Growing Veterans — From Battlefields to Organic Farm Fields
Justin Power (JP), a Transition Specialist for the federal government, notes the healing in being outdoors with hands dirty, watching creation from planting seed to harvesting healthy food.
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An interview with Toby Hemenway, author of The Permaculture City
We’re developing the idea that because permaculture’s lessons apply so well in creating dynamic, healthy physical landscapes, they can probably do the same for cultural and social landscapes.
Designing the World we Want
How can we connect our passion for food with a systems-based approach to changing the world? Permaculture claims to be one such way of doing it…
Farmer Phil’s Permaculture: The Original Permaculture Children’s Book
Most of the permaculture books and material you see is geared toward adults with at least a basic knowledge of the design science. My wife Denise and I feel strongly that children are under served in the permaculture world.
How to Build and Plant Large Hugelkultur Berms
You can plant just about anything in your hugel beds and they will do well, but there are certain plants that tend to do very well in a hugel bed.
Grow Your Food in a Nook and Cranny Garden
A tour of Gord and Ann Baird’s edible landscape starts at the off-grid chicken house and yard, containing fruit trees that provide a protective canopy against flying predators.
Cuba: Figuring Out Pieces of the Puzzle
Cuba is an unusual country that has been followed by many peak oilers. I recently visited there. I also followed my usual practice of looking up data from Internet sources about what is happening. I summarize my findings in this article.
Sea to Seed 2015 – A Sailboat Tour of Farming, Music, and Resilient Culture
And it appears that the islands of the Coast Salish Sea, recognizing that there is an overarching structure that has not fed and supported us, is embracing this concept to truly “over grow the system.”
What Would Happen if We all Grew Food?
Why GMO? How many people could all the empty yards in a suburban block feed if they were put to use growing food?
Solving Soil Loss is Simple, But Requires a Mindset Change
Natural farming, permaculture, regenerative agriculture, agroecology – there are many versions of sustainable agriculture, but the common thread they all tackle is the need to take better care of our soil and the environments in which we grow food.
Permaculture: the design arm of a paradigm shift
Permaculture is what we use to put into action our growing understanding that humans must fit into the web-work of the rest of life or we’ll make this planet uninhabitable for us and for countless other species. It gives us tools for social justice and for working together.
A Step Toward Transformation
In Reading, the United States’ second poorest city, the residents’ group Permacultivate is practicing and preaching local food production.
