Everything You Need To Know About Subscribing To A CSA Box
A Deep-Rooted Passion For Mushrooms At Fungaia Farm
Flower Power: What’s A CSF, And How Does It Work?
You’ve heard about a CSA, but what’s a CSF? Community Supported Flower subscriptions are taking off, and there are many reasons to get one!
Tips And Tricks For The Perfect U-Pick Farm Experience
Where Love Grows: Tito’s Handmade Vodka
Celebrating Black Leadership And Growing Skills At Seattle’s Yes Farm
How One Market Gardener Makes It Work Growing In The Rainy British Isles
The conversation around environmental control in urban farming is constant, but ‘old school’ soil growers tend not to engage in the topic as much. Growers worldwide cultivate a wide range of types of land in their gardens, allotments, smallholdings or farms, be it private or for profit. Ideally, these will be easy to access, with […]
Experimenting With Substrates: Homemade Soil Mixes
It’s the first week in May as an intermittent hailstorm pummels the polycarbonate roof of Incredible Farm’s greenhouse. Head grower Mike is showing me the cycle of how they produce every bit of substrate they use in their indoor veg growing spaces, from seed to harvest. “This is where our compost bays are, but to […]
Incredible Farm: A Model for the Future of Adaptive, Regenerative Farming
It’s a dry spring day at Incredible Farm, a mixed 5-hectare smallholding tucked away in the West Yorkshire hills. The landscape is mostly clay soil and tough grasses, a lumpy, hummocky land that feels exposed. Sheep graze on the hillside – it’s what this property is mostly used for. Few people are brave enough to […]
Après La Pluie: An Artisanal Organic Cannabis Farm
The smell of a forest after it rains evokes a sense of peace and tranquility. Warm, almost sweet, and incredibly earthy, the aroma has been studied by scientists and perfumers for years (1). The fragrance results from rain hitting the dry ground and the molecule geosmin, which is produced by bacteria. The scent’s scientific name […]
Busy in the Battery: Mini-Doc Shines Light on Thriving NYC Urban Farm
Do you have two and a half minutes to spare? Get your daily dose of positivity by watching “Busy in the Battery”, a short documentary on a thriving urban farm in the heart of New York City! The Battery Conservancy While some say it’s a concrete jungle, The Big Apple is home to The Battery […]
First Light Farm Strives For Nutrition And Food Security in Revelstoke
Extraordinary circumstances sometimes have a way of sparking us into action; for Jesse Johnston-Hill and Chris Rubens, the COVID-19 outbreak pushed them to make their dream of becoming vegetable farmers a reality. Residents of Revelstoke, British Columbia, Rubens is a professional skier, and Johnston-Hill a chef at a ski resort. They were both working in […]
Local Growers Extended: How Porcupine Experimental Forest Farm Makes It Work
When you step onto Porcupine Experimental Forest Farm in Wentworth-North, Quebec, it’s hard to believe it was once a vacant lot of compacted gravel. Surrounded by a forest of green, the property now boasts lush gardens of fruits, vegetables, and spectacular flowers. It is very much alive with the sounds of ducks, chickens, and a […]