Grace Gershuny on the evolution of the organic food movement

Learning from History, Going on From Here  (originally published on Grace’s blog, Organic Revolutionary) The world has changed considerably in the forty years since I attended my first NOFA (Northeast …

By Grace Gershuny | November 2nd, 2018 | Article Archive, Grace Gershuny, Green & Food Politics, Social Ecology Blog | 1 Comments |

Teaming with Black activists and microbes for the soul of organic

by Grace Gershuny, [Originally posted at http://www.organic-revolutionary.com/single-post/2017/05/29/Teaming-with-Black-activists-and-microbes-for-the-soul-of-organic] I tend to be a big picture thinker, and have always just assumed that the connections between organic agriculture and social justice were …

By Grace Gershuny | September 18th, 2017 | Article Archive, Grace Gershuny, Social Ecology Blog | 1 Comments |

The organic imperative held hostage

This commentary by ISE faculty and board member Grace Gershuny originally appeared on her author’s blog for Chelsea Green Publishers: “We no longer have the luxury of prevention. Now we …

By Grace Gershuny | August 29th, 2014 | Current Movements, Green & Food Politics, Social Ecology Blog | 0 Comments |

Book Review: Gunnar Rundgren’s “Garden Earth”

Garden Earth: From Hunter and Gatherer to Global Capitalism and Thereafter by Gunnar Rundgren Reviewed by Grace Gershuny Gunnar Rundgren is well known in the international organic community as an …

By Grace Gershuny | May 31st, 2013 | Book Reviews, Green & Food Politics, Social Ecology Blog | 2 Comments |

Support Food Democracy at Green Mountain College

The fate of a pair of oxen at Green Mountain College’s Cerridwen Farm (Poultney, VT) has attracted national media attention, but not because of the exemplary way the administration at …

By Grace Gershuny | November 16th, 2012 | Green & Food Politics, Social Ecology Blog | 12 Comments |

Social Ecologist Profile: Grace Gershuny of Barnet, VT USA

Please introduce yourself (What kind of work you do, Where you live, etc.) I live in Barnet, VT – just south of St. Johnsbury, where I’ve lived (with a small …

By Grace Gershuny | March 10th, 2011 | Green & Food Politics, Social Ecology Blog | 1 Comments |

Conflicts Over Organic Standards

Originally published at: http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/gracegershuny/ Part I – History of organic standard-setting and controversies NOTE: This article was published in the August 2010 issue of The Organic Standard, an international on-line publication …

By Grace Gershuny | September 23rd, 2010 | Article Archive | 0 Comments |