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Too Wet or Too Dry? A High-Contrast Comparison
These two photos really sum up the difference between “natural” systems and systems that have been disturbed via human activity for the purposes of conventional agriculture. While one of these systems routinely grabs media attention, the other system continues happily without even being mentioned. The two photos were taken June 3rd and June 5th. Where Continue reading
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Capturing Carbon
Have you ever looked at any climate data? Most of us, probably have not. Many industries take advantage of this knowledge gap to sow disinformation, whether it be fossil carbon industries, forestry industries or agricultural industries. The new report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [1] has compiled data (a lot of it), and Continue reading
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Nature as Generational Knowledge
Recently I was asked what challenges faced vegetable farmers today. This is was interesting to think through. In a day-to-day sense while farming, there are many obvious challenges, such as weather conditions, or how to manage time with so many things on the to-do list. There is one thing above all that is came to Continue reading
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What are we doing to our soil?
Humans have spent eons changing the landscape, clearing forests, draining wetlands, and ploughing grasslands to grow food. And we are still doing this, in sensitive and ever-disappearing ecosystems. With the advent of what I’m going to refer to as “chemical farming” (synthetic fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides) which began in the early 20th century, agriculture entered Continue reading
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Grandpa’s Smoked Yellow Tea
I didn’t know anything about tea. Until last week. During a walk I was captivated by a little teahouse I passed by and decided to stop in and look, even though I wouldn’t call myself a tea drinker. It is a very small place…only several tables, and it was full. While browsing their little shop, Continue reading
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Hello, World
Would like to begin this project by stating some goals and aspirations, a sort of mission statement. Every Wednesday, starting today, one short post will be published. I hope to share some knowledge I have, or observations I make via my work, to shine a light on different aspects of the agricultural industry from an Continue reading
About Graham
Graham is an ecologist-farmer from Canada working on educating about the wonders and beauty of the natural world, and how we can design biodiverse food production systems.
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