No Rehabilitation?

How come there is not more of this happening? We always hear that rehabilitation does not work. How absurd. Everything can be cured in a garden! http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/nyregion/16farm.html?_r=1

Permaculture Course

We are up in Michigan a day away from finishing a Permaculture course. We have four National Guardsmen here, a NYC lawyer, three engineers, a biologist, a graphic designer, a strawberry farmer, a forester, a weaver, a bunch of passionate young folks. Permaculture is not strictly for farmers and gardeners. Permaculture is for anyone with [...]

19,000,000 Acres of Suburban Farmland

There are 19,000,000 acres of prime farmland in front and backyards in the burbs. If we were to plant it all the fences would come down and neighbors would become just that: NEIGHBORS. A benevolent distribution of yields, one of our most significant principles in Permaculture, would result. So what exactly are we doing here? [...]

Whole Foods

Here is an article that one of my students sent along today: Published on Thursday, August 13, 2009 by CommonDreams.org Boycott Whole Foods by Russell Mokhiber John Mackey is a right wing libertarian. He’s a union buster. He believes that corporations should not be criminally prosecuted for their crimes. He has just launched a campaign [...]

Barge, NYC, Chickens, Greens, Floating Paradise

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/arts/design/13barge.html?_r=1&hp