Soil Conservation
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Positive Examples of Agricultural and Community Transformation in Kenya
I’m adding the following clips as a positive supplement to the preceding post. I think it’s important to see that…
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Soil Biology with Paul Taylor
One of the major global concerns we face today is the heavily depleted state and continued degeneration of our soil.…
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From Grass to Habitat Garden – Our Front Yard 2005-2011
A detailed account of the transition from a sparse and chemical dependent landscape to an ecologically diverse and resource efficient…
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Keeping Cattle: Cause or Cure for Climate Crisis?
We’ve run posts on Alan Savory’s Holistic Management a few times (here, here and here for example), but for those…
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Organic? Biological? Natural Farming?
Part I 7 week Border King maize produced with grass humus There are many articles now written about organic farming…
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Holistic Management Amongst Ted Talks’ “Ads Worth Sharing” Competition Winners
This common sense, holistic approach is indeed worth sharing. With this competition, we’re seeking to reverse the trend of online…
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The Need for Sustainable Agriculture – It’s So Obvious and Inevitable That Even The UN Has To Admit It
Editor’s Note: Quite some time ago, I shared the big 400-scientist-strong IAASTD worldwide study that concluded that small scale, localised,…
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Sustainable World Radio Interview with Doug Weatherbee: Life Within the Soil, Part II
If you missed it, be sure to check out Part I of this interview, and then come back to this…
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Update on the Jordan Valley Permaculture Project (aka ‘Greening the Desert, the Sequel’): “Leave All Expectations Behind”
I felt fully prepared leaving for Jordan three weeks ago. Equipped with a 55ltr backpack laden with books, a compost…
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Sustainable Tropical Agriculture Systems in Southern Belize
by Albert Bates Getting to the Maya Mountain Research Farm in southern Belize is its own wild side adventure. You…
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Sustainable World Radio Interview with Doug Weatherbee: Life Within the Soil, Part I
I had the pleasure of meeting Doug Weatherbee at Geoff Lawton’s PDC course at Quail Springs in California in August…
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