June 2014 – Seeds, Soil & Sustainability

More U.S. Corporations Must Scale Up Sustainability Efforts, Report Says

>> Back to June 2014 Issue   Report assesses how well 613 of the largest publicly traded companies in the U.S. are performing on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, protecting human rights, and more A report released recently by Ceres and Sustainalytics found that while there are encouraging pockets of sustainability leadership in the U.S. business

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Localizing Our Portfolio: Aligning your money with your values

>> Back to June 2014 Issue by Lyle Estill   I used to beg my wealth management guys to keep my portfolio aligned with my values. Usually they just looked at me funny. Where I wanted my money to go to work became a regular joke at our regular meetings. I’m in the biodiesel business.

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Whole Foods Market – Animal Welfare Basics

>> Back to June 2014 Issue Helping you make informed choices about the meat you eat   Whole Foods Market’s meat departments are stocked with an incredible selection of meat and poultry from farmers and ranchers dedicated to meeting our strict Animal Welfare Standards. Before we do any purchasing, we know exactly how the animal

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Reversing Climate Change Achievable by Farming Organically

>> Back to June 2014 Issue   In April 2014 Rodale Institute announced the launch of a global campaign to generate public awareness of soil’s ability to reverse climate change, but only when the health of the soil is maintained through organic regenerative agriculture. The campaign will call for the restructuring of our global food

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Sister Patricia Daly, Visionary Leader Dedicated to Environmental Justice, Receives 2014 Joan Bavaria Award

>> Back to June 2014 Issue   Long-time shareholder advocate and executive director of the Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment, Sister Patricia Daly, OP has been awarded the sixth-annual Joan Bavaria Award for Building Sustainability into the Capital Markets. The announcement was made recently at the annual 2014 Ceres Conference in Boston, MA. A pioneer

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Why Monsanto Will Never Rule the Food World: The Three-Prong Movement That’s Stopping the Beast in Its Tracks

>> Back to June 2014 Issue By John Roulac, founder of Nutiva The issue of how we grow and process our food, while it’s always been important, is now a hot topic both at the kitchen table and on Wall Street. From the recent scandal about a chemical used in yoga mats being found in

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Growing Local Food Businesses by Leaps and Pounds

By Vicki Pozzebon, Prospera Partners and Delicious NM Back to June 2014 Issue   Many years ago, over a locally sourced meal of free range chicken and roasted root veggies, while sampling New Mexico wines, a group of food activists and nonprofit leaders came together in my kitchen to discuss how we might further move

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The Organic Trade Association and the World of Organic

By Laura Batcha, Executive Director and CEO of the Organic Trade Association (OTA) Back to June 2014 Issue   As more and more world attention focuses on threats from global warming and its impact on agriculture, organic production practices and principles are providing hope to an environmentally challenged planet. Studies continue to mount showing that

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What’s at stake? Investing in food and farming communities for optimal systemic health

Back to June 2014 Issue By Theo Ferguson, founder, Vital Systems   Why Care about Food and Farming? As food writer Michael Pollen says, “We are what we eat.” And the way our food is grown becomes both our bodies and the living land we eat. In the gastrological cycle, we eat and we uptake

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