Creating the food systems of tomorrow: A guide for cooks
We challengers need ammunition: cookbooks of facts and arguments to commandeer in discussions about the future of food.
Food & Water
Food Security: The Urban Food Hubs Solution
Food security demands a diversified food system that includes urban communities as locations for food production, food preparation, food distribution, and waste reduction/reuse.
Farmer George — Growing Animals Like Grandpa Did
Farmer George Vojkovich keeps a close eye on his 600 cattle — the grasses they eat, and the soil and microbes that feed the grass.
Soil is the Stomach of the Plant
The dark mysterious world of soil biology is rarely brought to the daylight of people’s understanding, even in the organic movement, due to the assumption that this is reserved for the in-depth investigations of soil scientists.
How to Free the Soil by Depaving
How much thought do you give to pavement?
A DIY Tree Grafting Handout
I am pretty excited to be sharing some awesome homesteading skills with people who want to learn how to graft trees!
Why We Need Local Food Systems and How to Get Them
The globalisation of food production has led to an industrial monopoly within the agricultural sector.
Making Every Drop Count
Last week, Governor Jerry Brown issued an executive order requiring urban centers to reduce their water consumption by 25%.
How to Host a Seed Swap
Seed swaps are great ways to learn about local seeds, build community around seed sharing, and show support for the Save Seed Sharing movement.
Slow Money: Food
Extraenvironmentalist #85 focuses on the topic of GMOs in the second of our three part series from the 2014 Slow Money Gathering.
DIY Sweet Potato Slips
More than any one project, my biggest teacher in this time has been failure…Failure as inspiration.
A Step Toward Transformation
In Reading, the United States’ second poorest city, the residents’ group Permacultivate is practicing and preaching local food production.
