Why start with: what permaculture means? Because many people don’t know what it means, A lot of people think that it’s the normal agriculture with nothing different and that you are crazy because in this time of crisis, catastrophes and war you think only about nature and having some lush vegetables in your garden…but permaculture or synergistic agriculture, as you prefer, is not only a method to work the soil and have lush and sane vegetables but it’s above all “taking care of people”. Continue reading “Permaculture Project: reinvent ourselves”
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Food Mythbusters: Small farms can feed the World
Food Mythbusters: Do we need industrial agriculture to feed the world?
from Grist with thanks
Are you tired of hearing claims that chemical-intensive monocultures are the only way to feed the planet’s growing population? With the first in her series of “mythbusting” videos, Anna Lappé, author of Diet for a Hot Planet and occasional Grist contributor, takes on this point directly.
She argues that, in fact, a network of small-scale, independent farms using diversified, sustainable practices and a shift in the way the food we already grow gets eaten will go a long way toward solving the problem without such a heavy reliance on corporate agriculture.
Take a look and tell us what you think.
(Did we mention that last week we had Food Day? Find food-related activities in your area here.) Continue reading “Food Mythbusters: Small farms can feed the World”
permaculture.. Farming without water
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