The permaculture gardener: year-end wrap up
November has been quirky: it started warm, then got quite cold and windy, followed by falling leaves, brilliant blue skies, then heavy clouds, even snow. Did I leave anything out?
Food & Water
Unsustainable Farming: From Bird Droppings to Corporate Agriculture
The discovery of new lands to exploit, and new energy sources, helped reinforce the notion that human societies can always find a way around limitations upon its growth.
Felicity Lawrence: How austerity’s “relentless drive to deregulate” impacts the food on our plate
Felicity Lawrence is a food writer and Guardian investigative journalist. When it comes to understanding the dark side of how the food industry works, she is the place to turn…
Feeding the world
Regenerative practices can feed the world, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
Will Open Source Beehives Solve Colony Collapse?
Unfortunately, there’s a lot more to the problem than simply running out of honey.
Why I Won’t Do the Food Stamp Challenge
In the last few years, a number of political leaders have tried to live on a food stamps budget. A number of people have asked me to do it as well, and I’ve always refused.
Comment Period Extended for Food Safety Rules, Show Support for Local, Organic Food
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the comment period to Nov. 22 for its proposed produce and preventive-control rules that are part of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
Pam Warhurst: Food banks are “the first response, not the final response”
The most obvious face of austerity is the fact that we’ve got a food bank, food collection point, whatever you want to call it, where about 70 different people, once a month, have to go through the doors to collect food in order to meet some need at their end. That’s the obvious face of austerity.
How to cope with total failure
Try learning how to do things at home – make jam and cheese, weave a basket, build a shed or keep chickens – and you fall on your face many times before succeeding…
“Botany on Your Plate” and “Nourishing Choices”: Resources for a Healthier Classroom
In the United States, the National Gardening Association educates students about the health benefits of eating plant-based food through a variety of publications written specifically for school communities.
South Korea: Ground Zero for Food Sovereignty and Community Resilience
And yet, despite a series of domestic and international policies that have sought to systematically eliminate them, South Korean farmers and peasants are fighting back.
How to Be an Urban Fruit Forager
In the 10 km radius of where I live I can source 80% of my favourite fruit, mostly for free, for a token sum, or in exchange for my own homegrown produce.
