by Blackwood Land | Jul 20, 2016
According to the USDA, Forest Farming is, “the cultivation of high-value specialty crops under the protection of a forest canopy that has been modified to provide the correct shade level.” Before forest farming was “a thing,” it was just an everyday practice. There is...
by Blackwood Land | Jul 14, 2016
Diversity is a loaded term in sustainable agriculture. We see it being significant in two ways: biological diversity and demographic diversity. The first, commonly referred to as “Bio-Diversity,” is a foundation of sustainable agriculture. According to Bioversity...
by Blackwood Land | Jul 8, 2016
According to the Biodynamic Association, “Biodynamics is a holistic, ecological and ethical approach to farming, gardening, food and nutrition.” Rudolf Steiner, and Austrian writer and educator, developed the philosophy by combining his observations of...
by Blackwood Land | Jul 5, 2016
Most simply, aquaponics… “is the marriage of aquaculture (raising fish) and hydroponics (the soil-less growing of plants) that grows fish and plants together in one integrated system. The fish waste provides an organic food source for the growing plants and the plants...
by Blackwood Land | Oct 26, 2015
In the late spring we had some new tools from Johnny’s Select Seeds and I thought I sensed a yearning from Molly to get out there and use them. She very methodically stretched some string from one end of the row in the other in the tunnel so she would have...
