Take a deeper dive into topics such as organic gardening, organic farming, tending your microbial garden (microbiome), soil health, and more.
460,000,000 acres of farmland in the US grows garbage, food that we put in the trash. What can you do to help? …
Should you stop drinking juice? Why or why not? Having a good food philosophy grounded in anthropology/science will keep you from getting duped. …
Is it possible to be self-sufficient? If you're very unlucky, then yes. However, we think there are better goals to aim for than self-sufficiency.…
What is fermentation? Understanding the connection between your food, gut microbes, and brain can drastically improve your diet and health.…
What do fossil fuels, mushrooms, Exxon, and Elon Musk all have in common? Read this fungi tale to find out...…
What if there was a drink that gave you a better energy boost than coffee without the bad breath? Oh, and it could fight cancer too. Meet matcha... …
Fall or winter blues have you down? You might be low on Vitamin D. Here's how to boost your mood with food while avoiding vitamin supplements. …
Slate Magazine's article about GMOs & biotech says there is no difference between organic and conventional agriculture (or food). We respectfully disagree.…
Epigenetics: what you eat, drink, smoke, think, and do has a biological impact on your children and grandchildren.…
Killing and eating a duck we raised ourselves was one of the hardest things we've ever done. What did we learn in the process? The answers may surprise you.…
We recently went to York, SC to visit Windy Hill Orchard & Cidery, a multi-generational, family-owned apple farm that produces our favorite hard ciders.…
It's been a great growing season, despite record rains that devastated nearby farms and gardens. Here are 3 permaculture lessons we learned this summer...…
Can our sense of beauty—from spiral galaxies to a sunflower—be attributed to mathematical equations? More importantly, how does that math taste? Meet (and eat) the Golden Ratio and the Fibonacci Sequence! …
Tired of growing a monoculture grass yard? Don't worry, you're not alone. Millions of other grass farmers are fed up too. There's a better way! …
Why should you care about soil? What do you get in return? Come learn about soil and how you are intimately linked to soil.…