Through his blog UrbanOrganicGardener.com and social media, Mike Lieberman shares his expertise on urban gardening, green living and real food. He inspires others to start growing their own food and believes that growing just one herb or vegetable will make a difference. It will help to cut back the intensive resources that go into the…
I will preface this by saying that I am not a hunter. Maybe someday in the future I will learn to be more comfortable with guns, but it hasn’t happened yet (right now it makes me uncomfortable to even handle them when they are not loaded). I’m not even an expert in hunting-and-meat theory: if…
We’ve had several people ask if they can come help at the farm. They want to learn more about urban farming. They want to get their hands dirty. And then Esperanza from Pluck and Feather Farm posted about it. It got me to thinking that maybe we should do that. Help people learn what it…
Because of the USDA’s approval of RR alfalfa, I’ve decided to repost this today. ———————————————————————– I prefer to eat and feed my livestock animals organic food. Not just because of the lack of chemical residue left on the foods, but also to avoid genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. Stephanie and I did a research paper…
I first heard about this bill back in early 2009 when it first came into fruition. Mostly I read about people freaking out that it would outlaw backyard gardening, it would destroy organic food and would end small farms. None of which was actually true. When I read all these rumors I decided to read…
Oh, and let’s not forget parsnips, rutabegas, radishes and onions if we’re going to discuss root vegetables. I’d add in salsify but I haven’t tried that yet. Potatoes and garlic aren’t started by seed so we’re going to ignore them for this post. My beef is with seed-started root veggies. It’s usually not recommended to…
Last week Tom and I went to the very first meeting to establish the East Bay Urban Agriculture Alliance. Our friend Esperanza from Pluck and Feather Farm along with Dana Perls from Pesticide Watch put the meeting together. Other attendees included Gavin from Planting Justice, Zaigham Kabir from the Center of Progressive Action, author Novella Carpenter,…
note: Rick went hunting on Wednesday. He got 5 ducks! We have been quite enjoying cooking with and eating them, and I have a post planned for next week about what-to-do-with-organ-meat and a wonderful no-brainer roasted whole duck recipe. I have some things I need to figure out how to say about hunting and meat…
Last night Tom and I with several of our other urban farming friends including Kitty from Havenscourt Homestead, Heidi from Itty Bitty Farm in the City and Shelby who is still in need of her own urban farm, got to see Joel Salatin speak in Berkeley. For those that don’t know who he is, he…
OK, it’s not released yet but I just have to plug it because Dog Island Farm is in it! It’s Urban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living by Rachel Kaplan and K. Ruby Blume. Get it on presale now and check it out! I can’t wait to read it!
Dog Island Farm is a small urban farm in the San Francisco Bay Area.
