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We have previously warned about a whopping food crisis and supply problems in the fertilizer market. Well, now is worse because that was BEFORE we had the natural gas crisis. Why is that important?
Old fashioned pest management is the key to keeping your garden vibrant and productive when you're looking for less "chemical-y" alternatives. And you'd better learn fast because the modern methods may soon run out.
This video shows what happens when you use ash from a fire in the vegetable garden and around fruit trees.
Here at Permies.com, we're just a bunch of goofballs that love permaculture. In the forums, we learn and share our experiences, and find new ways to take over the world with sustainable living!
In this video, I show you how I grew potatoes in 3 different ways: from supermarket potatoes, wrist deep, and in drills and we see which is better!
When will it end? Suffering Australian farmers have had to harvest the largest total volume of agricultural produce since records began, highlighting how stupid it is to let coal plants keep releasing vital plant nutrients into the atmosphere.
Learn all about pig breeding and the special techniques used to develop the Old Duroc line of pigs.
Swales are long, level excavations used to loosen soil and absorb water. They can be many forms and widths, including small ridges in the garden, rock piles on slopes, or hollows in flat lands.
Reviewing the Subpod, the composting product I get the MOST questions about. It took me a while to get this review together because I wanted to put the system through its paces, and as you'll see, there were some design challenges I faced with the la
Described by the workers' there as a "resource recovery plant," D.C. Water run a biogas plant and high-quality fertilizer production in the course of their dirty duty to ensure the city's waste finds a safe endpoint.
Garden writer Susan Mulvihill shares tips on how she grows a garden through the fall and winter months, without supplemental heat, in her zone 5b garden. From Susan's in the Garden, SusansintheGarden.com.
Mike Aversa, a semiretired accountant, goes hunting as often as possible.
This week, we tour the walipini, or pit greenhouse here at Red Gate Farm.
Host:
Ernest Hancock
Peter Jackson (Cascadian Natural Farming) on Food Sovereignty, helping to promote folks making their own fertilizers and microbial inoculants after learning about how fermentation is utilized in the Nature Farming of Japan and Korea
Since these soils are fertile, they were drained and have been cultivated for agricultural use for more than a hundred years. In 1994, The Everglades Forever Act was passed to ensure the sensitive ecosystem would be more protected from nutrient run
Pesticides are toxic to both humans and animals, in addition to destroying the natural soil fauna. In this article, Jayne discusses the principles and applications of Integrated Pest Management.
Host:
Ernest Hancock
Greg Peterson (The Urban Farm) on the importance of growing your own food, learning how to grow, classes, self-sustainability, etc...
With the four-week-old strike at Deere & Co. factories exacerbating an already acute shortage of new tractors, the used market is the only place for many desperate farmers to turn.
President Biden is rapidly sinking in the polls amid a spurt of inflation rising the fastest in four decades.
If you look across a field in Nigeria, you might see hundreds of midsize trees with green leaves and strange roots being dug up. This tree-looking plant is called cassava. Cassava is the third most important source of calories in the world, behind ri
Farmers' land across the midwest is being confiscated to make way for construction of a massive, 1300-mi long Carbon Capture & Sequestration Pipeline. Town halls in hundreds of counties are full of angry farmers, as county officials announce, "There'
California farmers are now feeling the impact of the supply chain crisis as they struggle to transport crops out of their farms due to a shortage of truck drivers, a lack of space at warehouses and heavy congestion at the ports.
it's time to Honor God, Empower the People, Restore Agriculture & Establish Community- through Sustainable Subdivision Design centered around dedicated, Community Sponsored Micro-Farmers creating Produce/ Profit Shares for Lot Owners, creating abunda
As the Japanese government pushes forward with its plans to release water that was contaminated from the nuclear disaster at Fukushima into the ocean, farmers are concerned that consumer fears will once again have a negative impact on their business
There's no way to confirm that a crop was grown organically. Randy Constant exploited our trust in the labels--and made a fortune.
Around the world, farmers are panicking as they are unable to get the supplies they need to produce food, from fertilizers to herbicides to tractor parts.
The not-so-healthy Mediterranean diet? Switching from 'Western' foods to non-organically-grown fruit, veg and whole grains can TRIPLE the pesticides you consume and weaken your immune system, study warns
I grew my own wheat! This video takes you from seed to harvest, including threshing and winnowing the wheat so I have a relatively clean product to grind into my own flour.
Cow farts are the new 'public enemy No. 1' when it comes to the global battle against climate change.
... of your plants. It will tell you how well they're hydrated, attract your attention when they need water and, if you want to go a step further, even give them water!
