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Video Friday: Miracle Farms, a 5-acre commercial permaculture orchard in Southern Quebec, Canada

Twenty years ago, Stefan Sobkowiak bought a commercial apple orchard with the intention of converting it to an organic orchard. He did just that, but eventually understood the limitations of the organic model originating from monoculture. He then decided to tear out most of the trees and replant … Read the rest

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Video Friday: How-to Grow a Vegetable Garden from Kitchen Scraps

For this Veggietorial, I'm going to show you how I started my organic container garden from kitchen scraps and cuttings, no green thumb required. http://bit.ly/1785Vn2

Start with a quality soil enriched with organic compost. The only "fertilizer" I use is EM- effective micro organisms- which is like probiotics … Read the rest

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Video Friday: Urban Agroecoloy: 6,000 lbs of food on 1/10th acre – Urban Homestead – Urban Permaculture

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Over 6,000 pounds of food per year, on 1/10 acre located just 15 minutes from downtown Los Angeles. The Dervaes family grows over 400 species of plants, 4,300 pounds of vegetable food, 900 chicken and 1,000 duck eggs, 25 … Read the rest