Evolution Is Up to Us: Invest in a More Cooperative Human Ecosystem

By Donovan C. Wilkin, Ph.D.

While the human species can take credit for being the most complexly ordered social species yet to have evolved, that certainly doesn’t mean there is no room for improvement.

To Market, to Market, to Buy Fresh . . . 

By Leslie A. Cook, www.vegetatingwithleslie.org

Woodstock is home to many projects focused on the environment, Fair Trade, healthy living and localism. The following article about the Woodstock Farmer's Market was published in the Woodstock Independent. Many of the same people involved with the Food Shed Co-op effort are equally involved with the Woodstock Farmer's Market and look forward to the day when the Food Shed Co-op will extend our opportunities to shop locally and sustainably!

Waste not want not: a small contribution to sustainability

By Leslie Cook, vegetatingwithleslie.org

Today I was working on a post about sustainability. I got a little overwhelmed with the enormity of our problem even as I recognized how many smart, capable people are coming up with potential solutions in this area every day.

Elsie and Elmer Are Thirsty: 5,215 Gallons of Water Put One LB of Beef on the Table

By Don's Early Light, Donald J. Brix, Ph.D.

That’s right.  The thirst of a typical cow or steer isn’t slaked by our measly eight glasses a day.  No, it’s more like twenty, and gallons not glasses. I’ve seen estimates as high as thirty gallons daily  for a big animal on a hot day. And these four-legged sponges don’t stop there.