Posts by Mary Vance
Downy Diplomats Show, Don’t Tell
Native Bird Connections’ avian ambassadors and their second careers.
Mendocino Magic
Two things have become clear since the victory of Mendocino County’s anti-GMO ballot initiative in the March elections: One, that Measure H founders caught only the first wave of what looks to be a tsunami of US efforts to declare particular localities GMO-free, and two, that the wave represents grassroots politics at its most energetic.
Homesteading in the City
Extreme Simplicity: Homesteading in the City Christopher and Dolores Lynn Nyerges Chelsea Green, 2002 $16.95 The Nyergeses live in LA, in a stucco house on a 150-foot-deep lot. On that lot are also a chicken coop, a house for Otis, their porcine composter; many citrus trees, a plant nursery; beehives, a bamboo grove and other [...]
Mendocino Opens Fire on GMOs
Genetically modified potatoes can vaccinate consumers against hepatitis B and cholera.
Separation Anxiety
One-compartment trucks zoom through neighborhoods, emptying big blue bins full of recyclables. No sorting required—residents stuff all their paper, glass, and cans into the same bin.
Under the Skin
“I don’t see us ever gaining organic status,” says Jason Kesner, manager of Lee Hudson Vineyards. “Our economic viability on a year-to-year basis can be seriously threatened by a pest.” Then he adds a familiar refrain: “It’s hard to be green when you’re in the red.”
Paging Dr Cluck
What do bread crumbs and compost have in common? Hint: in one end, out the other.
Speaking American
TALK SOFTLY AND CARRY A big stick. The domino theory. Slippery slope. The Axis of Evil.
