How the Electric Car Killed the Corn Industry – Mother Earth News
I am a farmer with a black-and-blue thumb and a science writer who’s terrible at math. I embrace a science-based understanding of climate, but sometimes I still pray for rain.…
Sustainable Agriculture
Compacted Soil Remedy – Mother Earth News
Minimize driving over the soil as a compacted soil remedy to support healthy soil structure by allowing the soil to breathe, drink, and move nutrients around. Healthy soils are much…
How to Grow a Living Fence – Mother Earth News
Durable for generations, living fences protect soil, contain livestock, provide wildlife habitat, and sometimes even provide wood. Learn techniques and which shrubs or tree species are best for living fences…
Heat-Tolerant Vegetable Seeds and Strategies – Mother Earth News
Employ several food-growing strategies while coping with drought and climate change, including selecting heat-tolerant vegetable seed varieties for short-season, more drought-tolerant crops. If we’ve learned anything as food growers in…
How To Start A Produce Stand – Mother Earth News
If you are looking to start selling garden produce, learn how to start a produce stand to share any overproduction in the height of the growing season. Well-cared-for gardens, orchards…