In Portland Oregon, a non-profit is going after hunger by setting up gardens in backyards and apartment landscaping. They work with low income families to set up a garden and set up a long term relationship with a “mentor” that…

I was wondering on my Facebook just how long a Twinkie would last, and low and behold Toddie Peters (author of In Search of the Good Life: The Ethics of Globalization, which only tangentially relates to junk food) provided one…

Take the quiz from National Geographic! The rest of their Green Guide is great, too.

While the adrenaline never flowed as I imagine it would hunting buffalo or lions with spears, urban hunting is satisfying. This was a 15-minute harvest of some old apple trees along the train tracks across from the Chevron station at…

Julian seems a bit dubious about the three pounds of Winter Wheat I handed him for this “candid” shot. By the way, we’ve been loving those smooze! fruit ices you see in his hand. The one Julian has is guava…

Just over a year after his death, FUKUOKA Masanobu was the main topic of conversation at our Thanksgiving meal table today. Fukuoka was an amazing man who I had the chance to meet at his farm on Shikoku Island back in 1985, when I was living in Japan. His contributions to agriculture, permaculture and profound philosophies undergirding farming, nature and life are innumerable.

Home-grown basil makes for a healthy, simple and quick meal year round when made into pesto and frozen in small portions.

Seattle Youth Garden Works is awesome, and I’m trying out this widget from change.org which allows you to give to the project. Go for it. Or start a fundraising page for them. Just click below… Interview with Marcus and Susan…

I have nothing particularly wise or illuminating to say at the moment. I just want to show you what I found in my garden this morning – my first home-grown Eggplant. Pretty cool, eh? My seminary theology professor taught that…

The Lesotho (know where it is? let us know in a comment) and Los Ranchos Presbytery Joining Hands partnership is looking into the role of GMOs, or genetic engineering, in their food system. Monsanto, the prime mover in GMO research…