Deep Organic: An Intro to Biodynamics. Biodynamics came to North America in the early 1930s, and over the past 75 years, its practitioners have played a key role in the renewal of agriculture here, helping pioneer the early organic farming movement; inspiring the work of Silent Spring author Rachel Carson; and starting the first community-supported agriculture (CSA) programs.
Founded in 1938, the Biodynamic Association supports this growing and vital movement through conferences, a journal, farmer training and research. Biodynamics is based on a view of nature as a living, self-sustaining organism that unites material, biological and spiritual elements. Manual for the Construction of a Simple Building Using the Rammed Earth Technique. This manual has been prepared to assist those who would like to try rammed earth building and get to know the technique and the equipment used so that they can build a simple structure for themselves.
The assumption is made that anyone using this technique, has at least a basic knowledge of conventional building methods. The manual concentrates therefore on the construction of the superstructure walls where the technologies are totally different. Please note that the Shelter Library is an open source repository for electronic publications related to humanitarian shelter. The Shelter Library is not a bookshop/catalogue.
To obtain physical copies of publications that appear in the Library, please contact the publisher in question directly. Permaculture Association. Bringing Hazelnut Production to a Farm Near You! - Great Lakes Permaculture Portal. Casey Dahl is the owner/operator of Feral Farm, a permaculture based agroforestry farm in Southeastern Wisconsin.
Feral Farm grows ecosystems of nuts, fruits, and livestock that mimic the natural plant communities of Wisconsin.This winter Casey got the chance to attend the Upper-Midwest Hazelnut Development Initiative’s (UMHDI) annual conference in Gays Mills, Wisconsin. The two day conference brought together hybrid hazelnut growers, breeders, and processing equipment builders from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa. Pick a Carrot. Coppice Agroforestry - Perennial Silviculture for the 21st Century - The Book.
14 Off-Grid Projects to Cut Your Energy and Water Usage. Whether you’re building a cabin in the woods that’s disconnected from any power or water sources, or just want to reduce your utility bills, going partially or totally off grid can be done on the cheap with a little creative thinking.
There are many small ways to reduce your electricity and water consumption and even do without a septic or sewer system. These DIY off grid home projects include mini wind turbines, solar cookers, water filtration, greywater systems and low-tech refrigeration. Mini Wind Turbine Setup (image via: thekevdog) Think a wind turbine is out of reach? Outdoor Wood-Fired & Solar Ovens. Zeer pot fridge. Farm Design Process. Following is a example farm design process HeenanDoherty has undertaken for a commercial primary producer client in the Clare Valley region of south-eastern South Australia. 'Savannah' is around 228 hectares (570 acres) and is under conversion from being a cereal cropping holding back to being a grazing property for prime lamb production & small-scale pastured poultry along with various forestry projects.
Major issues to deal with are reliable water supply and reticulation which serves a highly flexible planned grazing system, livestock/crop system shelter and soil renovation. Published work. Title of Paper: You Are Hungry: Flâneuring, Edible Mapping and Feeding Imaginations Published in Footprint Journal.
Issue # 10/11 | Spring 2012 | Architecture Culture and the Question of Knowledge: Doctoral Research Today. The Center for Agroforestry at the University of Missouri. Printed in August 2013 to coincide with the inaugural Agroforestry Academy, this newest version of the Agroforestry Training Manual is designed for natural resources professionals and landowners and includes worksheets and exercises for use as an educational tool.
The manual features descriptions of establishing and managing the five agroforestry practices, plus success stories of Midwestern landowners utilizing agroforestry on agricultural and forested lands. Additional Chapters include: planning for agroforestry; wildlife habitat and agroforestry; marketing principles and economic considerations. Appendix sections include tree, shrub, grass and forage information for agroforestry plantings and timber sales suggestions. The Additional Resources section at the end of each Chapter has been updated and expanded. The Future of Health NowThis Little Weed is one of the Most Useful Medicines on the Planet. You’ve stepped on it, ignored it, and tried to eradicate it from your lawn.
However, this innocuous little weed is one of the most useful medicines on the planet, just begging to be harvested. There are two major types of plantain in BC, Canada: Lance and Broadleaf. Generally, all 200-plus varieties of plantain yield the same results. Imagine if our staple crops were perennial - ridgedale PERMACULTURE.
The Project Gutenberg E-text of Gardening Without Irrigation, by Steve Solomon. An Online Reader for the Permaculture Community. Quick Hoops: Use Low Tunnels to Grow Veggies in Winter - Organic Gardening. As a farmer, I’m always looking for new ideas and simple, low-cost solutions to improve production and efficiency.
I have never found any activity that cannot be improved (and then improved again) by a diligent process of critical evaluation. Long before my wife, Barbara Damrosch, and I came up with the design for our low tunnels (miniature greenhouse tunnels, also called quick hoops), we had already improved our greenhouses by making them moveable, first on skids and later on wheels. But innovation is a never-ending process. The ideal solution is always less expensive, simpler to build, and less complicated to manage. The Ultimate Resources on the Secrets of Soil.
Soil science has exploded over the last decade as we have realized that soils are WAY more complicated than we have given them credit for.
So what do we know? How do you stay on top of this VITAL but rapidly expanding field? Right now across the internet are a host of resources… The trouble is finding them and then differentiating the good from the bad! This is where I want to help you and you can also contribute. Over the past 2 years I have been exploring my career as a permaculture teacher. Highest Good Food: Walipinis. One Community wants to help people to grow their own high quality and diverse food. We see this as a path to increasing health, biodiversity, and individual and global food security. As part of our self-replicating and self-sufficient teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities model, we also see this as a solution to world hunger. This page is the open source portal to all the components necessary to create this. It contains the following sections related to the Highest Good Food Infrastructure: We consider Highest Good food to be maximally nutritious, maximally bio-diverse, fresh, duplicable, space and resource efficient, ecologically and individually healthy food that is far superior to anything found in a typical grocery store.
Some of the key features and intentions of the One Community Phase I food infrastructure include: David Holmgren Retrofitting The Suburbs - Part1. Herb List with Pictures. Join Over 1,875,000 Fans On Facebook! Homepage Blog Individual Herbs Herbal Remedies. Rob's Modified Walipini. Forget Organic: This Farmer Has 100 Types Of Fruit Trees In His Permaculture Orchard. By - ADELE PETERS What’s the most environmentally friendly way to grow an apple? For most people, organic farming sounds like the ideal.
But biologist and educator Stefan Sobkowiak thinks a better answer is permaculture, which models food production on natural systems so it’s essentially self-sustaining. He’s on a mission to prove that permaculture orchards can work at commercial scale. The Surprising Healing Qualities ... of Dirt by Daphne Miller. A doctor discovers exposure to healthy farm soil holds keys to healthy bodies. posted Dec 06, 2013 Recently I’ve been enjoying dirty thoughts.
I spend my days in a sterile 8x10 room practicing family medicine and yet my mind is in the soil. Sustainable livestock production is possible. Consumers are increasingly demanding higher standards for how their meat is sourced, with animal welfare and the impact on the environment factoring in many purchases. Unfortunately, many widely-used livestock production methods are currently unsustainable. However, new research out today from the University of Cambridge has identified what may be the future of sustainable livestock production: silvopastoral systems which include shrubs and trees with edible leaves or fruits as well as herbage. Professor Donald Broom, from the University of Cambridge, who led the research said: “Consumers are now demanding more sustainable and ethically sourced food, including production without negative impacts on animal welfare, the environment and the livelihood of poor producers.
Silvopastoral systems address all of these concerns with the added benefit of increased production in the long term.” How To Grow Your Own Ginger. Seed to Seed by Suzanne Ashworth. "An estimated 60 million Americans grow a portion of their own food in a vegetable garden. Their planting needs are supplied by 255 mail order seed companies, countless local outlets for seeds and plants, and the ever-present grocery store seed rack . . .
Willow Firewood Facts. Hand powered drilling tools and machines. Resilient Entrepreneurs Abroad: Building Biogas Systems in Kenya. Stop Landscaping, Foodscape Instead. In United States alone, landscaping is big business. People spend over $30 billion each year making their homes more appealing using traditional landscaping techniques. When you factor in DIY landscaping projects, it ends up being around $400 per household being spent each year on average. Maker Monday: Rebuilding rich soil with HugelKultur. 101 PERMACULTURE DESIGNS, downloadable imgur album. Hazelwood Food Forest » Pittsburgh Permaculture. A pear ripening at the food forest in Hazelwood Click here to read our Hazelwood Food Forest blog entries.
HD Public Drive. Kinstone Academy Calendar. Timeline Photos - Darren J. Doherty. Regrarian Handbook. In 2001 Permaculture legend Bill Mollison asked our own Darren Doherty to write a book on Permaculture processes that Tagari Publications (Bill's production house) would publish. Library. [Permaculture International] Latest with Vladislav. Permascience. (Part 1 of 3) - David Holmgren Interview. A Permaculture Design Course Handbook. The Keyline Plan - P. A. Yeomans. Inspiring Books. Reading List - ridgedale PERMACULTURE. 100 Best Permaculture & Homesteading Books: The Ultimate Reading List for Sustainable Living.
Fruit. Videos. Interview With Mark Shepard of New Forest Farm. Letters from Jordan - On Consultation at Jordan's Largest Farm, and Contemplating Transition. Grow the 7 most profitable vegetables in your garden. The Many Benefits of Hugelkultur. What’s in your Hugelkultur? The three sisters…and that fourth sister no one really talks about. Three sisters garden planting companion. Three Sisters Gardening. Free Permaculture Design Course - Regenerative Leadership Institute. 10 Under-Used Trees and Shrubs For the Fruitful Edible Yard. Whole Earth. Permaculture & Regenerative Design News: Green Jobs for a Green Economy. Edible Forest Gardens EETG. Top 10 Vegetables to Grow Over Winter. Permaculture Resources. 13 Most bizarre mushrooms.
Recent Research on Rocket Mass Heaters (and Bell Design) ‘Tree Crops: A Permanent Agriculture’ by J.Russell Smith. Holmgren reviews one of Permaculture classic books: Tree Crops by J. Russell Smith. Bureaucracy vs. Resilience. Compost Water Heaters From Jean Pain. The Permaculture Orchard : Beyond Organic. Uses for Wood Ash – 15 ways to use wood ashes around the homestead. How to build a hot bed out of recycled glass bottles. Best Wood For Fires - Which Type of Wood Burns Best. Temperate Climate Permaculture. Food Forest Open Source Hub. Promote Consciousness. Promote Humanity. Spiralseed TV - Spiralseed. Rocket mass stove heater workshop. From Flame to Ash: How to get the Most out of Your Wood-Fired Oven. Climate After Growth. THE SEED CATALOG OF THE YEAR - Baker Creek in The News - News. Restoring Eden: Reconnecting Humanity with Wild Lands by wilson alvarez.
Marius Barbeau - The Bread Ovens of Quebec. The Organic Gardener. Homesteading in the 21st Century: The Simple Guide to Self-Sufficiency Through Gardening, Clean Energy, Raising Livestock and More (Homesteading Guidebooks) eBook: Janet Williams. Permaculture Activist on Resilient Farm and Homestead: ‘Highly Recommended’ Numen: The Healing Power of Plants. Organic Seed Alliance - Home. Free to download, an expert guide to seed-saving - A Way to Garden. Free to download, an expert guide to seed-saving - A Way to Garden. The Resilient Farm and Homestead: An Innovative Permaculture and Whole Systems Design Approach: Ben Falk: 9781603584449: Amazon.com. Biblioteca libros ecología. Geoff Lawton's Zaytuna Farm Video Tour (Apr/May 2012) - Ten Years of (R)Evolutionary Design.
Offshoots Permaculture Project. Sim Van der Ryn with Jason McLennan‘Design for an Empathic World’ Kerrmaculture Kerrville Folk Festivals Permaculture Site. Paradise Lot, two plant geeks, one-tenth of an acre.