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…
419: Nicky Schauder on Growing Food in Small Spaces
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…
418: Kat Granger on Starting a Small Seed Business
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 […]
417: Michael Foley on Building a Viable Small Farm Economy
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…
415: John Brubaker on Micro Urban Farming
From green lawns to green vegetables – As his wife and youngest daughter began struggling with celiac disease, John Brubaker believed that the pesticides used on vegetables were perhaps weakening their immune systems. This was his entry into organic urban farming. He began small with…
414: Leah Penniman on Liberating the Land
Challenging the mono-CULTURE of farming – A passion for the soil, the earth and her community started when Leah Penniman began farming at the age of 16. Through the years she has continued to work towards ending a racism and injustice in our food system, and also on land reparations for…
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413: Ben Klempner on Fermented Soil Amendments
Mixing up a health drink for soil organisms – When Ben Klempner and his family moved from Jerusalem to the holy city of Tiberias, he researched how to make the soil healthy in order to grow his vegetables. Finding information that was beneficial wasn’t the only hurdle—he was so far away from the…
412: William Bruneau on the Genus Sida
Growing an herbal antibiotic – Bill Bruneau suffered from what eventually was diagnosed as a leaky gut caused by using pharmaceutical antibiotics. Knowing that plants had medicinal powers he searched out which ones were natural antibiotics and came upon limited but intriguing information on…
410: Lloyd Hardrick on Keeping Urban Bees
Building up a better buzz on bees – Walking by Lloyds of London with his wife Ashley, Lloyd Hardrick was intrigued by the beehives in the windows of the famous bank that shared his name. Curiosity led to research and research led to the career path that Lloyd and Ashley ventured on…
