How to Host a Seed Swap
Seed swaps are great ways to learn about local seeds, build community around seed sharing, and show support for the Save Seed Sharing movement.
building resilient food systems
DIY Sweet Potato Slips
More than any one project, my biggest teacher in this time has been failure…Failure as inspiration.
When It’s Time to Hand the Farm to the Next Generation, the Simple Life Is Anything But
Mud season is as important as summer growth. It is the chance to rebuild, redesign, and repair.
The Hit Reality TV Show, Yardfarmers, is Cancelled After 14 Seasons
After 14 incredible seasons, Yardfarmers—the award-winning reality TV show that inspired a national change in how we grow and eat food, and ultimately how we live—is finally coming to an end.
Greensboro Community Looks to Food Cooperative to Fill Grocery Gap
A low-income community of color is applying a cooperative solution to combat food insecurity.
‘Antibiotic-Free’: Is it Worth the Label?
According to The Wall Street Journal sales of chicken labelled ‘antibiotic-free’ from retailers rose 34% by value in 2013–2014, driven public concerns about antibiotic use in food animal production.
Garden Programs Give Inmates Hope, Future Job Skills
Picture this. Inmates, who are serving life sentences without the chance for parole, tenderly caring for a vegetable garden.
#WomeninAg: Words of Wisdom from Women Farmers
For Women’s History Month, CUESA is spotlighting women who are transforming our food system.
An Orchard from a Single Tree
At some point in your childhood, I hope, you ate an apple and hit upon the idea of planting the seeds.
Corporations vs. Communities: a Tale of Two Meetings
In 2015 it shouldn’t be a radical notion to want to move beyond colonialism and make sure farmers can keep control of the resources needed to grow food to feed their communities.
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?
Agroecology: An Idea and Practice Coming of Age
In February, at the International Forum for Agroecology in Nyeleni, Mali, a turning point came in the dissemination of ideas and practices of what is called ‘agroecology’.
