Bog Butter
Or you could do what Irish people used to do for thousands of years, and just bury food in the bog without all the steps in between.
Act: Inspiration
Lost in Participation: Land Use Planning Suffers Without Local Knowledge
Reliance on physical, structural measures has dominated public policies and permeated public perception while traditional mitigation knowledge and strategies have declined.
Food Youth: The Next Generation of the Food Movement is Coming Up
I had the chance to speak with three young people, to learn more about their experience with food and their motivations to meaningfully connect with it.
Giving Fellow Citizens a Stake
Stephane Vlaminck is not out to conquer the world market. He supplies his microbrewery’s products locally – with a little help from an association to promote the solidarity economy.
Community Composting Grows from a Seed into a Movement
At the core of any community composting program is the principle of using previously wasted resources as community assets and reinvesting them back into the community that created them.
There Is No Other Worthwhile Endeavor: Talking Resilience with Taj James
Whether you’re optimistic or pessimistic, there’s nothing really else to do right now… Whether you think we will succeed or fail in that endeavor, there is no other worthwhile endeavor.
Efficiency Is Not the Enemy of Resiliency
On a simplistic level, efficiency is maximum (or optimal) output with minimum waste.
The Centrality of Seed: Building Agricultural Resilience Through Plant Breeding
Five of the global issues most frequently debated today are the decline of biodiversity in general and of agrobiodiversity in particular, climate change, hunger and malnutrition, poverty and water. Seed is central to all five issues.
The Newest Strategy for Saving the Bees is Really, Really Old
For centuries beehives have been part of the architecture of mountain homes here, built into the thick outside walls.
Beyond Food: Community Gardens as Places of Connection and Empowerment
Because of disputes over land, access to green space, and equal rights to the city, urban gardens have become a symbol of community activism and empowerment…
Meet India’s Female “Seed Guardians” Pioneering Organic Farming
Bring up the topic of seeds and Nabita Goud sits up a little straighter and begins to talk animatedly.
New Age Farming Is Not About “Going Back” To the Land
All that a contented life requires on these farms is the ability and knowledge to enjoy life without having a lot of money to spend.
