By Isabel Marlens, Local Futures
People around the world are hard at work creating diverse, living versions of the farms of the future. As a way of life, it would be nice to think that it could really catch on, and one day be accessible to most of us.
By Martin Peck, Feasta
My overriding (and underlying) point is that Agriculture and Land Use (/abuse) are fundamental to everything else and they are not given a fraction of the attention they deserve
By May Reid Marr, Fibershed
Alison is equally dedicated to breeding preservation, quality wool production, pasture management, community building, agricultural education, and being a business owner. She manages to attend to each priority with grace and aplomb.
By Michaela Haas, YES! magazine
The idea behind regenerative farming is simple and ancient: The mother soil, which nurtures the harvest, in turn has to be nurtured and protected.
By Chris Martenson, Joel Salatin, Peak Prosperity
Front man for the sustainable/regenerative farming movement, Joel Salatin, returns to the podcast this week.
By Jenna Tico, Fibershed
Right at the crook of California, nestled between state lines like a secret, is a valley: and in that valley, at her own intersection of worlds, stands a woman.
By Courtney White, A Carbon Pilgrim
Since we live in an era of big problems, we tend to spend our time thinking of big solutions. Thinking big, however, can have a paralyzing effect on taking action.
By Patrick M. Lydon, FinalStraw.org
Why GMO? How many people could all the empty yards in a suburban block feed if they were put to use growing food?
By Patrick M. Lydon, FinalStraw.org
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.