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We know that the earth and all of creation came into being by God as designer and creator. God put in place a number of finely tuned systems, cycles and physical parameters that sustain life. Adam and Eve were given ...

  It is cool in our modern-day society to be “green.” Who doesn’t like to pat themselves on the back for embracing the cutting-edge ideas of local foods and frugal living? I sure do. But is the concept of being ...

For thousands of years, cultures around the world have sown, grown and harvested crops with nothing more than hard work and local resources. But in the 1950s, that began to change. New hybrid plants were introduced, along with synthetic fertilizers ...

You may think that the only good that horses can bring to a sustainable farm is to fill up a pasture and “look pretty,” but in actuality, equine can serve a very practical role on any homestead. Putting equine to ...

Biointensive gardening is a sustainable food production method formulated by Alan Chadwick. It is not his invention by any means; similar systems have been in use in several agricultural communities from time immemorial, but he adapted it to modern times ...

Living off the grid means not relying on others. This includes your garden, which should be sustainable on its own—no fertilizer or pest controls in little plastic bottles from the store or colorful little packets from a Big Ag seed ...

December 4, 2012 Three local sustainable farmers, their thoughts and images from their farms in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Previous Video

There are very few situations in life that have ever caused me to lose my cool. I am quite proud of the fact that I can keep a level head when everyone else is stumbling around in a blind panic. ...