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The Mvskokee Food Sovereignty Initiative has instituted an annual Food Sovereignty Symposium.

At this year’s event, Sally Auger and Diane Wilson presented Dream of Wild Health, a visionary program in Hugo, MN. On a ten-acre farm, youths and families are nurtured in body, mind, and spirit. Through three youth programs, kids and teens learn about responsibility, [...]

Auld Lang Syne is on my mind today, not only because it’s what is traditionally sung at midnight, but because of what it means.  Auld Lang Syne is sung at this time because it symbolizes endings and new beginnings.  The noise and bustle of the holidays is over and we are entering a hopeful new [...]

Last week I got to see an eye-opening program on PBS about the disappearance of bees worldwide. It was a very informative  show about a situation that everyone who’s gotten used to eating more than just a few kinds of grain should know about.

At the time of the production of this program, Silence of the [...]

Check out the timeline of tasks from the August/September issue of Mother Earth News. Look up the date of your first killing frost (FKF), if you don’t already know it, and you’re ready to go!

12 – 14 weeks before FKF:

Direct-sow last plantings of fast-maturing, warm-season vegetables such as snap beans, cucumbers, and summer squash. Also [...]

Want to add some excitement to your salad without loading it up with fatty dressings, cheese and bacon? Try micro-greens.
What are micro-greens?
Any plant that can be eaten in it’s stage of full growth, can also be eaten as a micro-green. You can have micro-broccoli, micro-arugula, micro-basil, micro-cabbages, micro-beets.. and the list goes on.
Micro-greens are harvested [...]

In a previous blog post, and in a couple of articles I mentioned the many benefits of composting:

Reduce global warming
Help with nitrogen pollution
Save money on dirt and fertilizers

When walking by our compost pile the other day, I discovered yet another benefit of composting - free food!

Back in January I cooked some spaghetti squash and threw the squash [...]

A friend sent me a link to this website on cheap and lazy gardening, and it really got me thinking about my past gardening experiences and why some of them were rather more discouraging than empowering - trying to grow plants that do not naturally belong in your area can be very difficult and require [...]

Many of us are concerned about (and some of us are plain scared of) the meat products we consume: chickens fed with beef and growing in a 5 story cage, consuming antibiotics and other “growth” substances and (pardon my french here - each others’ poop!).

It is so easy to get overwhelmed with information and statistics about global warming, pollution, carbon footprints.. There is a lot going on, and it is easy to forget that your individual efforts really count, and sometimes count triple - help the planet, your local community and your wallet.