Small Sustainable Farms in Oregon and Washington

08/20/2020

A new study shows the nutrition and environmental benefits of more than 600 perennial species—from artichokes to chaya—which address climate mitigation, biodiversity, and nutrition.

07/02/2020

06/16/2020

Recognizing “food is medicine,” a Boston hospital puts an organic farm on its roof High above the Boston Medical Center grows a bountiful organic vegetable garden that feeds patients, staff and the poor. More than a hundred volunteers tend the garden, which includes kale, collard greens, bok cho...

05/16/2020

Weeds have a bad reputation, but they perform a lot of ecosystem services, for free.

05/07/2020

Lilacs are edible! Medicinal too.

Lilac shrubs have always been one of my favorite signs of spring. Growing up in Eastern Oregon we wouldn't see the blooms until at least May, but here in the Willamette Valley we are blessed seeing them bloom as early as the beginning of April. Vases filled with freshly cut lilac reminds me ...

04/24/2020

04/24/2020

Almost half of Russia’s food is grown in backyard gardens! While most of the world is completely dependent on industrial agriculture, the Russian people feed themselves. As recently as 2011, a full 40% of the food produced in Russia came from small, household gardens called dachas. That number is ...

04/24/2020

Keep mosquitoes away from your home and yard with these beautiful smelling plants. Most of them are also edible. The following 14 common garden plants are both aesthetically and aromatically appealing to humans, while sending mosquitoes and other pesky bugs “running” for the hills. Most of them ...

04/22/2020

For those who haven't seen this yet, check it out.

04/12/2020

https://livelovefruit.com/20-shade-tolerant-plants-grow-garden-summer/

With a rise in people wanting to become more sustainable, finding places to grow things can be tricky. That’s why you’re going to be shocked to discover that there are over 20 shade tolerant plants

02/07/2020

Soil microbes have been found to have similar effects on the brain as prozac without the negative side effects and potential for chemical dependency and withdrawal.

01/23/2020

Find out which fruit and vegetables should and shouldn’t be planted together with our companion planting chart for some of the most popular garden foods!

12/19/2019

All over the world, small farmers are being forced off their land to make way for corporate agriculture, writes GRAIN - and it's justified by the need to 'feed the world'. But it's the small farmers that are the most productive, and the more their land is grabbed, the more global hunger increases. W...

02/24/2019

Check out the emerging science that shows organic agriculture could help slow climate change.

02/11/2019

Foodscaping is a trend taking off in yards around the world. From style and structure to plant choice, follow these tips for a perfectly-planned edible garden.

02/11/2019

From the sixteenth to the twentieth century, urban farmers grew Mediterranean fruits and vegetables as far north as England and the Netherlands, using only renewable energy.

02/10/2019

Wow.

02/09/2019

I adore have these birds on a farm. And their feathers are beautiful!

Guinea fowl may not be the most attractive poultry but they make it up by being very useful.

02/09/2019

Super messy, but would work with rotational farming.

02/06/2019

The city of Toronto has launched a program that converts old unused metro buses into mobile grocery stores called Mobile Good Food Markets, and ever since, they've been traveling across the Toronto metropolitan area selling affordable fresh food.

02/05/2019

I enjoyed this little tidbit. Good to know!

01/06/2019

The nation’s first USDA-certified organic campus integrates farm work and food production into every aspect of student life.

01/05/2019

Many of the world's centenarians share one common hobby: gardening. Could you extend your life and drop your stress by taking up the pursuit, too?

01/04/2019

Very interesting.

Most of the edible plants in the rainforest were planted by humans over 4500 years ago, new study finds. Modern farmers should look to these ancient forest gardeners for the key to sustainable food production. Ancient humans were practicing a form of agriculture known as horticulture or permaculture...

12/21/2018

11/07/2018

Donkey nannies in Italy.
Each year in Italy, grazing animals are moved from high pastures down to the plains. Newborn lambs are unable to make this journey on their own. Instead, they ride in the pouches of a specially made saddle on the back of a donkey or a mule nanny. They are taken down at rest stops and returned to their mothers for a bite to eat and a bit of nuzzling.
Photo: medeamoon

10/16/2018

Nice!

The underground greenhouse (or pit greenhouse) is mostly buried into the ground because the soil helps keep the temperature constant, somewhere around 16 degrees, when placed at one-meter-deep, even if outside the thermometer shows a...

10/16/2018

Intensively farmed meat and dairy are a blight, but so are fields of soya and maize. There is another way, says the farmer Isabella Tree

10/06/2018

Did you know that raw pumpkin seeds are a natural de-wormer for chickens? I had never heard this, but always looking for a good holistic remedy, I looked into this a bit and seems a lot of people put stock in this tasty treatment. According to Elaine from Sunny Simple Life, pumpkin seeds are coated....

10/05/2018

What kind of alchemy can you discover on your land?

09/03/2018

This non-toxic fungus-based insecticide kills over 200,000 pesky insects without harming bees A all-natural mushroom-based insecticide could make bee-harming neonicotinoids and most other chemical pesticides obsolete. It’s not toxic to humans, pollinators, fish, birds or any other non-targeted ani...

09/03/2018

Even as the United States government continues to push for the use of more chemically-intensive and corporate-dominated farming methods such

08/28/2018

08/26/2018