Can the Soil Save Us from Climate Change?
“The only way to bring [CO2] down is through plants…”
Food & Water
You gotta roll with it
At one time, real bread bakeries could be found at the heart of almost every neighbourhood, providing skilled employment opportunities for people from that community, and allowing everyone else to find a key staple foodstuff within walking distance.
An Innovative Conservation Fund for the Colorado River
The four largest cities that get their drinking water from the Colorado River are gearing up to pilot an innovative conservation scheme that pays farmers, industries and municipalities to reduce their use of the river’s water.
Toward a Future: Permaculture
We use the magic of radio to fly around to garden roof tops in Brooklyn USA, a permaculture fruit farm in Quebec, and small acres restored in Nottingham UK. Buckle up.
Black Farming, Self Determination and Resilience
Dr. Monica White – through her work on Black farmers and liberation movements – taught me (or reminded me, because it was in my ancestral memory) that there is a very powerful relationship between African Americans and the land that must be remembered.
Rise of the anti-mafia land movement
Leave the gun, take the cannoli’, the iconic quote from The Godfather reflecting the relationship between food and the Mafia that is a continuing reality in Italy.
Herding Wisdom
Here’s a new twist on an ancient practice: skilled shepherds as ecological doctors!
Lonely Mountain Farm
Kenny Baker’s path to farming was an unlikely one.
Wildfires in the Western U.S. Are on the Rise, Posing Threats to Drinking Water
For water managers, the new research is a clarion call to begin action now to safeguard water supplies originating in watersheds prone to fire.
Review: The Meat Racket
If the meat industry’s slaughter practices seem brutal to you, check out the economics.
Our future farmers: John Agostinho
John Agostinho’s path to farming full-time took him from an IT career in New York City, to an ever-growing flock of sheep in the Hudson Valley.
Beyond the Green Bin
“The value of an apple is much greater than the value of the compost that comes out of that apple. Our goal is to reduce, reuse, and recycle—in that order. Only after reducing waste should we think of recycling what is left over.”
