Animal Forage
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Joel Salatin and the Expression of Chickenness
Joel Salatin runs one of the best examples of a fully functional & productive sustainable farming operation found anywhere in…
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Convert Your Eco-Unfriendly Swimming Pool into a Biologically Active and Attractive Fish Farm!
Could converting swimming pools into fish ponds be another way to increase food security as we head out onto peak…
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Wonder Weeds
PIJ #63, June-Aug 1997 by Linda Woodrow How to harvest weeds for their best nutrients Sometimes gardening seems to me…
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The Carob
PIJ #58, March-May 1996 by Frances Lang Carob, or St John’s Bread, is known in the botanical world as Ceratonia…
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The One Duck Revolution
PIJ #58, Mar – May 1996 Aigamo ducks in rice paddy Mr. Takao Furuno’s modest business card reveals that he…
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Tamarind Tree
PIJ #48, Sep – Nov 1993 The graceful tamarind tree (Tamarindus indica) is believed to have originated in Africa and…
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Adaptable Acacias
by Leza Bennetts and Erika Birmingham Acacias are evergreen, nitrogen-fixing plants ranging in form from ground covers to tall trees.…
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Nitrogen Fixing Trees – The Multipurpose Pioneers
The myths about the wonders of nitrogen fixing trees are many. Craig Elevitch (see bio at bottom) and Kim Wilkinson…
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The Development of Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration
Editor’s Note: Arguably one of the most successful land regeneration projects in the world, Farmer Managed Natural Regeneraton (FMNR), beginning…
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