ACORE Issues Call for Action in Response to Barack Obama’s Commitment to Renewable Energy
President-elect Obama presents his America Recovery & Reinvestment Plan. ACORE issues Call for Action Plans to Meet the Three-Year Goal
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Dr. Arden Andersen and Dan Kittredge Giving Workshops at the NOFA Winter Conference
Barre, MA – When more than 100 farmers converge this February in Barre for a 3 day seminar, they'll be focusing on a topic of serious concern to a growing number of consumers: the nutrition and taste of our food. The Northeast Organic Farming Association, Massachusetts Chapter has arranged for the worldwide farmer consultant, Dr. Arden Andersen, to give this intensive seminar to farmers on how they can increase the nutrient density, taste, and yield of their crops.
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Dan Kittredge Invited to Co-Chair at ACORE
On December 3rd and 4th of 2008 at ACORE in Washington DC, Real Food Campaign Director Dan Kittredge spoke at the Phase II of Renewable Energy in America Conference with Joel Salatin, a well-known player in the eco/sustainable farming movement, on the subject of food and fee.
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Earthworms and Bacteria Enjoy a Symbiotic Relationship with Rockdust
The Eco-Logic of Vermiculture
By Uday Bhawalker
Each organism has a role and occupies a niche. In fact, shown by the Russian ecologist, Gause, about 30 years ago that each niche has only one organism with its specific food. If another organism is introduced, it either gets wiped out or creates its own micro-niche by living symbiotically with the first, for example, by using the waste matter of the first organism as food.
Ecology of worm bins
Let us use eco-logic to understand the ecology (ecology: the relationship between organisms and their environment) of worm bins. ...
New RTE Coordinator for South Africa
We are excited to introduce you to Jacques Snyman, our new RTE Coordinator for South Africa and to his company Turbo-Grow. Please click here to find out more about him!
SEER Centre Featured in Star & Furrow
SEER Centre Featured in Star & Furrow
In "Sustainable Ecological Earth Regeneration with Rockdust", Moira Thompson traces the inspirational history of the SEER Centre from its humble and ambitious beginnings to its current state as a recognized Land Trust and purveyor of rockdust.
Moira details some of the SEER Centre's earliest experiments in remineralization and the results are exciting! Mineral and trace element rich rockdust, "quarried from 420 million year old Scottish volcanic rock", works in conjunction with both the soil and its inhabitants to ...
RTE and the Real Food Campaign at NOFA Summer Conference 2008
RTE and the Real Food Campaign at NOFA Summer Conference 2008
Director of our Real Food Campaign, Dan Kittredge offered the first workshop in an exciting workshop series related to remineralization at the 34th Annual Northeast Organic Farming Association's Summer Conference held in Amherst, MA from August 8-10, 2008.
From left to right: Dan Kittredge, Director of the Real Food Campaign; Dr. Arden Anderson, Keynote Speaker; and Joanna Campe, President and Executive Director of RTE
The conference opened with keynote speaker Dr. Arden Andersen. Both a medical ...
Organic Connections Magazine Wins Award
Organic Connections, a wonderful magazine put out by Natural Vitality, has recently won a design award. The magazine often carries articles on RTE and soil remineralization. The recent July-August issue featured an article with Dr. Arden Andersen titled How We Can Restore Nutritional Content to Our Food. The coming September-October issue will feature RTE Director Dan Kittredge and the Real Food Campaign. For a free subscription, go to Organic Connections.
Much of RTE's sponsorship for 2007-2008 has come through a percentage of profits paid by Natural Vitality ...
The Greening of the Nevada Prison System
The Greening of the Nevada Prison System project is a pilot program that intends to develop sources of woody biomass feedstocks for conversion into biofuels, biopower, and biobased products through a comprehensive program that advances the use of fast growing trees in enriched soil conditions along with better forest/woodlot management. The economics of this integrated system are enhanced by innovative production systems, low cost labor including prison inmates, and creative technologies such as remineralization.
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Bill Holmberg, RTE Board Director, Honored in Washington D.C.
Bill Holmberg, our ally since the 80’s, most long-standing board director and our man in Washington, D.C., was just feted by friends and policy makers on July 16 with the theme An Officer, A Gentleman, and A Hero. His 80th birthday marks a lifetime of continuing accomplishments on behalf of sustainable energy and the environment.
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