What is the difference between annual plants and perennial plants? It’s quite simple. Annual plants are plants that complete their life cycle in one year or less, while perennial plants are plants that can take anywhere from two to 20 years to complete their lifecycle. Many people like to use … Read more
Organic Eggs from a Factory Farm: A chicken’s life is hard. Sexed shortly after birth, most male chicks are killed. Hens are only slightly luckier, but that’s debatable. Crammed into battery cages in large farm sheds, with little room to roam, hens exist to lay the eggs we buy at … Read more
Terrance farming is an ancient technique common in mountainous terrain common in Asian, the Mediterranean, and South America (especially the Andes Mountains of Peru). This method of sustainable agriculture allows otherwise infertile regions to be productive for sustainable farming. Terrace farms and their methods have largely been replaced by ‘conventional … Read more
Conventional greenhouses rely on natural gas designs to keep them warm in the winter. Although heat can be felt during the winter months in an unheated greenhouse, the ground will still become very cold and most plants will hibernate or die. Solar greenhouses use thermal banking designs to create a … Read more
Forget about climate change for now. Soil erosion is a major contributor to such talk. One of the most ubiquitous problems that affects the United States and the rest of the world, look no farther than the edge of your plate. What food you see there, unless you purchased locally … Read more
Who doesn’t want a fresh garden-picked strawberry in the middle of a cold snowy winter? Hydroponic strawberries are an easy and sustainable method to meet this desire. Large scale or small, the principles of growing hydroponic strawberries are the same Strawberries are one of the best plants to grow hydroponically … Read more
Composting is a great way to teach your kids about reducing waste, recycling materials and reusing resources when we can. Although they may not completely understand why it’s so important at first, it will help them better understand the challenges we face as an Earth community to build a sustainable … Read more
Throughout the undeveloped world, more than two billion people cook and heat their homes with inefficient stoves or open fires, burning wood, straw, dung, or coal. These technologies, though essential emit air pollution that can harm respiratory and cardiac health of the individuals (typically women who are doing the household … Read more
Sustainable practices in agriculture are required for a long and prosperous agricultural system. Since agriculture techniques became integrated with human culture, about 10,000 years ago, agriculture was practiced in a sustainable way; the intent may not have always been to be sustainable as human beings are likely to employ work-reduction … Read more
An heirloom plant refers to any plant that was cultivated by humans and passed during early the earlier periods of our history. Most heirloom plants are no longer cultivated commercially on a large scale because most use open pollination to make their fruit and commercial farming has become less and … Read more
Planting Strawberries for Natural Home Remedies. The benefits of eating strawberries regularly are many. The great thing about planting strawberries is that they will flourish in potted plants, so you can grow them anywhere. They are very hardy plants and will survive through harsh conditions. Although the most important thing … Read more
English gardens are truly a work of art with a long history. The prize of royalty and estate holders, their manicured garden estates had styles with elaborate walls and sculptures, even mazes. Today, English gardens grow on a smaller scale as backyard gardens full of vivid flowers and lush greens. … Read more
Think of some of your favorite foods. Yogurt, bread, sauerkraut, pickles. Drinks? Beer, cider, kombucha. What do they have in common? They’re fermented. Fermentation not only makes food nutritious and tasty, it’s also an ancient form of food preservation, born from time-honored rituals that were practiced long before anyone could … Read more
To make yogurt, you’ll need milk. Whatever the amount of milk you use will be the amount of yogurt it yields. For this recipe, we’ll use a half gallon. You’ll also need some store-bought yogurt with active cultures. You’ll also need two pots which can nest within one another, to … Read more
Organic Food Preservation Definition, Importance, & Methods Food preservation has long been a necessary pursuit of humans through the ages. While short term food preservation methods are largely dominated by today’s refrigerators, and long term preservation is dominated by canning or freezing, our ancient cultures thrived without such technology by … Read more