Posts Tagged ‘land preservation’

Growing Beyond Dot-Com: Preserving Urban Farmland For Silicon Valley

March 3rd, 2011  By Elizabeth Snyder

Silicon Valley is a shockingly inequitable community with a sad legacy of pollution and shortsighted land use decisions. With more superfunds per acre than anywhere else in the country, the high-tech industry has made this valley home to many of the country’s top one percent of earners. It’s also the same industry that has polluted our lands and waterways. Read More

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The Civilizations that Destroyed Their Soil are No Longer: Wendell Berry and Wes Jackson Weigh In

January 6th, 2009  By Paula Crossfield

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Yesterday, two of the sustainable food movements great leaders, Wes Jackson, plant geneticist and president of the Land Institute, and farmer/writer Wendell Berry opined on their growing concern for the havoc we are wreaking on our soil. Read More

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