52: Anne-Marie Miller on Overcoming Homesteading Obstacles Anne-Marie, or Dash (for the hyphen in her name), is an urban farmer in Dallas, Texas. She raises chickens and rabbits on less than ¼ of an acre. Plus, she has turned her front yard into a large stand-out-in-the neighborhood vegetable garden. In addition to the farming she…
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51: Joe Urbach on Phytonutrient Gardening Joe Urbach is the publisher of GardeningAustin.com and is the author of Phytonutrient Gardening: The Guide to Understanding, Growing & Eating Phytonutrient-rich Antioxidant-dense foods. Living in the central Texas area for over 30 years, Joe can be found offering gardening talks and advice as well as teaching classes at local…
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Shmeat:The Future of Backyard BarbecueBy Emily Powell Cattle factories, otherwise known as feedlots, whose astounding efficiency of transforming a few bushels of corn into a several-hundred-pound steer for our culinary pleasure, are part of one of the most inefficient, unsustainable industries in our modern society. Hidden from the grocery store butcher counter is a world…
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Vermicompost: Black Gold for the Garden By Anne-Marie Miller (Dash) Just recently I had the pleasure of interviewing Heather, the main worm wrangler at her business, The Texas Worm Ranch. At the ranch, wooden beds fill the expansive warehouse space containing worms in various stages of life. She not only raises worms to help people…
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50: Sam Coffman on The Human Path Sam Coffman has over 10 years of military experience as a U.S. Special Forces Medic, an interrogator and a linguist. He studied botany and bioregional medicine both privately and at several outdoor schools in Colorado, and during his military service as a Green Beret Medic he logged thousands…
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49: Roger Doiron on Seed Money Roger is founder and director of Kitchen Gardeners International, a Maine-based nonprofit network of over 35,000 individuals from 120 countries who are taking a hands-on approach to re-localizing the food supply. His work and ideas have been featured in the Chicago Tribune, International Herald Tribune, New York Times and…
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Featured Farmer: Jake Mace from Tempe, AZ Since I was 19 years old I have only eaten plants. Only plants, 100 percent of the time. So, when my wife Pam and I bought our first home together in April 2011 we couldn’t wait to plant our garden. I always had a love for plants and…
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48: Doug Simons on Medicinal Plants At 11 years old, Doug began learning about the native plants of Colorado from his mother. He has gained a vast amount of knowledge about edible and medicinal plants through his experiences living in the Sonoran Desert and Gila Wilderness of Southern New Mexico. He lived primitively for over…
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47: Nathan Crane on the Search for Sustainability Nathan Crane is an award winning author, inspirational speaker, and conscious filmmaker dedicated to helping make possible for every human being the possibility to live a healthy, sustainable, meaningful life.From addiction, dependency, jail, and homelessness, to a profound spiritual awakening becoming a highly sought after international entrepreneur…
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DIY Zero Waste Kit By Tayler Jenkins As the immense amount of waste generated by modern society becomes an increasingly alarming and urgent issue, many of us ponder what we as individuals can do to lessen our own contribution to this problem. Creating your own toolkit of “zero waste” items can help you to reduce…
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