How Organic Farming Protects and Conserves Clean Water
Limited water resources and clean water security are the greatest risks to prosperity currently facing the global community, according to... Read more
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How to Start a Community Organic Garden
Community gardens are sprouting up around the world! As more and more people want healthy food, they are finding ways... Read more
How To Recycle (Almost) Everything
I used to live in Switzerland, a country where recycling is so lauded that inhabitants have to pay quite a bit... Read more
Food Waste Innovations Around the World
We chop the good parts of the vegetables and discard the rest. We forget about the food at the back... Read more
10 Organic Gardening Tips for September
September begins the real wind-down of the garden season. There is still much to do, but it’s also time to... Read more
Why the Food Safety of GMOs is So Confusing
Spend an afternoon cruising the Internet for information on the dangers of GMO foods, and you will find that it’s... Read more
The Difference Between Heirloom, Open Pollinated, and Hybrid Organic Seeds
It can be overwhelming when you are planning your garden. There are many decisions to make, and the choices seem endless.... Read more
Climate Change is Here, And It's Becoming Harder to Farm Successfully
Your average farmer may not want to hear about climate change (do any of us, really?) or global warming, but... Read more
Perennial Food Crops
Every spring, you spend countless hours (not to mention many dollars) on improving your vegetable beds and planting them in... Read more
The Economics of Organic Farming
We know that organic products often cost more than their conventional counterparts at grocery stores and local farmers' markets, but... Read more
Gardening for Native Bees
The worldwide decline of pollinators has been in the news for several years. Pesticides, habitat loss, disease, parasites, and climate... Read more
How Small Farms are Feeding the World
In the April 2017 issue of The Lancet: Planetary Health, researchers from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in... Read more
