save the planet: get rid of your cat!

although some feline-lovers might be offended by this, i found this article to be pretty interesting…

the arguments range from bird population decline, habitat fragmentation, pollution from feces and kitty litter, and the harms from the cat food industry.

if you want to get the whole story, check it out at crosscut.com…

http://crosscut.com/2009/04/02/mossback/18925/

lucky for me, i’m allergic

 

organic veggies @ the white house

i couldn’t help but get a little excited hearing that the white house will be growing some of its own delicious veggies now. thought you guys might enjoy it too…

 

Live Coverage of the Capitol Climate Action on March 2nd

This is a live stream of what’s going on at the coal plant that powers the Capitol building. See the action’s website here.

 

NOFA conference live update from Randolph

And here we are sitting as I write in an auditorium at VT Tech College PACKED with organic farmers and educators and all manner of people in plaid from all over the state. We’re munching on Red Hen loaves and just sang a rousing “Simple Gifts.”. Fresh from a farm-to-school workshop, we squeezed into the bleachers to hear Andrew Meyer of VT Soy and Center for an Ag Economy. “It’s not an underestimate to say that Vermont, the people in this room, are inspiring the country and the world as we rebuild a healthy food system,” the introducer is saying.

At Center for Ag Economy’s workshop this afternoon, High Mowing seedsman Tom Stearns greets the room with “Hello, fellow food system revolutionaries!” what followed was an even mix of stirring rhetoric and nitty-gritty detail. How peak oil is going to turn the food system upside down… And how to get fiancing from your neighbors. How slow food businesses need “slow money” (investors who don’t demand quick returns)… and what processing facilities would fix bottlenecks in the local food web. Stearns made the point that if local agriculture wants to be both profitable and more self-sufficient, young farmers need to let go of the idea that only very small farms selling artisinal veggies to a CSA captive audience are the way of the future. We should embrace medium-sized commodity farms if we really want a complete local system, Stearns said.

 

Weybridge Budget Cut, But House Will Continue to Operate

In accordance with the Community Council’s recommendation, the administration has announced a cut in the Weybridge budget from $24,000 to $19,000 for the 2008-9 school year. This cut was the one favored by house members, and we are pleased that we’ll be able to continue fully operational, providing the community with high quality local and organic fare Monday-Thursday at 6:30, like always.  Next year, our budget will be cut to $16,000.  We will be discussing the feasibility of MEAL, our planned all-local initiative, under this budget.

 

Spring begins at Weybridge

Weybridge welcomed new members at our first meeting tonight. We’re excited for a new semester of delicious local meals and community events.

Exciting new things to look out for this semester:
(Near-)daily blog entries! With luck, this blog will start being updated a LOT more often. Grab the feed as one of your sources for green news and views on campus.