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“Everybody paddle the canoes together; bail and paddle, paddle and bail, and the shore will be reached.
E lauhoe mai na wa’a; i ke ka, i ka hoe; i ka hoe, i ke ka; pae aku i ka ‘aina.”
― Hawaiian proverb
32,000-Year-Old Plant Brought Back to Life—Oldest Yet
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 stenophylla, a...
Four Ways Mexico’s Indigenous Farmers Are Practicing the Agriculture of the Future by Leah Penniman — YES! Magazine
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...
Scotland Announces Total Ban on GM Crops – Sustainable Pulse
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...
The Point of No Return: Climate Change Nightmares Are Already Here | Rolling Stone
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...
HLH plants 300,000 endemic trees on Big Island
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...
Biodynamics encourages plant health – High Plains Journal: Doug Rich
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...