Tag Archive: food insecurity

Guerilla Gardening Brings Greenery To Barren Land

Martyna Król

Pattern recognition is one of our most potent superpowers when it comes to survival. We know that those dents in the floor are animal tracks because we’ve seen the feet that made them. Millennia of observation taught us the patterns of the stars and seasons so we can use them for farming and navigation. A…

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The Phosphorus Fertilizer Dump

Adding phosphorus fertilizer to soil to correct pH or nutrient balance is commonly done by farmers and gardeners. But it’s normally done in small to moderate amounts to boost the P needed in NPK to the level needed by whatever you’re growing. Unless you happen to have tropical soil. Then you need lots of it. So much, in fact, that…
April 23, 2016
Tammy Clayton

Surviving With Aquaponics

The practice of using fish waste to grow fresh vegetables, and raising meat at the same time is catching on everywhere. Awareness that there are more efficient ways to feed the world than previously believed is spreading fast, but what if you had no way to get to food? Not being snow bound for a…
January 31, 2015
Amber