by Stu E.D. | Aug 19, 2015 | Off Topic, Plant Life, Seeds
The oldest plant ever to be regenerated has been grown from 32,000-year-old seeds—beating the previous recordholder by some 30,000 years. (Related: “‘Methuselah' Tree Grew From 2,000-Year-Old Seed.”) A Russian team discovered a seed cache of Silene...
by Stu E.D. | Aug 18, 2015 | Cultural, Farming
How can we get the most out of our farmland without harming the planet? I traveled to rural Mexico to learn from indigenous farmers. Affectionately called “Professor” by his neighbors, Josefino Martinez is a well-respected indigenous farmer and community organizer...
by Stu E.D. | Aug 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
Mr Lochhead has confirmed that the Scottish Government intends to take advantage of new EU rules allowing countries to opt out of growing EU-authorised GM crops. The Scottish Government will shortly submit a request that Scotland is excluded from any European consents...
by Stu E.D. | Aug 9, 2015 | Climate Change, Environment, World News
Historians may look to 2015 as the year when shit really started hitting the fan. Some snapshots: In just the past few months, record-setting heat waves in Pakistan and India each killed more than 1,000 people. In Washington state's Olympic National Park, the...
by Stu E.D. | Aug 8, 2015 | Activism, Big Island, Environment, Hawaii, Plant Life
HLH LLC, a Hawaii-based sustainable forestry company, planted 300,000 endemic trees on Hawaii Island — nearly a quarter of its overall goal of 1.3 million total trees to be planted for permanent reforestation across the Hawaiian Islands. HLH set aside more than 1,000...
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...
