Victory Gardens in the World Wars (and in the Neoliberal Era)
A random walk through Victory Garden posters, with commentary, and a recommendation that the government mobilize to recreate them.
Read more...Category Archives: Permaculture
Mitigating “Plant Blindness” through a Photographing a Community Garden
Plant blindness has led to the devaluation of plants with regard to their impact on the economy and culture, environmental sustainability, and public health.
Read more...Permaculture, the Health of the Soil, and Climate Change
Permacultural practices can successfully return carbon to the soil, forming a carbon sink.
Read more...Farming First: A Recipe to Feed a Crowded World
Is subsistence farming the way to the future?
Read more...How to Win: Lessons from the Zad
Members of the Zad engaged in a nearly decade long, successful commual effort to block the construction of an airport near Nantes. But what happens when you win?
Read more...Agribusiness Is the Problem, Not the Solution
Why agribusiness isn’t well positioned to address hunger.
Read more...New Review of Dozens of Studies of Insect Population Decline, the Causes, and Things You Can Do
A review of the massive new study on insect population decline and its drivers.
Read more...The Planetary Health Diet Isn’t Much Use to People Living in Food Poverty
Diet has now become political. But will the food industry support more sustainable diets, particularly for low income consumers?
Read more...Anticipatory Unease: A Visit to the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. During Naked Capitalism’s comment holiday, Yves and I also visited the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (CMBG), “Maine’s Premier Botanical Garden,” which it is! From their site: In just ten short years, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens has become one of the largest public gardens in the country, ranking among the top […]
Read more...Interim Report on Lambert’s 2018 Garden
My summer office.
Read more...How Hunter-Gatherers May Hold the Key to our Economic Future
Their relaxed approach to work stemmed from their faith in the providence of their environment and confidence in their ability to exploit it
Read more...Wizards and Prophets Face Off to Save the Planet
How to feed 10 billion people? Wizards, as in technophiles, and prophets, conservationists, have very different answers.
Read more...Seed Catalogs of Desire
The history of seed catalogs
Read more...Why Urban Farming Is Key in the Fight Against Hunger and Climate Change
How urban farming can help alleviate food stress and buffer climate pressures.
Read more...January Thaw
Wood frogs, iguanas, anti-freeze, and plans for the garden
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