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'The Need To Grow ', new film free! Bio-char and other cutting edge growing solutions

https://grow.foodrevolution.org/screening/

The United Nations estimates that at the rate we are depleting our farmland, we have fewer than 60 years of soil left on Earth.

Can we feed the world without destroying the planet?

The answer depends on wha

Factory Farming

Anyone know of any good books or articles on this subject and how it's affecting the climate? 

Grow fruitarian food for animals to evolve into frugivores.

Many animls could be fed well from a variety of the oil-palm fruits of the Amazon. I needs to find a helper to help me grow vegan-organic oil-palm based petfood in Australia. My email is
ahimsa.fruitarian@gmail,com
www.facebook.com/ahimsa.fruitarian

What 9,000 years of selective breeding has done to crops

Article here: http://www.vox.com/2014/10/15/6982053/selective-breeding-farming-evolution-corn-watermelon-peaches

This topic has always been somewhat concerning to me. Yes, our ape ancestors evolved eating mostly fruit and for much of human evolution w

Live Q&A: how can development support family farmers? Today

Hi all

I'm newly registered here and thought I'd kick off my first post with a heads up about a Q&A today 13:00 - 15:00 (BST).  Its though the Guardian Newspaper.  May be worth a look in and spiel on responsible farming practice.  Looks like an intere

Land needed for all to be on 30-BaD

If everyone on the planet were to eat 30-bananas/day the daily banana requirement would work out as

(7*10^9) * 30 = 210*10^9 = 210-billion bananas per day

which is 76650*10^9 bananas per year (76,650-billion bananas).

Assuming an average banana yield of

Why Are These People Crying?

from the peta files:

Why Are These People Crying?

in friendship,

prad

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WWOOFing in America--Anyone know any great farms to WWOOF at?

I want to WWOOF this summer, but I can't afford a plane ticket to Hawaii, so I'm stuck on the mainland. (;

Does anyone here have any experience with WWOOFing? How did it go; what was it like?, etc. And does anyone know any specific farm(s) that they p

Anyone know a good place to order organic mangoes from?

Mangoes are my absolute FAVORITE fruit, and I live in Maine, United States, so there is no way I can grow my own :( Does anyone know of any organic farmers that ship boxes of mangoes?

Student WWOOFing

Does anyone know if WWOOFing is acceptable to turn in for student volunteer hours (in Florida)? I wasn't sure since volunteers get room and board in exchange for their labor.

Thank you for any help!

Shannon C.

Human farming - The Story of Your Enslavement

This Freedomain Radio vid by Stefan Molyneux is a must watch:

Permaculture! What are your thought about it?

Cool Opportunity

http://youtu.be/5s4YbLPSKtY

Exploding Watermelons in China!

Anyone else hear about this? It is crazy! Are chemicals the main cause? When will farmers realize that chemicals cause more problems! 

Article 1

Article 2

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In New Food Culture, a Young Generation of Farmers Emerges

Never mind that they might be producing some items we don't personally consume; anytime our young generation takes interest in producing food for themselves and others, I see it as hugely positive.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/us/06farmers.h

A River of Waste ~ factory farming harms everyone's health! ~ a must see video

This video describes the health problems related to factory farming - as Earl Butz said: "Get big, or get out."
Factory farming causes untold health risks to *anyone* living in the United States, and wherever these practices are in use.

http://www.yout

"Making the Connection" - Beautifully produced documentary on all reasons to go veg

Gah, vimeo won't led me embed the vid without paying, watch here: http://www.environmentfilms.org/EF/Making_the_Connection.html

Great new 30min UK documentary film summarizing health, ecological, and ethicalarguments in favor of veganism. last 2 segme

Natural Hygiene, Organic Farming, Fasting... free eBooks

Hi there,
I wanted to share with you my recent discovery, the soilandhealth.org website which is a FREE, internet library containing a massive collection of e-books about Natural Hygiene, Organic Farming, Raw Food, Fasting, etc.

Please be aware that it

Fight renewed against monastery's farm practices

this just in from peta about farming practices:http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/903244with opportunities to write to the telegraph-journal:http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/onsite.php?page=contact#Cif any of you have any doubts

Cacao / Coconut water as plant food?

If cacao is one of the best and abundant sources of magnesium and coconut water has calcium, magnesium, potassium and phosphorus... Couldn't we fertilise our plants with these foods? I'd be interested to hear your experiences with feeding and treatin