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Import and Die: Self-sufficiency and Food Security in India
Import and Die: Self-sufficiency and Food Security in India India’s Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu recently stated that the country cannot survive on imported produce for its food security. He called for a greater focus on agriculture: “We can export (agricultural produce) for the time being but the population is growing.” Naidu pointed out what has […]
‘Great American Desert’ threatens to swallow eight US states as massive aquifer dries up
‘Great American Desert’ threatens to swallow eight US states as massive aquifer dries up The Ogallala aquifer is one of the world’s largest underground bodies of water, and many ecosystems and communities in the American West depend upon it – however the aquifer is in rapid decline due to over-exploitation of its resources. According to […]
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 Importance of Tree Crops in Sustainable Agriculture
THE IMPORTANCE OF TREE CROPS IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE Tree Crops are the most common perennial agricultural method. More specifically, orchards are one of the most common and successful forms of perennial agriculture. A well-maintained peach orchard will give you a steady crop for up to 20 years. An apple orchard can last up to 50 […]
Climate Change and the Challenge to All Forms of Agriculture
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE CHALLENGE TO ALL FORMS OF AGRICULTURE We´ve all heard of climate change and probably understand the basics of how excess greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide produced by our society´s burning of fossil fuels is causing the earth´s temperature to rise. We´ve most likely seen maps of what the world will look […]
The Approaching Famine
The Approaching Famine The most serious forecast that we see from our computer models has been a rise in agricultural prices caused by Global Cooling – not Global Warming. Crops cannot grow without the sun and water. Historically, when the weather turns cold, the crops fail. There is no question that food prices will rise […]
Propagation Techniques
PROPAGATION TECHNIQUES Establishing a tree-based perennial agriculture system can cost a lot of money, especially if you´re planning on buying $30 dollar bagged fruit trees at your local orchard. Luckily, you can propagate many of the trees you are planning to plant by yourself. One of the easiest and best known ways to propagate many […]
Agriculture and climate change: Is farming really a moveable feast?
Agriculture and climate change: Is farming really a moveable feast? There is a notion afoot that our agricultural production can simply migrate toward the poles in the face of climate change as areas in lower latitudes overheat and dry up. Few people contemplate what such a move would entail and whether it would actually be […]
In the Water-Scarce Southwest, an Ancient Irrigation System Disrupts Big Agriculture
In the Water-Scarce Southwest, an Ancient Irrigation System Disrupts Big Agriculture In New Mexico and Colorado, the “acequia” is more than just democratic water distribution—it is at the center of Southwest culture. Water in the American Southwest has never been abundant. Its availability fluctuates depending on conditions like drought and mountain snowpack that feeds streams […]
A Primer on Creating Soil
A PRIMER ON CREATING SOIL Good agriculture depends on good soil. The problem over the past 10,000 years of our human attempt to live off the land (and especially during the last sixty years or so), is that crops take nutrients from the soil, and without proper husbandry, soil fertility will deplete. The “pseudo-solution” offered […]
How Permaculture is the Perfect Match for Homesteading
HOW PERMACULTURE IS THE PERFECT MATCH FOR HOMESTEADING WHAT IS PERMACULTURE? “Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted & thoughtful observation rather than protracted & thoughtless labor; of looking at plants & animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single-product system.” BILL MOLLISON The […]
The Crises That Have Come With Urbanization
THE CRISES THAT HAVE COME WITH URBANIZATION One of the defining aspects of our current civilization and one of the most worrying trends of modernity is our urbanization as a species. When we take the long view of human history, it becomes obvious that for 99% of our history, we have been a rural people, […]
Monsanto and Bayer: Why Food and Agriculture Just Took a Turn For The Worse
Monsanto and Bayer: Why Food and Agriculture Just Took a Turn For The Worse defotoberg | Shutterstock.com News broke this week that Monsanto accepted a $66 billion takeover bid from Bayer. The new company would control more than 25 per cent of the global supply of commercial seeds and pesticides. Bayer’s crop chemicals business is the world’s second largest […]
Climate Change Adds Urgency To Push to Save World’s Seeds
Climate Change Adds Urgency To Push to Save World’s Seeds In the face of rising temperatures and worsening drought, the world’s repositories of agricultural seeds may hold the key to growing food under increasingly harsh conditions. But keeping these gene banks safe and viable is a complicated and expensive challenge. During the 872-day German siege of […]
