The Ester Republic

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Philip A. Loring
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Phil is an anthropologist at UAF. He teaches a senior seminar, ‘Sustainability in Small-Scale Societies,’ and serves as co-editor of the Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska, New Series. His interests are ethnobotany, nutritional anthropology, intellectual property and technological literacy, with a focus on indigenous food systems, natural systems farming, tribalism, and the vulnerabilities imbedded in the global, agro-industrial food system. He is the editor of The Fireweed, an online journal, and writes a column for the Republic called Outpost Agriculture, which focuses on all things food: the science, culture, and politics of its production and consumption. He and his wife live and garden in Goldstream and can be contacted by e-mail at editor@thefireweed.com.

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Republic articles:

  • v. 11 n. 10: Outpost Agriculture: Smart Choices
  • v. 11 n. 9: Outpost Agriculture: Deus Ex Machina
  • v. 11 n. 7: Outpost Agriculture: Retraction
  • v. 11 n. 6: Outpost Agriculture: Four-dollar Latté
  • v. 11 n. 5: Outpost Agriculture: Eating Alaska (film review)
  • v. 11 n. 4: Outpost Agriculture: No Chicken Left Behind
  • v. 11 n. 3: Outpost Agriculture: Our Food System Future
  • v. 11 n. 1: Outpost Agriculture: Where Our Food Comes From (book review)
  • v. 10 n. 11: Outpost Agriculture: Incidents of Travel in Sonora, part 2
  • v. 10 n. 11: Outpost Agriculture: Incidents of Travel in Sonora, part 1
  • v. 10 n. 9: Outpost Agriculture: Fair Share
  • v. 10 n. 8: Outpost Agriculture: Fair Fare
  • v. 10 n. 7: Outpost Agriculture: Garden Variety, or, Seeds of Change
  • v. 10 n. 6: Outpost Agriculture: An Ode to Ye Olde Cookbook
  • v. 10 n. 5: Outpost Agriculture: Di•et n. One's usual food and drink.
  • v. 10 n. 4:
    -- Outpost Agriculture: A Food Systems Perspective on Water Fluoridation
    --The Story of a Relationship
  • v. 10 n. 3: The Farmer-Pirate and Other Cautionary Tales
  • v. 10 n. 2:
    -- Outpost Agriculture: Handle with care
    -- Self-Reliance: What it Is and Why it Matters
  • v. 10 n. 1: Outpost Agriculture: Bait and Switch
  • v. 9 n. 12: Outpost Agriculture: Chuseok
  • v. 9 n. 11: Outpost Agriculture: Slow Food Wedding part 2: Local v. Sustainable
  • v. 9 n. 10:
    -- Outpost Agriculture: Slow Food Wedding
    -- 'Farewell to Greens' Salad
  • v. 9 n. 9: Outpost Agriculture: "Here We Grow Again"
  • v 9 n. 8: Outpost Agriculture: "Chicken one day, feathers the next"
  • v. 9 n. 7: Outpost Agriculture: Maid in Alaska?
  • v. 9 n. 6: Outpost Agriculture: It's barbecue season...please don't peel the corn!

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