To produce sufficient food for the estimated – nine billion people in 20 years, experiments with vertical farming, rooftop gardening and even sea-farming are being conducted. Food is
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Treating The Farm As An Ecosystem – The 5 Tenets Of Soil Health…
Gabe Brown of Brown’s Ranch in Bismarck, ND, shares his transformative journey of cultivating his farm from modern conventional use to a thriving living ecosystem. Through no-till and
Incredible Mini Earthship Style Cabin – Tiny Off Grid House With Solar Power…
In this video, we tour a mini earth ship style cabin at the Terra Perma community to learn how the building is designed to produce heat, water, and
Natural Building And A New Sense Of The Earth…
Have you ever dreamed of another kind of life? Not the job that you don’t want to go off to in the morning, or the house you have
How To Start Your Own 1-Acre, Self-Sustaining Homestead…
Expert advice on how to establish self-sufficient food production, including guidance on crop rotations, raising livestock and grazing management. Your 1-acre homestead can be divided into land for raising
Graphene Loophole Could Provide “Clean And Limitless” Energy In The Future…
Using the Natural Motion of 2D Materials to Create a New Source of Clean Energy… Graphene is a seemingly impossible material. For years, scientists had theorized that lifting
Cover Crops To Recharge Your Soil This Winter…
Cover crops, or green manures, are a great way to protect your garden from weeds and soil erosion over the winter period. As well as protecting your soil,
Organic Rice Crop Yields Debunk Myth GMOs Are Needed To Feed The World…
In India’s poorest state, farmers are setting world-breaking records growing rice and other staple foods, without the help of genetically modified organisms, and none of Monsanto’s billion-dollar herbicides. With the
Companion Planting Flowers With Vegetables….
Flowers: they’re not just pretty to look at, they can really help to improve the way we grow our fruits and vegetables. Growing a variety of flowers as
Best Air-Cleaning Plants For Your Home According To NASA…
Many us spend a lot of time indoors, so it’s important to cultivate a space that’s a healthy one. A simple – and beautiful – way to do
Elon Musk Finishes World’s Biggest Battery In Less Than 100 Days…
In March 2017, the State Government announced its Energy Plan, with the objective of delivering cleaner, more affordable and more reliable energy to South Australians. This plan included building
Is Growing Your Own Vegetables A Fundamental Right?
A new local controversy is brewing in South Florida surrounding yet another instance of local governments imposing fines on residents and persecuting them over maintaining gardens on their
Grossing $350,000 On 1.5 Acres Of High Intensity, No-Till, Vegetable Production…
“Neversink Farm in Claryville, NY grosses $350,000 on farming 1.5 acres. It’s an amazingly productive and efficient high intensity vegetable farm. And they are doing it all no
Discover How Urban Farming Works…
Keri Fox grew up on a traditional grain farm in southern Saskatchewan, Canada. After becoming an electrician and operating her own electrical contracting business for a few years
Dutch Bucket Hydroponics – How It Works & How To Make Your Own Buckets…
Hydroponic Dutch bucket systems (Bato bucket systems) are perhaps the simplest hydroponic (and sometimes aquaponic, although aquaponics is more difficult) system to build, and a favorite of growers the world
Hospital Constructs Biggest Organic Rooftop Farm In Boston…
Boston Medical Center (BMC) is taking its reputation as the greenest hospital in the Boston area literally, as the once barren roof on top of its power plant
Solar Greenhouses Generate Electricity & Grow Crops At The Same Time…
The first crops of tomatoes and cucumbers grown inside electricity-generating solar greenhouses were as healthy as those raised in conventional greenhouses, signaling that “smart” greenhouses hold great promise
Turning Wood Into The Ultimate Fertilizer Is Easy With One Of These…
Biochar is what results from burning biomass in a low oxygenated environment and is made from collecting biomass – usually wood and stuff you already have at your home/property
Self-Reliance In The City: One Family Proves It Is Possible…
What does it take to be an urban homesteader? One family in Pasadena, California managed to pull off bringing the country into the city. Around 372 square feet
Permaculture, Homesteading & Compost-Powered Heating In The Vermont Hills…
Ben Falk is a permaculture designer based in Moretown, Vermont. In this video, he speaks about different aspects of homesteading and cold weather, notably his wood cook-stove which
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