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In my last post I talked through the Trattorini (small tractor) culture of Italy and much of southern Europe with a specific focus on mid scale permaculture plots from 5-40 acres. Farming on this scale benefits significantly from mechanization as the endeavor reaches a scale that begins to ...
Green Living
Italy
Northern Italy has practiced intense “woody polyculture” for millennia with their mixed orchards, olive groves, and vineyards. The mountainous terrain promotes small endeavors, so most farms are 1-5 hectares. The terrain also promotes small scale manufacturing and there is a rich ...
Green Living
At the Bioneers Conference, I became absolutely convinced of a few things:
We have very little time before IT hits the fan. I used to think 20-30 years. Now I am hoping for 10.
We are nowhere near ready – even those considering themselves Environmentalists
If not now, when? If not us, ...
Environment
The past two days I attended the Bringing Bioneers to Wisconsin Conference. During it we watched a dozen or so recorded speeches from the Bioneers Conference last month.
Several of the speeches were truly exceptional, but my favorite was Annie Leonard’s - creator of the Story of ...
Other
Wisconsin
This Saturday I am honored to be a part of a 3 person panel at Madison’s Bringing Bioneers to Wisconsin conference that will be focused on “Beyond Backyard Bioneering”. My fellow panelists and I will be attempting to give some ideas to the attendees wishing to move beyond ...
Environment
I love the Hoop House at our Market Garden. I love that I can harvest spinach in March. I love that I can plant my tomatoes in late April and still be picking into October. I love that it was 85 degrees in there today and 70’s in January are a reality in my little [...]
