by Stu E.D. | Jul 28, 2015 | Farming, Food, Plant Life
On a bright sunny day early this spring Evrett Lunquist and Ruth Chantry were busy moving flats full of vegetable plants from their greenhouse to outdoor gardens for transplanting. Common Good Farm, Lincoln, Nebraska, grows over 45 different vegetables and herbs for...
by Stu E.D. | Jul 23, 2015 | Farming, Food, Food Sovereignty, Living Skills
While many in the world are completely dependent on large scale agriculture, the Russian people feed themselves. Their agricultural economy is small scale, predominantly organic and in the capable hands of the nation's people. Russians have something...
by Stu E.D. | Jul 21, 2015 | Activism, Alternative Living, Living Skills, Permaculture, Podcasts, Sustainability
This episode is a Susquehanna Permaculture round-table discussion recorded at my friend Seppi Garrett’s on June 3, 2015 in front of a live audience. The panel for the conversation were Ben Weiss, Dave Jacke, and Charles Eisenstein. Ostensibly the conversation was...
by Stu E.D. | Jul 20, 2015 | Hawaii, Legal News, World News
TPP negotiators will be on Maui at the end of the month, hoping to bring the deal to a conclusion: What history will be made? The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a massive international treaty being negotiated, in secret, by 12 Pacific Rim countries, side-by-side...
by Stu E.D. | Jul 18, 2015 | Farming, Food, Permaculture, Sustainability
Permaculture magazine Wednesday, 10th June 2015 Is organic farming more resilient, higher yielding, more energy efficient and more profitable? The Rodale Institute's latest report of a 30 year trial says it is. Read the full report free here. The Farming Systems Trial...