Look At What This Reader Did To Boost Resilience
We spend much of our time evaluating new ideas that are designed to improve our resiliency. A few months ago we outlined a straw …
Stop Landscaping, Foodscape Instead
In United States alone, landscaping is big business. People spend over $30 billion each year making their homes more appealing using traditional landscaping techniques. …
The Difference Between Resilience and “Prepping”
A quick Google search about survival related topics quickly nets you page after page of doom and gloom. Military-style MREs, weapons stashes, and techniques …
One Way to Make Aquaponics Easier
Aquaponics has a big problem. The good news, is that it can made better…simply. To understand the reason why we need smart aquaponics, think …
What Superweeds can Teach You
Spending time in your garden is more than just a hobby (although you can have fun doing it). It’s a vote. A vote with …
Building Abundant Ponds, Chinese Wheelbarrows, and DiY Algae Reactors
In today’s letter: A little lesson on how the legendary farmer, Sepp Holzer, builds abundant ponds. Ponds that produce food and income. How …
Foodscapes EVERYWHERE!
There’s a big transition going on. Lawns are being replaced by food gardens. Everywhere. People are casting aside the non-productive lawn and replacing it …
Build a Kitchenspace… Unleash Food Creatives. Generate Wealth Locally.
Most of us know what a makerspace is. For those who don’t, a makerspace is the local place people can go to get access …
Growing Lots of Food in Extreme Environments
We’re learning so much about how to produce more of everything at the local level. Food, water, energy, and products. For example, I had a …
What’s Wrong with this Picture?
Here’s a photo I took in Brooklyn a while back. Notice the problem? It’s not the bikes. The blue bikes are from the Citi …