Good, good, good, good bacteria
Recent research on the role of bacteria suggests we need a radical rethink about what makes us healthy
Food & Water
The Apex of Industrialism: Manufactured Fake Shit
It’s said that money makes the world go round. But since money is a proxy for energy, it would be closer to say that energy makes the world go round. But they’re both wrong. Truth is, shit makes the world go round.
An Ecological Look at Vegetable Gardening Systems
In which I apply insights from the study of ecology to different ways to grow vegetables. Let the competition begin!
The Carbon Ranch
The purpose of a carbon ranch is to mitigate climate change by sequestering CO2 in plants and soils, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and producing co-benefits that build ecological and economic resilience in local landscapes.
Iowa builds a locavore community
Considering these Iowans live in the very heart of commodity-farming territory, building a local, small farm-centric food culture may be “innovative” indeed.
Back in Time: Retracing the Path to Diversity
How are some plant breeders, farmers, millers and bakers retracing the path to ancient, diverse grains that will see us eating healthier, tastier bread into the future?
Paul & Elizabeth Kaiser: Sustainable Farming 2.0
Many of the practices they employ at Singing Frogs go beyond the standard ones used by traditional organic farmers, leading some to refer to their approach as organic farming 2.0.
Fossil Fuels and Haymaking
Haymaking is a battle, a war with time and nature, a struggle whose sole aim is to make “all flesh grass”.
Human manure: Closing the nutrient loop
Using human urine and faeces as fertiliser may seem an unappetising concept but it’s been common practice for centuries.
Arguments against GMOs
Reductionist science is not the answer to the problems engendered by a finite biosphere with a human population in overshoot.
Soil Science Spelled It Out A Whole Century Ago
An organic farm marketer brought me a strange book to read and I can’t get it out of my mind.
Hacking it out at the Farm
New entrants to farming in Britain are often faced with a long list of challenges before they even put their wellies on.
