For five long summers, I gazed at my postage stamp-sized backyard in South Minneapolis and imagined what I could do with a grander, sweeping space. If I only had a farm, I mused, I could grow my own food and become that person who leaves zucchini and tomatoes on doorsteps around the community. But with … [ Read more]
Think small, harvest big: Make the most of wee spaces for your gardening efforts
March 28, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Seed Swap: Promoting variety and restoring tradition one harvest at a time
March 28, 2016 by Leave a Comment
I have this friend who has a half-baked dream of quitting her job to live on a farm and make her living working with her hands instead of shooting off e-mails from a standing desk. She’d keep chickens, plant squash and a blueberry bush, make jams and pies and other handmade things. I never joined … [ Read more]
What can the average person do about food waste?
March 2, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Human beings eat only half of all the food we grow. The United States alone wastes over 100 billion pounds of edible food each year; that’s around $161 billion worth. We cast off crooked carrots, we’ve banished the idea of seasonality, and we buy things only to forget them until they rot. This squandered surplus … [ Read more]
