Eco Design + Living

As industrial agriculture is under attack from Michael Pollan and his followers, the debate over how we transition to sustainable agriculture AND feed the world’s population rages on. One ‘agri-intellectual’ addresses the criticisms and misleading arguments of one farmer, who defends the combined use of GM seed and herbicides as a solution to reducing soil erosion. Michael Pollan’s book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma is at the center of this much needed discussion.

Read Tom Phillpot’s essay, An ‘agri-intellectual’ talks back, in response to Blake Hurst’s essay, The Omnivore’s Delusion: Against the Agri-intellectuals. Any thoughts or comments?

Looks like Coloradans will legally be able to harvest rain water. Good for them. They are one state that knows the true value of access to water.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/us/29rain.html?_r=1&hp

Building a permaculture spiral herb garden from Walton Outdoors on Vimeo.

Is this cool or what? My dear friends, the Horns - owners of Artisan Builders - have outdone themselves with a double herb spiral, in this unforgiving heat, even. Check out the full story at Walton Outdoors.

 Great advice from a well respected permaculturist and earth activist.

I find the key to success in containers is renewing them with actively
aerated compost tea or at least worm castings and/or worm tea - soemthing to
keep the biological life in the soil, as they tend to be rather dead soils
that dry out fast. I use an organic potting mix that I buy by the
truckload. — Love Starhawk