Off with their heads: mowing with a European scythe
This year I learned how to use a European scythe for mowing and trimming.
Food & Water
Greenhorns report on the national FFA convention
The FFA is turning these next-in-line farmers, agriscientists, ag teachers and farm sympathizers into successful leaders, fierce entrepreneurs, and good Samaritans…for Big Ag.
Leaders of the Young Agrarian Movement Face the Future
A conversation with leaders of the new young agrarian movement…
New Research Says Plant-based Diet Best for Planet and People
As cities grow and incomes rise around the world, more and more people are leaving gardens and traditional diets behind and eating refined sugars, refined fats, oils and resource- and land-intense agricultural products like beef.
Women of the Mexican food movement
In Mexican households, the role of women has traditionally involved caring for the children, controlling the family budget and preparing the food. Nowadays, however, they are expected to do more.
Open Sauce / Source for the Food Revolution
In opposition to corporate control and intellectual property, we need systems and processes which emphasize sharing and collaboration for food systems work.
Additions to a Food Forest
Red mulberry trees are one of my favorite trees. They make fantastic additions to any permaculture garden or farm.
Review: The Art of Fermentation
“Between fresh and rotten,” says Sandor Ellix Katz, “there is a creative space in which some of the most compelling of flavours arise.”
Local Economies on the Table
The EU is seeking a massive expansion of local governments compelled to open their procurement contracts to bids from EU firms, perhaps even the unconditional access achieved in the EU-Canada trade deal. No U.S. trade agreement to date has included such broad coverage of public procurement commitments.
Back-To-The-Future Agriculture: ‘Farming Like the Earth Matters’
It is easy to forget that once upon a time all agriculture was organic, grassfed, and regenerative.
MoGro: Innovations in Health and Well-being for New Mexico’s Food Deserts
The challenge of local and healthy food access is a complex puzzle being addressed across the country, from pre-boxed home delivery companies like Good Eggs, to mobile farmers’ markets and healthy produce vans.
Falling Fruit: Mapping Free Food Around the World
Today, Falling Fruit is the world’s largest foraging map, and the only one (to my knowledge) to be fully open source and open data.
