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Global Reason for Local Means

editor — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:37:09 +0000

On May 6, 2008,Amy Goodman and Democracy Now aired this interview with Kevin Phillips, former GOP analyst and now critic of political leadership, or lack of, leading to our current global financial

Tony Nevin — Behavior, Oil and the "Inertia of Affluence"

editor — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Oil, Local Change and the "Inertia of Affluence"

Every Third Bite: Local Bees

patrick phillips — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:20:26 +0000

What is colony collapse and what are local beekeepers doing to help address the problem?

Local Poultry Processing

editor — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:52:54 +0000

From Family Flock to Homegrown Food

Press Release — Living Local Harvest Fest

editor — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:23:55 +0000

Living Local Harvest Fest Promotes Island Self-Reliance

Promoting Self Reliance

patrick phillips — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:19:17 +0000

Living Local Harvest Fest Promotes Island Self-Reliance

David Korten: The Great Turning and "Earth Community"

editor — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:15:36 +0000

David Korten, author of the Great Turning, and Co-Founder of "Yes" magazine, relates the significance of how choic

Informal Communities for Change

patrick phillips — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:43:16 +0000

I'd like you to hold the following idea for a minute or two, and we'll come back to it:
I need a secure bed for myself and my garden.

We Are Here

There is a lot of "we" here on this island, and that's not just a notion. We claim a place. We share proximity. But, I think that word "proximity" is too vague, so is "place." Not enough "people" in those words. "People" is even a little too general. Maybe it's "interactions" or "relationships." But, the annual shark tournament is interactive — in a self-interested sort of way.

Island Grown Initiative (IGI) Local Poultry Processing

editor — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:14:12 +0000

From Family Flock to Homegrown Food

Island Grown Initiative (IGI), a not-for-profit, is helping local backyard farmers on Martha's Vineyard feed their families.

In this trial run of IGI's Mobile Poultry Processing Trailer, three flock owners bring their birds to a neutral site to be humanely and cleanly processed into food for their families. In regulatory language, this is a 'custom only' event, ie: not for sale. IGI's trained team handles the process to ensure quality control. The growers participate in the processing and in the end, take their own dressed birds home for bagging.

In the 'Pack in Pack out' process - each family is also responsible for the removal of compostables, back to their property for proper composting. The equipment is cleaned and sanitized between flocks. In total, seventy-eight cornish rock hens are humanely handled and safely processed. Now, three backyard farmers have their own food in their own freezers for their own families.

Michael Pollan and IGI — Local Poultry Processing

editor — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:45:07 +0000

Island Grown Initiative (IGI), a not-for-profit, is helping local backyard farmers feed their families.