Revealed: Natural, Economic and Efficient Food Growing System
Video – The Health Ranger introduces a revolutionary way of growing your own food. Can this really be the most natural, economic and efficient food-growing system?
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This Initiative Could Bring Free Fresh Produce to Your Neighborhood
Video – Imagine walking down your street and finding free fresh produce ready for the picking. The Food is Free Project is creating a repeatable model of growing food and community.
Amazing Garden Transformation with the No-dig Approach
Video – Turning an uncultivated plot of land into an abundant garden using the no-dig approach, all within a few months.
Revolutionary Family Shows True Meaning of Self-Reliance
Cole Mellino – By growing all of their food themselves, except staples such as wheat, rice and oats, they are able to eat fresh and delicious, organic food for $2 a day per person.
Guerilla Gardening Faces the Problems of Modern Food Supply
Video – Guerilla gardening can be a simple, natural solution to our increasing problem with food supply and food safety.
Former Drug Addicts and Criminals Help Rebuild Their Community
Video – Amazing, inspirational video of how The Urban Farming Guys transformed one of the poorest, most dangerous zip codes in the US into a thriving, almost crime-free, sustainable community.
Top Local Foods Stories of 2014
Cole Mellino – 2014 was an impressive year for local food. This is great news for human health, animal well being and for the overall health of the planet…
Saving the Planet One Garden at a Time
Video – Discover why growing your own edible garden is the key to a sustainable world.
Practical Aquaponics for Growing Nutritious Vegetables
Video – Learn more about aquaponics and how to create a practical aquaponics system.
8 Signs That We Simply Don’t Need GMOs to Feed the World
Christina Sarich – Key research shows we don’t need GMOs to feed the world…
Re-Greening The Deserts
This film should be an inspiration to everyone to not give up and save the deserts of the earth.
The Secret to Building a Salad Keyhole Garden
Kelly Roberson, Guest Waking Times A keyhole garden is a remarkably adaptable element that works in a range of garden styles. Visiting other people’s gardens is a lovely way to peek into their passions and interests. Some gardeners are completely devoted to one type of plant, while others have a set purpose in mind, such …
10 Urban Farming Projects Flourishing in Boston
John Deike, EcoWatch Waking Times Urban agriculture and the local food movement are flourishing as farms and gardens continue to pop up across Boston’s inner-city sprawl. To highlight the green movement, Food Tank created a top ten list of the city’s most innovative urban agriculture projects. 1. Berkeley Community Garden, a community of 140 farmers in Boston’s South End, …
Revised Laws and Urban Farming Projects Provide New Opportunities for Urban Gardeners
Dr. Mercola Waking Times Interest in urban agriculture is growing locally as well as nationally—a trend that is truly a cause for celebration. In fact, I’ve been encouraging everyone to plant a “Victory Garden” as a step toward fixing our broken food system. During the previous Victory Garden period Americans produced over 40% of the vegetables …
How Biological Farming Can Transform Your Food Supply for the Better
Dr. Mercola Waking Times Jerry Brunetti, an internationally renowned speaker, is the founder of Agri-Dynamics, a company that provides holistic animal remedies for farm, livestock, and pets. He’s also a co-founder of EarthWorks Natural Organic Products, which provides products and consulting services. Brunetti is a cancer survivor who can say he saved his own life …
The Surprising Healing Qualities… of Dirt
Daphne Miller, Yes! Waking Times Recently I’ve been enjoying dirty thoughts. I spend my days in a sterile 8×10 room practicing family medicine and yet my mind is in the soil. This is because I’m discovering just how much this rich, dark substance influences the day-to-day health of my patients. I’m even beginning to wonder …
10 Simple, Cheap Home Gardening Innovations to Set You on the Path to Food Independence
Alex Pietrowski, Staff Writer Waking Times The issue of food quality and food independence is of critical importance these days, and people are recognizing just how easy and fun it is to grow your own food at home. When renegade gardener Ron Finley said, “growing your own food is like printing money,” he was remarking on …
10 Reasons Why You Should Compost
Rachel, This Original Organic Life Waking Times 1.) Composting turns trash into treasure Compost turns what would ordinarily be considered “garbage” into viable nutrients. 2.) Composting builds soil Composting plays a critical role in building healthy soil. This is extremely important given that the US loses about 3 tons of topsoil per acre annually (source). At this …
A List of Over 100 Heirloom Seed Suppliers
Waking Times Below is one of the most extensive lists of heirloom seed suppliers from around the world, combiled by our hardworking friends at Off Grid Info. In this list you will find all types of heirloom, non-GMO and organic seeds for a wide variety of plants. Feel free to contribute to this list with …
Junking Food Is Bad for Everyone
Jill Richardson, Guest Waking Times The food Americans waste could help end hunger in this nation. Several years ago, I worked in a grocery store bakery. At the end of each day, we threw away piles of perfectly good food. Before the store closed, employees walked down each aisle, checking the expiration dates of bread, …