Uprooted, an eco/travel blog

In Virginia, I meet Joel Salatin for a rare personal sermon/tour of Polyface, the farm that’s changing agriculture in the 21st century.

Community gardens bring people together, beautify neighborhoods, improve the climate and feed the poor. Here’s how you can get involved, even if you don’t have much time to spare.

Yesterday I told you all about Farmer John’s struggle to save his family’s farm and preserve his unique identity (The Real Dirt on American Counterculture: How Farmer John made ideals come true).
From a family farm, the place has grown a lot. These days, Angelic Organics does a lot of education, from on-farm training to urban [...]

Farmer John’s desires are simple: he just wants to live his life according to his beliefs. But his pursuit of happiness wasn’t always easy.

Dorothee & me (Mark was holding the camera)

While in Chicago, one of the things I was looking forward to was meeting the brilliant minds behind OrganicNation.tv. Dorothee Royal-Hedinger and Mark Boyer have put together a great site, dedicated to furthering the cause of organics in America. My friend TRUE (aka Jennifer Palmer) had put us [...]