Food Plants – Annual
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Desert Food Forest and Organic Commercial Production in Three Years – Update on Wadi Rum Consultancy (Jordan)
Outside the fence On August 6, 2010 Craig Mackintosh posted on my initial consultancy for the site I’m reporting on…
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Addressing the Causes of Land Degradation, Food/Nutritional Insecurity and Poverty: a New Approach to Agricultural Intensification in the Tropics and Subtropics
by Roger RB Leakey, Agroforestry and Novel Crops Unit, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia.…
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My Visit to the Greening the Desert Sequel Site, November 2013
The Jordan Valley Permaculture Proejct (aka ‘Greening the Desert – the Sequel’) in November 2013. (Photo: Geoff Lawton) I experienced…
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Permaculture Paradise at Val & Eli’s Garden (Jacksonville, Florida)
Val and Eli take us on a tour of their permagarden in Jacksonville FL. They have created a wonderful, natural…
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China and the Soybean Challenge
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute Some 3,000 years ago, farmers in eastern China domesticated the soybean. In 1765,…
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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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Hill Country Permaculture: The Way of the Fox (Central Texas)
Foxes are renowned for being clever and nimble — elusive when sought as prey and very hard to keep out…
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A Hugelkultur Pumpkin Patch (Netherlands)
This year I made a hugelkultur area in my veggie garden. I love it — they bring a nice shape…
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What Plants Talk About
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7MOe5clOtI In 1973, Lyall Watson, a South African botanist, claimed that plants had emotions that could be recorded on a…
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Pseudo-grains for Lesotho – Permaculture Design for Disaster
Quinoa This year’s very dry autumn, winter and spring in Lesotho is ringing alarm bells throughout the country. The capital…
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Conventional Vs. Organic Vs. The Future of Food
People are awakening to a vision where they can see themselves as less stressed, having more quality time to spend…
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Food from Perennial(ising) Plants in Temperate Climate Australia, for August 2013
Editor’s Note: I want to express my heartfelt thanks to Susan for taking the initiative for this excellent series, and,…
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