Abbey Home Farm: The ethos of sustainability
There are many inspiring examples of how to do things better but few match up to Abbey Home Farm, located outside Cirencester in the Cotswolds.
building resilient food systems
What Truly Is Progress In Farming
But if big farms become obsolete, the world would end according to current economic theory. Is that true?
Urban Farming is Booming, But What Does it Really Yield?
City-based agriculture produces 15 to 20 percent of food globally. In the U.S., its benefits go far beyond nutrition.
Creating the food systems of tomorrow: A guide for cooks
We challengers need ammunition: cookbooks of facts and arguments to commandeer in discussions about the future of food.
Food Security: The Urban Food Hubs Solution
Food security demands a diversified food system that includes urban communities as locations for food production, food preparation, food distribution, and waste reduction/reuse.
Soil is the Stomach of the Plant
The dark mysterious world of soil biology is rarely brought to the daylight of people’s understanding, even in the organic movement, due to the assumption that this is reserved for the in-depth investigations of soil scientists.
Raising Minimum Wage: We’re in This Together
On Wednesday, food workers and other low-wage earners around the country rallied to increase the federal minimum wage to $15, which would more than double the current federal rate of $7.25 for untipped and $2.13 for tipped workers.
How to Free the Soil by Depaving
How much thought do you give to pavement?
A DIY Tree Grafting Handout
I am pretty excited to be sharing some awesome homesteading skills with people who want to learn how to graft trees!
Why We Need Local Food Systems and How to Get Them
The globalisation of food production has led to an industrial monopoly within the agricultural sector.
Don’t Go With the Flow, Go With the Wax
It’s time we stop perpetuating the status quo of unhealthy, mechanistic beekeeping that the new Flow™ hive continues, and move towards more holistic practices that would allow the bees to show us the way it should be done.
Making Every Drop Count
Last week, Governor Jerry Brown issued an executive order requiring urban centers to reduce their water consumption by 25%.
