Medicinal Plants
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Manifestos of the International Commission on the Future of Food and Agriculture
by Navdanya International The Manifesto on the Future of Seeds outlines ways and means to strengthen and accelerate the movement…
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Abundance in the Garden: the Backyard Grocery Store
Our abundant garden: pineapple, leeks, spring onions, strawberry beds, greens, broccoli and numerous other edible plants visible in this picture.…
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How to Attract Beneficial Predators & Pollinators
It was recently reported in a research study conducted by Michigan University that predatory insect attracting plants saved American farmers…
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User–Generated Food Forest Resource is Online
The Apios Institute for Regenerative Perennial Agriculture has spent several years developing a user–generated resource on food forests. Users can…
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Preparing Our Children For a Resilient Future, Part II: Food Security
I doubt many would disagree that food is one of the most important things that we are going to need…
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Permaculture: a Path Toward a More Sustainable Amazon?
Originally published on Mongabay.com An Eco-Ola permaculture plot with yuca, beans, sacha inchi, bananas, charapitas, herba luisa, and moringa in…
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Plant Families – Patterns in Nature
Climbing bean flowers have only one axis of symmetry A practical thing botany teaches is too look at similarities and…
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Getting Kids Into Gardening, Part IV: Creativity in the Garden
Inspiring our children to develop an enthusiasm for gardening is a wonderful gift we, as parents or caregivers, can give…
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Getting Kids Into Gardening, Part III: Creating a Resilience Garden
Hands-on experience in getting the most out of a garden is going to be an invaluable skill in the challenging…
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Indigenous Land Management Practices in the USA (Videos)
I’ve been interested in indigenous land management for many years, but since the publication of M. Kat Anderson’s phenomenal Tending…
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Tree Cotton – Gossypium Arboreum
You might have seen the cotton growing out west — around St George, Gundiwindi and Dirranbandi in Queensland, Australia, and…
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Our Seeds: Seeds Blong Yumi – Watch for Free
In September 2008 Seed Savers released their first film, “Our Seeds: Seeds Blong Yumi”, a 57 minute documentary that celebrates…
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