Our experiment to leave some crops in the ground failed pretty miserably so far. Just when we needed to feed…
The stories of the great depression still seem far away for most of us in North America, sure there are housing foreclosures, but breadlines?Rising alcoholism? Families sharing houses? Is this North America?
I commented on the Castlegar News website on the editorial regarding the RDCK proposal to permit abattoirs in the rual…
A good day for Urban Chicken supporters in British Columbia: The City of Vancouver has moved one step closer to…
Claire Hope Cummings resonates with the previous presentation by Herb Barbelot and his comment, “Power to the People”. She went…
Image via Wikipedia The author of “Uncertain Peril – Genetic Engineering and the Future of Seeds”, and former USDA lawyer,…
We have written another letter to Castlegar City Council. This one addresses our concerns regarding the planning and sustainability of the City and suggests 14 action points that can be commenced in the short-term to improve the viability of Castlegar in the long-term, for the full letter click here, otherwise, enjoy the fourteen action points below.
About thirty years ago, the Saudis decided that they needed to become self sufficient in the production of wheat. Of course, anyone who’s tried to grow cereal grains knows – you need water and nutrients, two things that are natively lacking in the desert.