A Man, a Plan, a Market: The Lighter Quicker Cheaper Transformation of a Rural Kentucky Main Street
How did the small Appalachian city of Corbin, Kentucky reduce its downtown vacancy rate from 40% to nearly 0% in only three years?
Act: Inspiration
Animals, Land and People: An Interview with Will Harris
Today’s farmer is facing a transformation. But it is not only the farmer. Equally important is a transformation of the appetite of the American consumer.
Erik Assoudourian Talks About Yardfarming on the Attitude
Last week, Yardfarmers Project Director Erik Assadourian talked with Arnie Arneson on her show on WNHN 94.7 FM in Concord, NH about yardfarming and the latest news on the show.
Of Citizens and Covenants
Our society is characterized by great freedom: by ever-growing personal autonomy, a loosening of social and civic bonds, and a diminishing of cultural and religious value systems. But have these things made us more free, more enlightened?
Beyond Honeybees: Pollinator-Friendly Farming for the Future
Imagine a world without strawberries, apples, chocolate, coffee, squash, or almonds.
Why Messy Cities are More Modern
Cities are often conceived in a rational way but usually take on a non-rational life of their own – and thank goodness for that.
The Turning of the Year
I’m not really sure when it feels right to talk about “the new year” in the endless cycle of life on the farm.
Community Food Production with Miriam Volat
Miriam Volat, Permaculture Skills Center’s Farm School director, speaks to her work as a facilitator, educator, and healthy food system advocate.
Pandemonium and City Food Security
I supervised a university-level food studies class last week that, partly by design and partly by sheer accident, gave me some new insights into the challenges of city-oriented food security policy.
Working Alone Together
For many, a permanent state of social economic uncertainty is the new normal.
The Unstoppable Rise of the Movie “Demain”
The rise of the film ‘Demain’ appears unstoppable.
What Else You Can Do with Rhubarb
Before we casually shipped warehouses of vegetables across oceans and refrigerated them, spring was traditionally a lean time in Western temperate climates, a time when our ancestors had been living on things like salted meat or grains for months.
