Permaculture: The Big Rock Candy Mountain
When I first encountered permaculture, I assumed it had some new principles to suggest, was eager to test them, discard the lemons, and move on. I was wrong.
Food & Water
Food & agriculture – July 16
• Congressional posturing: House Republicans (No Democrats) pass farm bill without food stamps •Can an urban food growing project cure a ‘sick city’? •Hipster hen dump: The issue of urban chicken abandonment •Small-scale producers key to attaining food security and ending hunger
The power of creating an edible high road
On Saturday 18 May a river of fruit and nut trees appeared along Salusbury Road as part of the Chelsea Fringe Festival in an initiative of Transition Town Kensal to Kilburn (TTK2K).
Cookin’ Up Food Justice at People’s Kitchen Detroit
Located in the Cass Corridor Commons of Detroit, People’s Kitchen Detroit (PKD) hosts skillshares on everything from canning to gardening, making yogurt and nut milk to DIY herbal medicine.
The Impact of Transnational “Big Food” Companies on the South: A View from Brazil
Traditional long-established food systems and dietary patterns are being displaced in Brazil and in other countries in the South (Africa, Asia, and Latin America) by ultra-processed products made by transnational food corporations (“Big Food” and “Big Snack”).
Jenny Gellatly on The Power of Just Growing Stuff
What does it take to find the confidence to step over into actually starting a Community Supported Agriculture scheme?
One Man’s Trash Is Another Families’ Dinner
My days as a dumpster diver started in earnest back when I was 19.
Building a resilient homestead of your own
“Imagine inheriting a food forest,” farmer and author Ben Falk suggests in The Resilient Farm and Homestead: an Innovative Permaculture and Whole Systems Design Approach.
Land Grabs
Interview with Fred Pearce as detailed in his recent book: The Land Grabbers, followed by Gregor Macdonald about the global energy trends
Farmed Fish Production Overtakes Beef
The world quietly reached a milestone in the evolution of the human diet in 2011. For the first time in modern history, world farmed fish production topped beef production.
Garden update: catching up after a late start
The first results of this year’s scientific dialogue with my garden are in and are shared herein.
School Gardens on Wheels
If you know a school with limited green space that’s looking for a flexible way to grow food or other types of plants, building this garden on wheels could be the practical solution.
