Posts Tagged ‘Growing & Raising Food’

The Future of Small Family Farms (video)

The Future of Small Family Farms (video)

Do they have a future?

Winter Greenhouse Farming (video)

Winter Greenhouse Farming (video)

Rick Steffen is a small farmer for all seasons.

Documenting the Urban Farming Boom

Documenting the Urban Farming Boom

Two filmmakers travel the country to document the fast growing interest in urban agriculture.

A Good Food Farmer (video)

A Good Food Farmer (video)

Anthony Boutard, of Ayers Creek Farm, is not your typical farmer. Trained as a forester, he and his wife, Carol, backed into farming – as he likes to tell it.

A Householder’s Guide to the Universe-Book Review

A Householder’s Guide to the Universe-Book Review

Harriet Fasenfest offers a seasonal monthly breakdown in her book, A Householder’s Guide to the Universe: A Calendar of Basics for the Home and Beyond.

Biodynamic Vineyard (video)

Biodynamic Vineyard (video)

Dr. Robert Gross, of Cooper Mountain Vineyards, shares his unconventional philosophy and approach to winemaking.

Growing Food, Transforming Lives

Growing Food, Transforming Lives

There has been a recent return to growing food gardens. In Missoula, MT, they are taking it a step further with a program called Garden City Harvest.

Front Yard Farming: Are You Ready for a Solar Powered Chicken Coop?

Front Yard Farming: Are You Ready for a Solar Powered Chicken Coop?

September 08, 2011 Here I am working on replacing my lawn with edibles and along comes this nifty idea: a front yard chicken coop. But wait, it’s designed to improve my front lawn as the chickens feed, forage, scratch, and fertilize the ground. Can I have a lawn and grow food too? It’s a solar [...]