The Future of Feeding Ourselves
The future of food will be different after COVID19. We should be planting our Victory Gardens NOW!
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Extirpated, Eradicated, Extinct
We were walking down our pasture loop yesterday, and for some reason, I remembered when we first walked this path in 1999, we often saw flying squirrels that would drive the dog-of-the-day crazy. Not any more. It’s been years since we saw the last one. And ruffed grouse: We’d hear their low-frequency drumming in the … Read more
Global Syn-WHAT?
The phrase “global syndemic” immediately drew my sustained attention when it first appeared as a result of an initiative and study produced by the science journal Lancet in January of this year. tldr: Scroll down to the 3 minute video explanation. Most folks know PANdemic as an outbreak of illness that brings about large-scale loss … Read more
Sustainable Prosperity
There are many who don’t hear the music; and many of the more powerful who hear it, and don’t want to get to the end of the dance. It is a new rhythm and meter called the Next Economy. And it is stepping on a lot of toes. No wonder that it seems discordant and … Read more
Bottled Water: The Biggest Con of All Time?
Last night at the Floyd Country Store (and more at a new venue perhaps next year) we viewed the 38th movie in six and a half years of this SustainFloyd program of information-sharing (not to mention Pot Luck Suppers). Some of these movies have lead to direct action within the community, others to targeted discussions … Read more