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...
KARITAINA, Greece (AP) — Ilias Mathes has protection against bank closures, capital controls and the slashing of his pension: 10 goats, some hens and a vegetable patch.If Greece's financial crisis deepens, as many believe it must, he can feed his children and...
Hawaii imports 90 percent of what it eats at great environmental cost. Now ag activists seek to make ‘grown here, not flown here’ a reality. HONOLULU—When my Airbus touched down at Honolulu International Airport, I was one of 30,843 people to arrive in Hawaii on a...
Tracy From La'akea Community (Big Island) & Fellowship for Intentional Community Deep breath in, deep breath out. I sit on one of the twin beds in our upstairs meeting room, leaning against the wall, with a steaming cup of freshly harvested and brewed turmeric ginger...
Many people in America are proponents of the organic food movement, and worried about the potentially harmful effects of pesticides on their health or the environment. In Cuba, farmers have gone organic for a very different reason – they had to. In this final...
In an effort to assist small-scale food producers in Hawai‘i select vegetable varieties best suited for their specific locations, the Hawai‘i Public Seed Initiative (HPSI) is pleased to offer the Hawai‘i Seed Variety Selection Tool. This tool consists of two parts:A...
