Size Matters: An Interview with Small-Acreage Farmer, Jean-Martin Fortier
More and more, Millennials, myself included, are demonstrating a renewed interest in farming and gardening, but many of us don’t exactly know where to get started.
Food & Water
Buying organic isn’t just about local veggies
Pedaling our bicycles and gear across the American West at a steady 12 miles an hour, my friend Neil and I have begun to fathom just how much land our society dedicates to growing food, particularly grains.
Waste Less, Share More
Food waste is big news at the moment, as well it should be. According to a recent World Resources Institute report, approximately a third of all food produced for human consumption never gets eaten.
Fighting for Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice in Minnesota
The Minnesota Food Association (MFA) operates a number programs and initiatives that build a more sustainable food system based on social, economic, and environmental justice.
The Aquaponics Solution
This article reports on a novel, sustainable, and economically viable model for aquaponic food production year-round, even in locations with harsh winter climates.
To Survive In Farming, Try Taoism
I never did learn to go with the flow. I just got old and had to.
Owning Food: In Search of a Common Good
Understanding property rights helps to explain the structural problems in our economic system and how they relate to the management of resources. For a sustainable food system, this knowledge is paramount.
The Gift of the Maya
"The Maya forest garden holds, in its ramblings and roots, a hidden-in-plain-sight way through our present crises."
New Book Does a Deep Dive Into Running a Seed Library
In her new book, Seed Libraries: and Other Means of Keeping Seeds in the Hands of the People, Conner does a deep dive into issues surrounding seeds and seed sharing.
The Incredible Industrial Egg
Eggs 101 is “Brought to you by the American Egg Board,” the people behind “The incredible edible egg.” One can almost see the PR whizzes brainstorming back in 2008…
Harvest Season
Regardless of the “when,” a careful harvest, with work and planning, is renewable, an object lesson in resource use we would all be wise to learn and relearn.
Foodroom Gardening: No Rows, No Woes
I keep trying to imagine a future time when all human beings would be responsible for their basic food necessities just as they are responsible for their own bodily cleanliness and cooking meals.
