Category «Farming/Agriculture»

Half Buried Greenhouses

Extract from discussion in the Surplus Energy blog: A friend of mine in Texas is building a large half-buried greenhouse. Putting the plants down in the ground several feet gives them the more stable climate they need. The trick was widely used in what is now southern Russia. But it was very labor intensive. The …

We will all be living off the land

First published in the RADIX Think Tank I have just been listening to a podcast by Nate Hagens in his Great Simplification series. In this episode, Nate is joined by Daniel Zetah, who practices regenerative agriculture on his family farm in Minnesota.  Daniel shares his experiences in becoming aware of the global challenges we face and …