The “Sixth Extinction” Adds Urgency to Habitat and Climate Protection
It’s now unequivocal: the sixth great spasm of species extinctions has begun. We – homo sapiens – are its cause. And only we can slow it down.
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Seed Sharing Movement Wins Big with New Legislation
Since the crackdown on seed libraries by some U.S. states last year, organizers (including Shareable) around the country have been working to protect seed sharing. In both Minnesota and Nebraska, bills that specifically exempt non-commercial seed sharing from commercial seed laws were recently signed into law.
Bees and Other Pollinators Love These Flowering Plants
Given that here in the Midwest it’s still planting season, and pollinators still (always!) need good habitat, I hope that anyone reading this will feel inspired to add more native plants to their gardens.
Back in Time: Retracing the Path to Diversity
How are some plant breeders, farmers, millers and bakers retracing the path to ancient, diverse grains that will see us eating healthier, tastier bread into the future?
Albert Einstein, Soil, Honey Bees and Biodiversity
Among the manifold quotes that are attributed to Albert Einstein, are variants along the lines of: "If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man."
Home Growing Produces Ten Times the Food of Arable Farms
So, how is it possible that low-tech vegetable plots out perform modern mechanised farms?
Hedgerow Hypotheticals: Our Cities and Suburbs Need Hedgerows Too
You’d think you could walk the streets of an average residential neighborhood and see green infrastructure galore, including raingardens and bioswales, not to mention hedgerows. But no.
The Politics of Extinction
An introduction to the most beautiful animal you’ll never see.
If We’re Serious about Saving Bees and Butterflies, Here’s What We Should Do
If pollinator health is made a priority, to be successful much current policy and practice must change.
Seed Libraries Fight for the Right to Share
Seeds are the forgotten heroes of food—and of life itself.
Just What Is a Hedgerow? A Few Notes on History, Form and Function
What is a domesticated yet wild landscape?
SOS: Save our Seeds
Have you ever saved seeds, joined a local seed swap or contributed to a seed library?
