Posts tagged farming

Wendell & Wes & Friends

Wes Jackson and Wendell Berry discuss Agriculture and the Future of Farming. Presented by The Cooper Union Institute for Sustainable Design in partnership with The Land Institute and The Berry Center.

The 2nd Northeast Permaculture Open Space

October 2013, Tues-Friday at Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY. Some women, as myself, stayed after the women’s gathering for The 2nd Northeast Permaculture Open Space. At this event also initiated and organized by Laura Welland at Omega. A separate mens gathering has been requested for next year along side the women’s. Last year was where […]

What is Terra Preta

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Terra preta (literally “black earth” in Portuguese) is a type of very dark, fertile anthropogenic soil found in the Amazon Basin. Terra preta owes its name to its very high charcoal content, and was indeed made by adding a mixture of charcoal, bone, and manure to the otherwise relatively infertile Amazonian soil over many […]