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.

How a group of artists created a sustainable life on the waterways of New York–and what we can learn from their shortcomings.

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 [...]