Soil Biology
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Bhaskar Save, the Gandhi of Natural Farming
Sage of a minimalist farming system based on non-violence and all of nature’s biodiversity that produces in abundance with no…
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Earthworms at Work
The last post of Phillip Bradley was about no till farming practices, cover cropping and direct sowing. We have farmers…
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Under Cover Farmers (videos)
While researching cover cropping, I came across the video above, featuring an explanation from the Rodale Institute (U.S.) of their…
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Phosphorous Starvation Threatens the World
A fully referenced version of this paper is posted on ISIS members website and is otherwise available for download here.…
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Keyline Design as an Organizing Pattern for Permaculture Design, Part 3 (Sweden)
This is the third of a series of articles looking at design considerations for our Cold Climate Permaculture site using…
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A Simple Recipe for Fertiliser Tea
This is a very simple fertiliser tea recipe which all plants I have used it on have responded very well…
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Introduction to Naturalised Nursery Practice
Applying the understandings of ecosystem mimicry to create alternative solutions to current nursery practices of disease control, fertilisation and sterile…
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Mohamed Hijri: A Simple Solution to the Coming Phosphorus Crisis (video)
Biologist Mohamed Hijri brings to light a farming crisis no one is talking about: We are running out of phosphorus,…
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Paul Stamets – Solutions From the Underground (Video)
Many readers of Permaculture News will be familiar with Paul Stamets and his amazing research with all things fungi. This…
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Soil, not Dirt – Dr Elaine Ingham Talks Soil Microbiology
Dr. Elaine Ingham talks about soil fertility and the role of soil microbial life. Dr. Ingham is a world-renowned soil…
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Healing the Planet Through Photosynthesis and Carbon Sequestration
If we implement wise geoengineering, even eating meat could help tackle the backlog of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere. Carbon…
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Paradigm Shift Urgently Needed In Agriculture – UN Agencies Call for an End to Industrial Agriculture & Food System
A rising chorus from UN agencies on how food security, poverty, gender inequality and climate change can all be addressed…
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