Minds web site.

www.biohabitats.com.

This an excerpt from Leaf Litter, a publication of Biohabitats, Inc.

E.P.A. Pick Vows to Put Science First

“If I am confirmed, I will administer with science as my guide. I understand the laws leave room for policymakers to make policy judgments. But if I am confirmed, political appointees will not compromise the integrity of E.P.A.’s technical experts to advance particular regulatory outcomes.”

Lisa Jackson was confirmed January 22, 2009 as Administrator of the EPA.

Obama’s ‘Secretary of Food’?

“We’re subsidizing the least healthy calories in the supermarket — high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated soy oil, and we’re doing very little for farmers trying to grow real food,” notes Michael Pollan, author of such books as “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” and “In Defense of Food.”

Michael Pollan On Vilsack, Agriculture — And Food

Wild Farm Alliance in Watsonville, California has its hands full!

Press Room

Action Alerts: Protecting Conservation, Local Foods and Local Economies in the Next Round

Making America Stupid

"In order to use force, you have to have force. In order to exercise leverage, you have to have leverage."

Tom Friedman, New York Times

Coping With "The Big Squeeze"

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BUY STORE BRANDS

"Humanity is going to need a substantially new way of thinking if it is to survive!" Albert Einstein

Food Revolution That Starts With Rice

“The extraordinary thing,” he said, “is that both farmers and scientists have missed this — farmers for thousands of years, and scientists until very recently and then some of them in a state of denial.”