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Holy Shit: The Secret Behind Creating Truly Sustainable Food

Posted on Dec 2, 2010, Source: AlterNet

If you're into food, you've got to embrace manure. Like it or not, the bowel movement after all, is the foundation upon which the sustainable food movement stands.

Food in Uncertain Times: How to Grow and Store the 5 Crops You Need to Survive

Posted on Oct 21, 2010, Source: Chelsea Green Publishing

Having food resiliency is as much about learning how to store and use food properly as it is about growing it. The key is learning interdependence not independence.

A Life on the Wedge: An Interview with Cheesemonger Gordon Edgar

Posted on Mar 31, 2010, Source: Planet Green

Edgar know cheese: he talks about taste, the difference between factory-made and artisan, and the future of the cheese movement.

Sneak Peak: I've Seen a Glimpse of the Future of Food and Farming

Posted on Feb 1, 2010, Source: Chelsea Green Publishing

At the recent Eco Farm conference I was surprised to find the dominating corporate influence among the home-growers and anarchist farmers.

Why Fermentation Is the Key to Local Foods and Good Health

Posted on Dec 3, 2009, Source: Chelsea Green Publishing

Authors Sandor Katz reveals the secrets of fermentation and the growing underground food movement.

Fresh Food From Small Spaces: A Beginner's Guide to Urban Farming

Posted on Nov 18, 2009, Source: Chelsea Green Publishing

You don't need a red barn and rolling wheat fields. Urbanites, too, can grow their own food indoors, in cramped spaces, and without access to land! For real.

The Raw Milk Revolution: Behind America's Emerging Battle Over Food Rights

Posted on Nov 7, 2009, Source: TreeHugger

Because of its health benefits, many more people are turning to raw milk. But there's one hitch: Raw milk is illegal.

Why We Need Bees and More People Becoming Organic Beekeepers

Posted on Nov 6, 2009, Source: Chelsea Green Publishing

Bees teach us how to live our life in a way that by taking what we need from the world around us, we leave the world better than we found it.

Farmer Gene Logsdon Explains How to Make Your Own Home-Grown 'Pancake Patch'

Posted on Sep 28, 2009, Source: Chelsea Green Publishing

More and more people are growing their own veggies, but what about grains?

Ever Wonder if You Could Kill What You Eat? We Did the Other Night

Posted on Aug 28, 2009, Source: Chelsea Green Publishing

Were we traumatized? Did we feel sorry for the chicken? Are we dreading this weekend, where we'll have to kill 150 more? Here's why not.

Is Farming the New American Dream?

Posted on Aug 21, 2009, Source: Chelsea Green Publishing

In this economic climate, why is farming becoming a desirable life for young people who have the luxury of choice?

Can Gardening Make Your Sex Life Better?

Posted on Jun 25, 2009, Source: Chelsea Green Publishing

The skeptical reader will probably go, say what? But I believe gardening is a good model to go off of -- in terms of getting off.
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