Growing Nutrients and Renewed Hope in New Orleans

A new video shows the hope and renewed energy going into rebuilding New Orleans through a group of gardeners in the Treme neighborhood.

The Perennial Plate Episode 57: Lord, Lord, Lord from Daniel Klein on Vimeo.

Since Katrina a multiplicity of urban gardens and farms have been popping up all over the city as people seek ways to eat healthier and to re-imagine the city's landscape.

The Future of Farming: Oxfam Release and Olivier De Schutter's Address to Congress

Today Oxfam launched it's GROW campaign with a panel is Washington, D.C. with special guests Academy Award-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond, In America), UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Olivier De Schutter, bestselling author on world hunger and cofounder of The Small Planet Institute Frances Moore Lappé (Diet for a Small Planet is celebrating its 40th anniversary), Dr. Cheryl Smith, President of Trillium and immediate past Chair of the Social Investment Forum, and Oxfam America President Ray Offenheiser.


Click here to listen in: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/grow-campaign


Tomorrow De Schutter  will present the findings from his report on agroecology and the right to food to the US House of Representatives.