Community Composting Grows from a Seed into a Movement
At the core of any community composting program is the principle of using previously wasted resources as community assets and reinvesting them back into the community that created them.
Food & Water
Peasantization as Modernization – an Alternative Ecomodernism
Berman writes that Faust “comes to feel it is terrifying to look back, to look the old world in the face” and to me this exactly captures a rage in modernism that troubles me.
Perennial plants and a promise produce a new project
A friendly reminder, the bees, and some soil test results suggest a new garden project for 2016 and beyond.
The Centrality of Seed: Building Agricultural Resilience Through Plant Breeding
Five of the global issues most frequently debated today are the decline of biodiversity in general and of agrobiodiversity in particular, climate change, hunger and malnutrition, poverty and water. Seed is central to all five issues.
Meet India’s Female “Seed Guardians” Pioneering Organic Farming
Bring up the topic of seeds and Nabita Goud sits up a little straighter and begins to talk animatedly.
The 2016 garden: a year of transition
Now it’s time to share with you my plans for the 2016 garden.
Why Family Farms Must be Protected
With the UK rapidly losing its traditional farming culture, groups like the FFA and the Land Workers Alliance (LWA) see protecting smaller farms as a priority.
Why Cooking Matters
How does the food we eat affect us as people?
Understanding Tribal Agriculture
The predominant attitude of agriculture officials towards tribal communities is to try to convince them to give up their ‘backward’ agriculture and adopt more ‘modern’ and ‘high productivity’ agricultural practices.
Organic Farming News Almost Too Good
I attended the annual conference of the Ohio Ecological Food And Farm Association recently and as usual it really lifted my spirits
Trading Greenbacks for Green Lawns
What’s better than tearing out your water guzzling, time-consuming lawn and replacing it with more sustainable, more appropriate plants?
Growing the Growers: Communication and Wellbeing on Farms
The practical and economic challenges faced by those involved in farming are enormous. But just as important are the psychological and emotional ones, especially when working collaboratively within a group.
