The Future of CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture)
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is something we feel everyone should be taking advantage of. Not only are prices often comparable to grocery store prices, …
Is Crowdsourcing On Decline?
Kickstarter has been hailed as a great way for businesses to fund new projects or even feel out the market since its inception in …
The Latest in 3-D Printing
MakerBot has been revolutionizing 3-D printing by making it available to small businesses and individuals. 3-D printing is the best way to streamline design …
The Best Locations for Plentiful Water
It’s easy to look at regional droughts as passing phenomena that affect small areas for relatively insignificant amounts of time. Unfortunately, the truth is …
The Future of Manufacturing
In the last 20 years, manufacturing processes have moved overseas to cut costs and keep prices competitive. Historically speaking, a manufacturing operation based in …
A Revolution at the Grocery Store
We spend a lot of our time evaluating ways to make ourselves more self-sufficient. In an ideal world, everyone would have acres of land …
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We live in a society that demands instant gratification. “Snail mail” has been replaced by email. Our favorite TV shows are available on demand. …
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 …
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 …
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 …