Ideas wanted: can apples grown commercially be TRULY sustainable?

Peter Thompson, of Forum Network member Chi Group, shares his plans to develop a sustainable commercial orchard. "It's good food and not fine words that keeps me alive." Moliere's quote rings true today, especially in the context of sustainability. Food and farming, of all the primary industries, clearly encompasses all the issues we must overcome to create a sustainable future. In few other sectors can one have such a clear vision of the direct relationship between human activities and the environment. Food may sustain us, but is its production pushing our planet to the brink? read more