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How to Get More Fruits and Vegetables in Your Prepper Stockpile
How to Get More Fruits and Vegetables in Your Prepper Stockpile Most people who are working hard to eat well consume a lot of fruits and vegetables. One of the biggest issues folks are noticing with the Stockpile Challenge is getting enough produce in their diets. It can be a major challenge when living from […]
Hawaii’s existential choice: Tourism, food and survival
Hawaii’s existential choice: Tourism, food and survival Hawaiians used to feed themselves quite easily on this island paradise. With the arrival of Europeans and Americans came European and American ideas about plantation agriculture. Hawaii became a producer of coffee, sugar, pineapple, papaya, rice and other plantation crops. While destroying Hawaii’s diverse food system, the growers […]
Principles For Designing a Holistic Food System
PRINCIPLES FOR DESIGNING A HOLISTIC FOOD SYSTEM Most people have an unconscious feeling that we can´t continue down the path we´re currently on. The supposed abundance witnessed on the shelves of our local grocery store might seem promising, but deep down we know that we can´t continue to outsource our need for food to a […]
A fistful of beans, enough for a meal
A fistful of beans, enough for a meal On my mother’s relentless frugality which makes her life harder, but the world a better place. All photos taken by yours truly In November 2010, I paid a visit to my mother’s home town in Çanakkale, Turkey. The waters Helen of Troy bathed in. The coast Alexander the Great battled […]
The Government Has Been Meddling in Food and Nutrition for a Long Time
The Government Has Been Meddling in Food and Nutrition for a Long Time For over a century, the federal government has had its hand in shaping what we eat in a multitude of ways, usually to bad effect. Government intrusion is often obvious. We know when government taxes our income, stops us from using our […]
The hidden power of food: Finding value in what we eat
The hidden power of food: Finding value in what we eat Ideas Project Manager Adrianne Lickers and her mom Kitty R. Lynn Lickers run Our Sustenance, a community garden, greenhouse and farmers’ market at Six Nations of the Grand River. (Filmed and edited by Stephen Daag www.stephendagg.com) In Canada we waste about a third of […]
Why We Love Farmers Markets
Why We Love Farmers Markets They are relatively free of federal regulation, and that’s what makes them great. Almost every small and medium-sized town has what are called farmers markets. We love them. Some are seasonal. Some open only on weekends. People shops under tents and pay vendors cash. It’s all very charming, a nice […]
The Future of Urban Farming
From left, Nataka Crayton-Walker, Greg Bodine, and Bobby Walker at a City Growers microfarm in Dorchester. | Photo by Leise Jones/City Growers The Future of Urban Farming Some sights in the neighborhood were so common that I had stopped noticing them; but then one day they came into view. While driving down Harold Street on […]
Food as Medicine
Food as Medicine Hippocrates said “Let food be they medicine, and medicine be thy food.” At the doctor’s office for my annual checkup I was asked to list any herbs I take and I thought “this should be interesting.” Sure, I take herbal supplements but what about all the fresh or dried herbs I cook […]
Our food system – a health hazard
Our food system – a health hazard People get sick because they work under unhealthy conditions. People get sick because of contaminants in the water, soil, or air. People get sick because specific foods they eat are unsafe for consumption. People get sick because they have unhealthy diets. People get sick because they can’t access […]
Saving Farmland for Future Generations
Saving Farmland for Future Generations Image courtesy of Beccy Strong Imagine a farm where you are welcome to walk in its fields. You hear birds singing and see wildflowers blooming. The cows in the meadows are grazing and the children in farm school are learning-by-doing, collecting eggs from free-ranging chickens and picking fruit from orchard […]
Manure: An Overview of This Shi…ning Addition to the Garden
MANURE: AN OVERVIEW OF THIS SHI…NING ADDITION TO THE GARDEN Organic gardens really benefit from manure, and that is no mystery. However, it’s important to be aware of what kind of manure is at your disposal because they are not all equally desirable. Some manures, dare we say, are choice garden additions, while others take […]
Hornshurst Forest Garden – growing food in a forest clearing
Hornshurst Forest Garden – growing food in a forest clearing As many of you know, permaculture will often have you disappear down a rabbit hole, if not an entire warren. Or, in permaculture-speak, will take you off the well-beaten track to explore those infamous edges. The Hornshurst Forest Garden is one such edge. It is […]
Outstanding Onions
OUTSTANDING ONIONS Onions (Allium cepa L.), being the most extensively cultivated species of the Allium genus, are a root crop that nearly everyone has heard about, seen, or eaten. However, don’t let their perceived commonness lull you into thinking they’re uninteresting. Onions are quite a fascinating garden vegetable that has some remarkable characteristics. ONIONS OF […]
The Cost of Food Insecurity
THE COST OF FOOD INSECURITY In many developing countries, undernutrition is a recognized – and well documented – crisis. However, with increasing urbanization, another health concern is beginning to emerge as people choose to consume foods of convenience rather than exert the effort it takes to grow their own produce. While nutritious foods are still […]
