Methods to Reverse Desertification

By Guest blogger: Ricardo Aguirre The Earth’s environment is constantly changing, but even for an environment that changes with relative balance, natural disasters are a fact of life on earth.  However, due to human based agricultural and industrial impacts, mankind appears to have adversely…

Make Your Own Cleaner

By Guest blogger – Waste is not a bad thing. In fact, it is the stuff of which new stuff is made in permaculture.  If you are reading this blog, you have most likely already learned from Farmer Greg what permaculture is all about and how it can regenerate the planet and help you grow abundantly.  If you are…

A world without antibiotics

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…

Meanderings

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…

RECIPE: Honey Roasted Squash

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)

Behind Every Successful Farmer

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…

SOIL RECIPE: Hot Composting for Cool Folks

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…

The Straw Hat Urban Farm Project

by Guest blogger: John Brubaker The question…..How does one arrive at ‘beyond organic’, Urban farming/market gardening that is sustainable financially, and regenerative toward nature?  This is my quest.  My farm is Straw Hat Urban Farm LLC. Sandy, Utah. We have an acre lot that…

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