Tag Archives: farming

Happy Holy $hit Day!

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Happy Diwali! The Hindu Festival of Lights began yesterday, all dazzling color and light and yummy foods. A lesser-known holiday celebrating the other end of the food cycle takes place today. Here is my post in honor of Govardhan Puja, … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, spirituality | Tagged agriculture, cycle of life, factory farming, farming, food, holidays, manure, organic, permaculture, sustainability, sustainable agriculture, Vandana Shiva | Comments Off

Veggie revelations

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Okay, sometimes I need a nudge. Especially when it comes to vegetables. A few I love, but many I can happily ignore. (Fruits are a different story. Haven’t yet met one I don’t like, and many of them I crave.) … Continue reading →

Posted in nature | Tagged community-supported agriculture, CSA, farming, food, locally grown food, vegetables | 9 Comments

The sustainable food buzz

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

It was supposed to be a small gathering—a few people interested in green business collecting after work to talk about how to grow enough safe food to feed everyone on the planet. But by the time the speaker stood up … Continue reading →

Posted in nature | Tagged agriculture, farming, organic, sustainability, sustainable agriculture | 4 Comments

We, the Earth: Ecological crisis as spiritual practice

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

“There is no separate self,” say the Buddhists. Twenty-five years ago I couldn’t warm up to the idea. Of course selves are separate; that’s why I was putting so much individual work into building one. Separate self? It was repetitious, … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, politics, spirituality | Tagged climate change, connecting with nature, ecological crisis, farming, IPCC Climate Change 2007 report, meditation, religion, science and religion, spiritual practice | 10 Comments

Farms and cars polluting Rocky Mountain lakes

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

In case we needed any more evidence of the wretchedly unsustainable state of our food growing and auto use, this week the journal Science published a study on how airborne nitrogen from autos, agriculture, and power plants is worsening the … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, politics | Tagged agriculture, emissions, farming, science, water quality | 1 Comment

Holy shit!

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

In English it’s a throwaway phrase, a cussword—but for some people it’s literally true: shit is holy. For farmers in India, life begins in “that amazing gift from cows,” says physicist and food activist Vandana Shiva. I don’t know how … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, spirituality | Tagged agriculture, cow dung, factory farming, farming, Michael Pollan, organic, permaculture, Vandana Shiva | Comments Off

Women, farming, and climate change

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Last spring First Lady Michelle Obama and local schoolkids started an organic farm at the White House. Okay, they called a garden, but let’s not quibble. Like millions of women farmers around the world, the First Lady was breaking ground … Continue reading →

Posted in education, nature, politics | Tagged CEDAW, climate change, farming, gardening, global warming, Michelle Obama | 8 Comments