Year: 2012
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Manifestos of the International Commission on the Future of Food and Agriculture
by Navdanya International The Manifesto on the Future of Seeds outlines ways and means to strengthen and accelerate the movement…
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Edible Forest Gardens Tasting Workshop
With Eric Toensmeier, Jonathan Bates and Steve Breyer October 19-20, 2012, Holyoke & Southampton, Massachusetts USA The best way to…
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Insights into Nitrogen Fixation from Higher-Order Taxonomy
Nitrogen fixation is an important ecological phenomenon and a critical element of agroecological systems. Nitrogen fixing plants, through a symbiosis…
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Low Cost Raised Beds
by Joel Dunn Raised beds are great for deep, friable soil and good drainage, and also provide a nice structure…
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Canberra PDC Early Bird Offer Extended to 7th September, 2012
We’ve had an overwhelming response in bookings for the PDC starting in Canberra, Australia on 21 September, with Nick Huggins,…
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Report on Implementation Activities in Konso Secondary and Jarso Primary Schools in July 2012 (Ethiopia)
In May 2012 we ran a PDC at Strawberry Fields Eco-Lodge on which we trained four local teachers, along with…
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B.Y.O.B. – Everything is Connected
It might sound very reductionist and over-simplistic but the matter of fact is that everything is connected! We are one.…
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Year-Round Food: Backyard Bioshelter Greenhouse Workshop
What: Year-Round Food: Backyard Bioshelter Greenhouse Workshop Where: Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA When: September 1, 2012 Featuring Scotty Kellogg, author of…
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Tales from La Angostura, Guatemala, A Project in the Making – Chapter I: Inspiration and First Moves
When I was Young I was born in 1973 in a middle class family. My first memories were of our…
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Higher Order Taxonomy: Nature’s Filing System
by Eric Toensmeier When I started to learn about useful plants and their scientific (Latin) names, I quickly came to…
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Podcasts
90 Minutes with Geoff Lawton (Podcast)
Permaculture is an ethical design science. — Geoff Lawton Today I, Paul Wheaton, sat down with Geoff Lawton to discuss…
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