First Strawberries
No sight is more glorious to me than the first strawberries of the year.
Food & Water
Supermarkets: Is it the End of Empire?
News that the ‘Big Four’ major British supermarkets are experiencing massive losses has become so ubiquitous in recent months it hardly seems newsworthy anymore.
Sanctuary
Meaningful word “sanctuary,” both a refuge and a sacred place.
The Edible Calendar
If summer and autumn supply most of the garden’s bounty, though, spring offers the best foraging, when The Girl and I rummage through the bog-country and return with bushels of foodstuffs, ready to be dried, pickled, frozen and made into wine for the coming year.
EPA Study: Fracking Puts Drinking Water Supplies at Risk of Contamination
The Environmental Protection Agency has released its long awaited draft assessment of the impacts that fracking has on the nation’s drinking water supplies.
Good, good, good, good bacteria
Recent research on the role of bacteria suggests we need a radical rethink about what makes us healthy
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.
