Beautiful Ruination

by Ginger Strand

A down-and-out steel town looks for a different future through embracing collapse and decay.

The Transition Initiative

by Jay Griffiths

Towns and cities are imagining different -- and positive -- futures in a warming, post-oil world.

Bucking a Stiff Ebb Tide

Text and photographs by Roger Pinckney

Off the Carolina coast, it's still possible to make a real living from real fishing.
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All You Can Eat

by Jim Carrier

Plunge into the disturbing world of America's favorite seafood.
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A Share in the Shear

by Wendy Williams

The story of the Martha's Vineyard Fiber Farm

From Handouts to How-to

by Kyle Boelte, Tucson, AZ

Gardens as a part of the sustainability revolution

Pesticide Drift

by Rebecca Clarren, Photographs by Christopher LaMarca

Tired of breathing poisoned air, immigrant workers in California's Central Valley are taking science into their own hands

The Fatherland of Apples

by Gary Paul Nabhan

A nonagenarian botanist fights for the wild apple forests of Kazakhstan

A Voice for Downeast Maine

by Cheryl Daigle

Seed Banking

by Adrienne Shelton, Buckland, Massachusetts

Developing a seed bank for local communities.

Kana

by Chris Dombrowski
Photographs: Randy Beacham

A lyrical exploration of the wonders of nature, and a father's quest to express those to his children

Connecting Cow to Consumer

by David Givens, Greensburg, Kentucky

The work of Green River Cattle Company enables consumers to trust the source of their food.

Food Less Traveled

by Edward C. Wolf

The hire-a-farmer option

From Ocean to Plate, a Posthumous Migration

by Sarah Murray

A salmon's journey doesn't end when it is caught

Fluid Values: Battles Over Water Rights

by Matt Jenkins

When our understanding of a river's "purposes" shifts, what happens to those left high and dry?

Stalking the Wild Groundnut

by Tamara Dean
Photo by Jason Houston

Once a staple and the subject of much interest, the groundnut, a forgotten food, whets a contemporary curiosity.

Don Berto’s Garden

by David G. Campbell
Illustrations by Molly Bang

The plants of the ancient Maya whisper their secrets to those who speak a shared language.

Gathering Berries

by Aleria Jensen

Gratitude in the muskeg

Land, Farmer, Community: A Sacred Trust

Photograph and text by Lisa M. Hamilton

Japanese families join with farmers in a spiritual practice whose goal is nothing short of world peace.

Regenerative Design

by Amy L. Seidl, Huntington, VT

LivingFuture and Teal Farm are modeling sustainability by mimicking and creating living systems

Horse Power

by Dick Courteau

A case for elegant, four-legged energy over the kind that must be mined and refined.

A Garden Becomes a Protest

by Fred Bahnson
Photographs by Taj Forer

A defiant garden blossoms in the wake of a murder, and the roots of a sacramental life take hold.

Ricekeepers

by Winona LaDuke

Poling their canoes through the murky waters of patent claims and genetic contamination, the Ojibwe strive to protect the Creator's gift from corporate agriculture.

Energy Co-op, Sabbath Sustainability, Localvores in Vermont…

by Lynn Benander, Jenny Holmes, Janisse Ray

Motivated by peak oil and climate change, as well as good common sense, Orion readers envision a better future and move toward it. Read their stories in Orion's newest department, Making Other Arrangements.

Burgers à la Thomas Jefferson

An interview with Tod Murphy

A Vermont diner embodies one farmer's faith in the nexus of food, democracy, and community.