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Originally published at Peak Prosperity, Nov 15, 2017 (You can also listen to the podcast of this interview, located at the bottom of thi...

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Biochar, concrete, biocomposites, Albert Bates,

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Wrote Ray Cirino (from California) [with some editing on my part - KDJ] "All the fires in California are all my fault. I just haven't be...

“With my knees in the dirt and my hands busy, I find that gardening and activism are blood relatives,” writes William Rivers Pitt. (Photo...

“Ruth Stout, American author, gardener, independent thinker. Born June 14, 1884, died August 22, 1980, Ruth was best known for her “No-Wo...

“The problem: farming for money, not food. The mindset of servitude to ‘commerce and industry,’ ignoring all else, is the root of the pro...