Tag: Farming - Page 8
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Locavorism Gone Mad? Foraged Sea Beans, Geoduck and DIY Sea Salt (Video)
I am a committed lazivore, and a strong believer in the lost eco-art of cutting yourself some slack. So I've always been somewhat skeptical of hardcore green living experiments, like strict 100-mile diets or growing
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It's Wool Week : A Celebration of Sheep
It's Wool Week in the UK: a time to celebrate the warm, natural and environmental fibre that is wool.
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The Week in Pictures: Hurricane Irene, Vacation at "Farmland World," and More (Slideshow)
Hurricane Irene, which we covered in a live blog, was one of the larger storms to hit the northern United States in recent memory. Aerial footage showcases the massive flooding in Vermont.
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Kenya Puts Its Faith in Fish Farming
In Kenya, where there's poor soil, there may soon be a fish farm.
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More on Monsanto, Agribusiness Interests Guiding US Diplomacy From Wikileaks
US diplomatic cables newly released by Wikileaks furthers the picture previously leaked cables began painting--that the United States pushes agribusiness interests, such as those of Monsanto, overseas pressuring nations to accept genetically modified
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Meat-Loving Chef Eats Mostly Vegetarian. We All Should Too.
Image credit: River Cottage Anthony Bourdain's argument that we should eat less meat took me a little by surprise. But he's not the only carnivorous chef making the case for veg-centric eating. In fact, British celebrity chef Hugh
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Wacky Farming Theme Park Aims to Fix Our Food Problems with Barn Dances and Giant Robot Animals
For your next vacation, forget about Disneyland and the amusement park, and give Farmland World a shot. The "agro-tourist" resort, where you ditch the bathing suit for overalls, is the new hot destination for
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Prioritizing Conservation Over Farming Does Not Protect Nature
From small-scale agriculture boosting global food production to reinventing our entire food system, the case for radical agricultural reform has been made many times over. Science Daily reports on a new analysis resulting from the joined forces of the
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Free the Jailed Hikers in Iran, Permaculture Community Pleads (Video)
From child labor in the cocoa industry to human rights issues in the oil industry, we've often reported on the intersect between environmentalism and social justice—but all too often environmentalism and human rights
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Square Foot Gardening Tool Comes from Office Supply Stores (Video)
Yesterday I posted a video from John of Growing Your Greens about a San Francisco permaculture garden that grows thousands of pounds of food. In the process I came across another neat clip in which he discusses the
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How to Build Hugelkultur Irrigation-Free Raised Bed Gardens (Video)
Some time ago I posted on hugelkultur raised bed gardening—an initially labor intensive method of growing that involves burying massive amounts of woody biomass underneath your growing bed, providing a long-term release
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Ahimsa Milk Launches Slaughter-Free Milk Delivery in London
An update on the progress of the UK's Ahimsa Milk and their efforts to produce milk while ensuring that no cows or bulls are harmed in the process, for the natural life of the animal: Now Londoners can begin having Ahimsa's slaughter-free milk home
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San Francisco Permaculture Garden Grows Thousands of Pounds of Food
From an awesome tour of an urban permaculture allotment through wild permaculture forest gardening on the BBC to greening the deserts of Jordan, we've seen plenty of great footage of how permaculture design can help
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Positive Child Labor: Learning Business & Life Skills on a Farm (Video)
From demanding an end to child labor in cocoa farming, to iPhone apps that help you spot brands that use abusive child labor practices, we've seen plenty of initiatives that seek to end the exploitative use of
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How to Make Seed Balls for No Till Farming (Video)
From a seed bomb vending machine through aerial reforestation to a guide on how to make seed bombs and not get in trouble, we've had plenty of posts on seed bombs, or seed balls, and how to make them. But usually these posts
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Prince Charles on Farming, the Countryside, and "the Unity of All Things"
Permaculture icon and woodland dweller Ben Law has already cited Prince Charles as an ecological hero, and from calling out climate skeptics to embracing renewables, the heir to the British throne has made a significant contribution to the
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On Sheep Dogs, Farming, and the Ethics of Eating Meat (Video)
I asked before whether sheep dogs would return for post-peak oil farming, but that question presupposed that they have already gone away. The fact is that while all terrain vehicles, enclosed pens, and other methods
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Young Farmers Farming on Borrowed Land
From young farmers combining politics with pitchforks to rediscovering how to farm with horses, a new generation is seeking to revive sustainable, local agriculture. But how do you do that if you don't have access to capital? The Rodale Institute has
