Homegrown, Sustainable Wheat
I’ve biked past the wheat fields of Kansas/Colorado. I saw the seemingly endless fields of annual corn + wheat GMOs. The centralized food industry of the United States has evolved far beyond traditional farming. Today, our farming techniques are very good at producing mass quantities of drought-resistant, disease-resistant, and (*gasp*) herbicide-resistant crops. However, our feeble […]
March 10, 2011
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Tags: agriculture, capitalism, erosion, gardening, GMOs, grains, grass, health, nutrition, peak oil, perennials, permaculture, roundup, sustainibility, toxins, wheat · Posted in: agriculture, climate, diet, health
Antioxident-Rich Plants, for real
Not long after I began dissecting and altering my lifestyle to become more sustainable, I realized the benefits of supporting local farms. What’s better than buying produce from local farms? Growing yourself. As I had just bought a house, I made it my goal to convert the overgrown weedy backyard into an organic garden. While […]
January 27, 2010
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Tags: acai, antioxidant, capitalism, dog rose, food, health, rosa canina, rose, rose hips · Posted in: diet, health