Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 9:22AM 
by Gary Martens
I am reading a book called How to Fix the Future. Andrew Keen, the author of the book, says that indeed the future is going to be broken if we humans do not consciously intervene.
Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 10:45AM 
by Leah Bouchard
Reasons abound to keep backyard chickens – it might be for fun, food security, tick control or producing fresh eggs or meat on a budget. My husband and I have been raising meat birds and keeping laying hens for years, and I can’t imagine having my families’ eggs supplied another way.
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 11:07AM 
by Gary Martens
Regenerative agriculture is the new organic agriculture in my opinion. In organic agriculture, the list of prohibitions is long and the list of what to do is absent. In regenerative agriculture, the list of prohibitions is absent and the list of principles of practise is short, specific and practical. This list ensures that the soil, which is the foundation of all things living, will improve over time.
Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 8:41AM 
by Eric Rempel
Phosphate (P) is essential to plant growth. Phosphate in the soil is taken up by the growing plant and returned to the soil when the plant dies, or, if the plant is eaten by an animal, the phosphate is returned to the soil when the animal defecates and when the animal dies. This is the natural cycle.
Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 11:23AM 
by Wade Wiebe
You’re sitting in front of a not-new, but not-old appliance, with a piece of it in your hand. Maybe you dropped it, or maybe you’re holding the frail remains of a made-to-break part that has “unexpectedly” failed. You’ve already spent an hour online to discover that the part costs more than the appliance did…