Tag: Local Food - Page 6
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Can Fishing Communities Regulate Themselves?
Preserving fisheries is crucial. But one fisherman argues that regulation can do more harm than good, and that fishing communities used to regulate themselves.
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Why Energy Scarcity Makes Economic "Recovery" Impossible (Video)
Business-as-usual is fundamentally broken. Chris Martenson argues we have to develop alternative solutions. Lot's of them.
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Edible Insect Food Truck Serves Prehispanic Bug-Based Cuisine (Video)
Think Americans won't eat bugs? Think again. One San Francisco food truck is pioneering bug-based pre-hispanic cuisine.
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Online Hub Could Become the 'Fresh Direct' of Locally Grown Food
Local Orbit seeks to streamline the process of connecting local farmers with restaurant and shop owners, expanding the horizons of sustainable food in the process.
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Encouraging Algae and Growing Fish in a Working Swimming Pool (Video)
Most pool owners fight algae with chemicals. But here's a pool where algae and even fish are actively encouraged as a means to grow food..
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The Poetic Insights of a Seaweed Harvester (Video)
Eating seaweed is healthy, but how is it harvested? For one Maine seaweed harvester, the job is a meditation on life.
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How to Grow Grapes, Plus Recipes for Your Harvest (Slideshow)
Grapes may be one of nature's most versatile fruits: You can eat the seeds, you can turn them into jelly or juice, you can eat them fresh or preserved -- and then, of course, there's wine.
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How to Grow Grapes, Plus Recipes for Your Harvest
Grapes may be one of nature's most versatile fruits: You can eat the seeds, you can turn them into jelly or juice, you can eat them fresh or preserved -- and then, of course, there's wine. Growing them at home isn't as hard as it sounds -- at least, not
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The Two Sides of the Food Crisis: Want & Waste (Infographic)
Whenever we talk about the Global food crisis, a lot of time is spent on how we can possibly grow enough food to feed a growing population. But there is another side too—how can we get the food we do grow to mouths that will actually eat it? The
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"Duckponics" Feeds Plants, Provides Fresh Water for Healthy Ducks (Video)
Our readers were impressed with the common sense genius of "chicken tunnel man", so I'm wondering whether there will be a similarly positive reaction to the notion of "duckponics". Much like aquaponics—in which
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Community Aquaponics Project Gives Free Food to the Homeless (Video)
From edible landscaping in parks to feed the homeless to a locally-funded restaurant that guarantees everyone a meal, we've seen plenty of ways that the local food movement is picking up the issue of social justice and
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10 Tips for Growing Fruit Trees at Home
There's not much that can compare with plucking off a juicy peach from your own fruit tree. From spring's sweet cherries to fall's crisp apples, fresh fruit is one of nature's most delicious products -- plus it's super-versatile, adding a refreshing sweet
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10 Tips for Growing Fruit Trees at Home (Slideshow)
There's not much that can compare with plucking off a juicy peach from your own fruit tree. From spring's sweet cherries to fall's crisp apples, fresh fruit is one of nature's most delicious products -- plus it's
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11 Unexpected Recipes for Apples
After eating your summer fill of super-sweet, soft berries, the apples of fall are the tart, crisp consolation prize of cooler temperatures. But eating them in the same few ways -- pie, tarts, cake, and sliced fresh -- can turn these welcome treats into j
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11 Unexpected Recipes for Apples (Slideshow)
After eating your summer fill of super-sweet, soft berries, the apples of fall are the tart, crisp consolation prize of cooler temperatures. But eating them in the same few ways -- pie, tarts, cake, and sliced fresh -- can turn
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How a Campus Permaculture Garden is Regenerating the Earth (Video)
My original post on how a UMass campus lawn is becoming a no-dig permaculture garden was popular. But it only showed students laying the groundwork. An update post on the UMass garden suggested that the energy was alive
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How to Grow King Stropharia Mushrooms pt. II: Checking for Mycelium
With the Fall coming on strong, mushrooms are starting to poke their heads out of the leaf litter once more—the most visible reminder of nature's greatest recyclers. Earlier this year I posted a video from South
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Horchata, a Healthy Drink Made from the Local Tigernut in Valencia
If you ever find yourselves in Valencia, have an horchata (or watch some polystyrene sculptures burn!). We were served plenty at the Valencia Design Week and grew quite fond of this
