foodsovereignty Tag Posts Index

August update from my Italian medieval quarter gardens 🌱

Ciao dear Hive Gardeners! It has been a good while since I update about Sergio's garden here: things are a bit wild overall, and July-August have been less hospitable

July update: overgrown vs overwhelmed!

Dear Hive Garden Friends The garden has changed a lot in the past couple of weeks, with a) no watering as I've been bedridden, and b) crazy-high temperatures. It's

food-medicine, proximity, and freedom

Hi beautiful Natural Medicine friends, This morning I was walking down the wee street in front of my house in Italy, and saw this glorious sight - the apricots are

What Are You Growing?

I've been frustrated in not having my own garden for some years, but I've developed a symbiotic relationship with the street and its residents and property owners....

The Baby Chicks Arrived! They are Layers, Breed: Rhode Island Red

(Video 4:35) D'awwwww 🤗 Nothing warms the cockles of the heart like newborn chickens eh? Peep Peep! Bwa hahahahaha as much as Eddie (above) was complaining about

Fry bread. Fry bread forever.

It's a colonizers food, but it is also survival food. Imagine living your whole life by hunting and gathering. Imagine your traditional foods and medicines are violently

Patented Seeds and Food Sovereignty

The seed is the first link in the food chain - and seed sovereignty is the foundation of food sovereignty. If farmers do not have their own seeds or access to open

Sustainability Secrets

What if... There is no unmanageable world-wide resource shortage issue... We just have policy and transparency issues. Read more and learn to make a HUGE environmental

Eco-$aver Potlucks

Save Money, Be Social and Eat! ECO-LOCALS.COM Our food is a primordial connection to all things. It is one of our biggest expenses and can be a huge stress on our

Cherries in a sunny day.

There is an abandoned orchard in a city park where I live. The cherries are falling to the ground, over ripe. The bird's bellies are fat, their wings working hard

Young Agrarians Winter Mixer 2018 - Saturday Morning

Join me and @offgridninja at the Young Agrarians 5th annual Winter Mixer! A lot happened over the course of this weekend and so the whole thing will take up a few

MerakiLabbe, "Forest Of the Rainbow Chard"

Food sovereignty: The right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods and their right to

wild columbine

Self Reliance: found some wild Eastern Columbine on a short hike today... the flowers make a sweet tasty treat and the roots cure stomach ailments and clean and