The Sad Part of the Trip So far my time in Croatia has been a trip of a lifetime. I’ve been visiting small (1 hectare/ 2.47 acres) and large (7.5 hectares/18.5 acres) farms, the large a far cry from large farms in the states (2025 hectares/5000 acres or more). The smaller of the smallest are…
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Aquaponic Gardening: Growing Fish and Vegetables Together By Sylvia Bernstein What if I told you that you could catch fish for dinner right in your own backyard? And if you did, what if I told you that right up until you caught those fish, they were growing the veggies for the rest of your dinner? …
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Skeleton Leaves No More:Permaculture’s Simple Secret for Banishing Pests By Greg Peterson So I am standing in my yard looking at my grapevine and some of the leaves have been reduced to a beautiful lacy, see-through tapestry. Uh oh!!! This year, it has skeletonizers, nasty little caterpillars that eat the green out of the leaves…
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What is an Eco-City? Did you know that cities can be considered ecosystems in themselves? Like natural ecosystems, urban ecosystems (AKA cities) require energy for growth (typically fossil fuels) and consist of different interacting species. Just like any other organism, humans in urban ecosystems require nature to survive. Unlike natural ecosystems in which waste is…
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The Micro Farm Project: Q&A With Urban Farmer Kari Spencer What is The Micro Farm Project? The Micro Farm Project is a family-owned urban farm and informational outreach in the heart of Phoenix, Arizona. We believe in growing our own food! On a quarter-acre parcel, we produce: Naturally grown vegetables and fruits …
DetailsQuestions from You: Aphids Anna asked: I had many aphids on collard greens and when I pulled the greens thousands of aphids went into the dirt. If I plant in the same bed, will the aphids or their eggs harm the new crop or are they dead forever? Greg’s Answer: Anna, great question. First of all, as it…
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Being an Urban Farmer…What Does That Mean? By Greg Peterson Just what is an urban farmer, you ask? That is the question that Shaina, our marketing person, asked me this week and I was at a loss for words. My first answer was, well, I’m an urban farmer… and I did not have much more. …
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Farming on the Rise Farming seems to be having a comeback here in the U.S.—the 2012 Census of Agriculture, which was just released this month, is showing that farming is regaining its popularity. It found that, in 2012, 1 in 5 farmers were “beginning” farmers, meaning they had operated a farm for under 10 years.…
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The Seed School Edition By Greg Peterson What do we have without seeds? Is a question to ponder, but for not very long as the answer is we have nothing. Seeds are the basis for vegetative life and really all of our food… as in, if we are not eating plants, we are eating animals…
DetailsSeeds with a Sense of Place By Belle Starr Prominent in Europe for centuries, the local food movement is at last blossoming in the United States… and just in the nick of time. With so many current health and social issues linked to the industrial foods we eat — diabetes, attention-deficit disorder, autism, celiac disease…
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