A new USDA funded study performed by Purdue University verifies what many environmentalists have long alleged and several groups of scientists have proven. The massive beehive die-offs known as Colony Collapse Disorder are linked to factory farms and pesticides. In Read More …
Is Obama Set To Be The Worst Environmental President Ever?
As pressure mounts with the upcoming election season is President Obama on track to be the worst environmental President ever? And why are more people not talking about it? President Obama made many promises that captured the imagination of Read More …
Blossom End Rot And What To Do About It
Why did we pick all these tomatoes when they are so green and so small? Turn them over for an unpleasant surprise: What we have here is blossom end rot. What a disappointment! After some research, Read More …
Book Review: The Earth Moved
Earthworms are an especially fascinating topic for every child. Picking them up out of the yard to hold them, watch them (and hopefully place them back on the ground with their life still in tact), is a popular activity around Read More …
Book Review: Omnivore's Dilemma
If you need a good starting point in your quest to understand our food system and how it relates to everything else in our history and culture, this would be a good read for you. My rating: 5 of Read More …
Farmland as a Commodity
Farmland being treated like a stock-market bid, on which savvy businessmen hope to make as much money as possible. I am often inspired by my local paper, but this article has been haunting me ever since I read Read More …
Feeding People is Easy- A Book Review
Colin Tudge’s Book lays out a plan for ‘fixing’ our current food economy. This is a quick read (maybe a few hours), but it is pretty packed with ideas. In some ways, Colin Tudge seemed to oversimplify some political Read More …
Congress Attempts To Kill Clean Water
New Legislation Aims To Destroy The Long Standing Clean Water Act. So while everyone is watching Casey Anthony, Rupert Murdoch and the debt ceiling fight, the Congress has passed a nasty little piece of legislation, or Read More …
Foraging: Finding Edible Goodies In Nature
Foraging Along with planting and growing food, it is an amazing experience to find edible goodies in nature. Whether you love finding mushrooms, berries, or edible weeds, it really is possible to supplement your meals with foraged food. Or Read More …
Book Review: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Book Review: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle This is the book that really started me on my journey of gardening. It reads like a fantastic novel, but is filled with facts and eye-opening struggles involved with our current food system. Animal, Vegetable, Read More …