How Our Food Choices Could Help Reforest the Planet
The global food system lies at the center of some of today’s most urgent environmental challenges, including climate change, biodiversity loss, and deforestation. Yet it also offers one of our greatest opportunities: the chance to reforest vast areas of the planet by rethinking what we eat. Nearly half of the world’s habitable land is currently … Continued
How to Plant a Fruit Tree Guild for a Resilient Backyard
If you are looking for a beautiful, resilient way to rewild some or all of your backyard, look no further than tree guilds. Also known as a permaculture garden, a tree guild is centered around a fruit or nut tree and incorporates a diverse group of plants that work together in harmony. What Is a … Continued
Karen Washington: How Food Shapes Our Communities
Colleen Alexander sat down with Karen Washington to hear her perspective on how food shapes neighborhoods and communities, either for the better or worse.
3 Trees With Edible and Nutritious Leaves
Most people think of spinach and kale when they think of “leafy greens.” Joshua Wayne, our favorite forager, is here to point us toward another source of edible leafy greens: the trees. Some of these edible tree leaves may even be in your backyard.
UGROW Garden Network Puts Permaculture into Practice
Supporting over 60 community gardens and 500 gardeners throughout Worcester, MA, UGROW is bringing communities together for sustainable change.
Carbondale Food Autonomy Initiative Creates Equitable Food Systems in Illinois
Carbondale Spring is a people’s movement in southern Illinois that is empowering its community by enabling food autonomy.
Vecino Victory Garden Feeds Those Facing Food Insecurity in California
In a California community affected by the destruction of wildfires since 2018, Vecino Victory Garden is promoting food security and power.
Foraging can be a fun and sustainable way to source food, but where do you start? Here are 5 steps to help you forage local, tasty plants.
CEEE Fights for Community Access to Fresh Fruits & Vegetables
Our food system is failing both our health and our local economies, but it’s not too late to repair it. First, we have to acknowledge the challenges.
Farm to Pantry Program Delivers Local Organic Food to Low-Income Communities
This Farm to Food Pantry program brings fresh produce from environmentally-conscious local producers to low-income members of the Illinois community.
