Farming & Gardening
Many weed purists wonder if autoflowers are a waste of time. We debunk this persistent myth and explain how great this type of weed really is.
Oregon Bill IP13 would criminalize raising food animals in the state, and reclassify animal husbandry practices as “sexual assault.” The bill specifies that animals can only be eaten after dying of natural causes (at which point, aged/diseased meat is not good). #waronfarming
According to a new peer-reviewed paper, “The Myth of a Food Crisis,” corrupt philanthropic and academic sectors in agriculture and development perpetuate the lie that Big Ag is the only way to feed the world. #smallfarms
A misguided technological revolution is about to sweep through food systems, but civil society and social movements can stop it in its tracks. #food #foodsystem
A misguided technological revolution is about to sweep through food systems, but civil society and social movements can stop it in its tracks. #longfoodmovement
About one-third of the world’s agricultural land is at high risk from pesticide pollution, a new study has found. #pesticidepollution
Perhaps the next Revolutionary War will take place in a vegetable garden. Resistance can begin as easily a planting one seed in a pot. It’s time to go to battle and declare your independence with a spade in one hand and some seeds in the other. #vegetablegarden
What do ten dollars, a garden, Harrison Ford, and Elon Musk’s brother have in common? They’re all being used to combat food insecurity, malnutrition, and to build the world’s single biggest gardener community. #milliongardensmovement
In the rural countryside of Indonesia, one elderly man is taking it upon himself to rehabilitate a landscape ravaged by mismanagement. #trees #reforestation #plantingtrees
In the commons, we are conscious of nature’s ecological limits, aware that all humans have a right to air, water, and food, and we accept responsibility for the rights of future generations.
Regeneration is now the hottest topic in the natural and organic food and farming sector, while climate activists regularly talk about the role of organic and regenerative practices in reducing agricultural greenhouse gas emissions #regenerativefarming
One man from East Tampa, Florida, decided to use his funds from his federal stimulus check to invest in a much more long-term project: building his own garden at home and using it to help provide food for himself. He’s now teaching his community about the massive benefits of food independence. #StimulusCheck #homegardening
Daan Roosegaarde’s latest artwork GROW is an homage to the beauty of agriculture. In the world film premiere GROW appears as a 20,000m2 luminous dreamscape of red and blue waves of light over an enormous field. GROW is inspired by scientific light recipes that improve plants’ growth and resilience. #plantgrowth #grow
The Wendell Berry Farming Program offers an education unlike any other most unusual is the absence of tuition; the 2-year course teaches ecological management of animals, pasture, and forest. #ecofarming
Instead of neat rows of monoculture, forest gardens combine fruit and nut trees, shrubs, herbs, vines, and perennial vegetables together in one seemingly wild setting. #ForrestGarden
