by Guest blogger: William Bruneau – We are fast approaching a time when pharmaceutical anti-pathogens (antibiotics, antifungals, anti-malarials, etc) will essentially be useless, forever more. It is hard to imagine a world without anti-pathogens, where diseases and infections cannot be cured. Easy to grow and simple medicinals make…
Teaching how to garden with limited space – Struggling with their children’s multiple food allergies convinced Nicky Schauder and her husband Dave to go organic. Dealing with the expense of all this organic food impelled them to start growing it themselves. This began their adventure with…
by Guest blogger: Kat Granger – (Re)connecting humans to the magical “community” to which we belong, to me, is the panacea we seek. The great “forgetting” of our connection with the natural world is wreaking havoc with our own health and the health of our beautiful planet. We ARE…
418: Kat Granger on Starting a Small Seed Business. Promoting ecological diversity and preserving the health of our planet. Kat is a Master Gardener and creator of Seeds of IMBOLC, in…
by Guest blogger: Kat Granger There’s no peeling required with this dish. Any leftover squash makes a great addition to any impromptu salad.(or tossed with rice or barley)
by Guest blogger: Michael Foley – The current crop of business advisers for the new generation of farmers sincerely hopes they can help those young farmers to successful farming careers. Business advisers to farmers have always been convinced they could help farmers…
Farming with an eye on the future – As a child Michael Foley visited a Montana ranch and dreamed of being a gentleman farmer one day. His path however, took him into academia. After being estranged from the land for for several years he eventually found his way back to…
A chat with a seed expert on the seed paradigm, seed history, and more. There is always a bounty of information available in conversations with Bill McDorman. This is the November 2018 episode of a Seed Saving Class – learn about the seed paradigm, seed history, and so much more.
by Guest blogger: Sarah Botwala-Messina – We think composting is just like cooking a special dish. The tools, ingredients and techniques deserve attention. And it takes time, love and patience. The only difference is that in composting the role of ‘chef’ is played by…
Transforming waste into soil, jobs, and community – Sarah Boltwala-Mesina, along with other parents, hoped to start a recycling program at their children’s school. This was the first step on her journey to creating Food2Soil, her business that collects food scraps from people and businesses in San Diego and turns those scraps into…
