Tag: Farming - Page 11
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Fertilizer-Producing Island Cannot Grow Vegetables. It's a Lesson for Us All. (Video)
There has been a lot of talk about the difference between resilience and sustainability of late—with the notion of resilience becoming increasingly important as we realize just how fragile our cultural and economic systems
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Rotating Chickens, Rabbits and Rye in the Garden (Video)
The other day I posted video of one innovative Aussie gardener who had created a clever chicken tunnel system to fertilize his garden. It got me thinking about other ways that backyard gardeners might integrate domesticated
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Want to Save the World? Throw a Really Good Party
When I wrote about the annual Pittsboro Pepper Festival last year, I likened it to a revival of the harvest festivals that have been a part of almost every agrarian culture in history. But really,
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Ancient Peaks Winery: California Mission Becomes Sustainable Winery
Nestled away in the southernmost part of the Paso Robles AVA, just 14 miles from the Pacific Ocean, is Ancient Peaks Winery. The family-owned vineyard, which was was once part of California's famed Mission Trail, is a
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A Philosopher Farmer Defends Monsanto Tomatoes (Video)
I've said it before. But from trapping and killing feral pigs, to hunting and eating roadkill, the best thing about The Perennial Plate's ongoing road-trip across America is their quest to hear all voices in the debate
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New Home Biochar Kits From re:char Also Support Kenyan Farmers
A quick nod to biochar and the DIY spirit: You can now get a home pyrolyzer from re:char. Full disclosure: re:char's Jason Aramburu has been a guest poster for TreeHugger.
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How to Keep Roosters in the Suburbs: Design Carefully (Video)
From backyard chicken tractors to urban chickens as a gateway drug, there's no doubt that keeping hens in urban and suburban areas has seen a major revival in recent years. But urban roosters are a lot less commonplace,
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Clever Tunnel System Makes Chickens Do The Gardening (Video)
We've already seen how one farmer trains her chickens to eat slugs, and the internet is full of examples of chicken tractors—portable coops that can be moved to allow hens to till, fertilize, and weed a plot while
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Update: Campus Lawn Becomes No-Dig Permaculture Garden (Video)
Anyone who has spent time on a univesity or college campus, or a corporate campus for that matter, knows that there is a lot of lawn that is often used for, well, very little. That's presumably why folks got excited when we posted
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Could Subsurface Pressurized Irrigation Slash Water Use & Runoff? (Video)
From raving about a private permaculture garden complete with public bus shelter, to describing a $0.25 ruler as the "most important gardening tool you can buy", John of Growing Your Greens is known to get a little
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What You Should Look for When Buying a Chicken Coop
You know that backyard chicken keeping has gone mainstream when national newspapers feature a consumer guide on what to look for in a chicken coop. From video instructionals on how to build a chicken coop to the ultra-trendy Omlet, aka "the iPod of
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Supermarket Sausage Ad Banned as Misleading: Not Shocking Enough (Video)
Often, when we hear of censorship of film, it's because the footage is too shocking or disturbing. Not so in the case of UK supermarket Tesco's sausage ad. It's found itself banned by the country's Advertising Standards Authority
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Why Planting Trees on Farms Saves Lives
We already know that the world's farms have more tree cover than believed, but a little more couldn't hurt. The fact is that incorporating trees and perennial crops into food growing can be crucial way to fight drought and improve soil stability.
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WWF Encouraging Destructive Shrimp Farms?
It's true that shrimp farming has become so devastating to the environment that almost any standards created for the industry will be an improvement. But that doesn't mean they will be sustainable or that
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Unnatural Selection: Why Encouraging Weeds May Be Good Farming (Video)
I've noted before that if there is a war on weeds, it's important to identify what victory looks like. While many old-school gardeners and farmers talk in terms of a never-ending battle with invading hoards, a more
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New Yorkers Called on to Eat Local to Support Irene Hurt Farmers
In the last few years, New Yorkers have developed quite a taste for locally farmed fruits and vegetables. Much of the thanks go to the efforts of GrowNYC, the
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Homemade Wine From A Homegrown Vine On A Manhattan Rooftop
Labor Day weekend in New York City, I headed to my friend Elyssa's family's annual grape harvest and wine making day. The harvest was not in the Finger Lakes or the Northfork of Long
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600 Tons of Compost Collected A Day?! How San Francisco Deals With It All (Video)
In October of 2009, San Francisco started a mandatory composting law as part of its effort to divert waste from the landfill and eventually reach its goal of 100% waste diversion. It found immediate success as businesses and
