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Coming Famine?
Coming Famine? QUESTION: I just want to be prepared. How long is the famine supposed to happen? 1-2 years? More? SD ANSWER: These lockdowns have already set in motion a reduction in the food supply. In the United States, there were temporary shortages of certain foods. You can see plenty of videos where farms lost 100% of […]
The Easiest, Most Abundant Food to Grow – Gardening in a Cold Climate
The Easiest, Most Abundant Food to Grow – Gardening in a Cold Climate In this video I share the easiest and most abundant foods to grow in your garden in a colder climate. If you are gardening across the Northern states of the United States, Canada, Western Europe or similar climates then this information is […]
Ancient Gardens of the North America
“Milpa seca” by Carlos_Citalan is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 on flickr Ancient Gardens of the North America Native Americans, like many other ancient civilisations, were clued in on the inner-workings of nature. They found ways to harmonise with it, taking advantage of biological cycles and utilising astute observation to make abundance seem almost fortuitous. But, it wasn’t […]
The LWA Response to the National Food Strategy
THE LWA RESPONSE TO THE NATIONAL FOOD STRATEGY ‘Another food system is possible and urgent, but this won’t get us there’ ‘Be bolder, go further’ A few weeks ago, Part 1 of the National Food Strategy (NFS) was released. Rebecca Laughton, a grower and campaigns coordinator for Landworkers Alliance, and co-author of the Peoples’ Food Policy is […]
On the efficiency of my scythe
On the efficiency of my scythe The time is nearly upon us when the feature-length version of my musings here will be released upon an unsuspecting world – A Small Farm Future (the book) will be available from 15 October in the UK and 21 October in the US. Various launch events are in the offing, and […]
Building Bioregional Food Systems Post-COVID 19: The Northeast Healthy Soil Network & the power of regional food system reform consortium work
Building Bioregional Food Systems Post-COVID 19: The Northeast Healthy Soil Network & the power of regional food system reform consortium work If the public demands it, we have all we need to build a regional food system in the Northeast. Thanks to COVID, the people are demanding it. COVID-19 has reminded us, perhaps as never […]
Food Shortages to Reduce the Population Brought to you by the COVID Triumvirate
Food Shortages to Reduce the Population Brought to you by the COVID Triumvirate This is a photo of the food line beside the Brooklyn Bridge approach in New York City that prevailed between 1930 and 1935. Never before in history have Americans had to cue in line for food since this orchestrated pandemic by Gates, […]
Why Permaculture?
Image by author Why Permaculture? It’s been several years since I first stumbled upon permaculture, and several years minus a couple of months since I started doing my best to practice it. Many people have a similar story, and my guess is, like me, they’ve been asked dozens, possibly hundreds, of times what permaculture is. But, it’s […]
Nature’s store of wisdom: The value of open-pollinated seeds
Nature’s store of wisdom: The value of open-pollinated seeds Walk through the produce section of a supermarket or stroll through a farmers’ market and at first glance there seems to be an abundance of choice. Year-round, you will be able to find any vegetable or fruit you might desire. But look closer and you will […]
A Call for Community-Based Seed Diversity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
A Call for Community-Based Seed Diversity During the COVID-19 Pandemic When the COVID-19 pandemic began to reshape the world, many people turned to gardening and orchard-keeping as a pastime that felt both private and public. Now, as the pandemic reaches deeper into the summer, we’re tending the soil out of hope and anxiety, out of […]
How our food choices cut into forests and put us closer to viruses
How our food choices cut into forests and put us closer to viruses As the global population has doubled to 7.8 billion in about 50 years, industrial agriculture has increased the output from fields and farms to feed humanity. One of the negative outcomes of this transformation has been the extreme simplification of ecological systems, with complex […]
The return of home-grown cereals
The return of home-grown cereals Our daily bread was for centuries the product of a community-oriented and collaborative food system. The Book of Exodus recounts the tale of the Hebrew slaves, who in their haste, fleeing for their lives from Pharoah’s Egypt, had no time for their bread to rise and so carried it upon […]
How Low Flows Due to Irrigation are Destroying Oregon’s Deschutes River
How Low Flows Due to Irrigation are Destroying Oregon’s Deschutes River The majority of water removed from the Deschutes is used to grow irrigated pasture and hay for livestock not crops consumed directly by humans. Photo by George Wuerthner The recent article “Low Flows On Deschutes” highlights why irrigation is a significant threat to our […]
My Permaculture Design Mistakes
Photos Courtesy of Emma Gallagher My Permaculture Design Mistakes Wrong Turns in the Right Direction Like anyone, I find it much more inspiring to talk about gardening and building successes. That rhubarb we planted last year has gone nuts! Emma and I have probably foraged 15 kilos of chanterelle mushrooms so far this summer, so […]
This is the Year to Save Seed! Here’s How
This is the Year to Save Seed! Here’s How If ever there was a year to learn to save seed, I think this is it. So many people planted coronavirus gardens this spring that many seed sources ran out. Some seed-selling establishments considered seed “nonessential,” and restricted sales even when there was ample stock, simply […]
