Grass, Soil, Hope
“Grass, Soil, Hope is at the same time a challenging book, in that it asks us to reconsider our pessimism about the human engagement with the rest of nature.
Food & Water
Fermenting the future at Ballymaloe
In a world where everything is becoming increasingly downloadable, food is the last bastion of the tangible, direct, and purely sensory.
Harvesting the rainbow
Where most people see compost, Sasha Duerr sees color.
Kentucky Veterans Cultivate a Hemp Resurgence
All sub-species of the Cannabis plant were made illegal in 1938, and progress to re-legalize the plant has peaked and troughed for over 20 years.
Building Soil, Growing Food, Nurturing Relationships
People coming together to cooperatively grow food can form some powerful ties. And that’s what it’s all about at Peaceful Grounds.
Saving Seeds and Saving Vegetables: A Multibook Review
Say you’re an experienced gardener, adept at sowing and transplanting, weeding and harvesting. You’re ready for the next step in self-sufficiency…
12 Agrihoods Taking Farm-to-table Living Mainstream
Ever wish you could live at your CSA? Or move to a neighborhood where everyone is as excited about fresh, healthy food as you are?
I heart my garden tower
…this spring the Garden Tower Project, offering a vertical garden design with worm composting right in the tower, is my best friend.
Gila River Diversion Would Be a Costly Failure
The notable legacies of the 21st century will be strategies that creatively demonstrate how cost-effective, ecologically sound water management can maximize the value of our limited water supplies.
Food Justice: What it Means and Why We Need it
If everyone who touched food (including both farm workers and farmers) made enough money to pay for high quality food out of their wages, our food system would be on its way to greater fairness and long-term economic viability.
Growing the food movement
Movements are big, and even if you believe that small is beautiful, in this case, it’s counter-productive.
Getting beyond just wheat, corn, and rice
What was the last grain you ate? Chances are very good it was wheat, corn or rice…
