Organic Sustainable Farming is the Future of Agriculture

“Very encouraging message. In this film, organic market gardeners Frank and Josje discuss the issues with the supermarket system and how Community Supported Agriculture fits into a new story for sustainable food growing.”

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The Future is Your Choice

What future will you choose?
What future will you choose?

I found this image somewhere on the Internet. It shows the stark contrast facing society today. Our day to day decisions affect the outcome. What future will you choose? The world in my opinion is getting crazier all the time so I opt for a better life close to nature, and small town living.

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The Watchman Stove

The Watchman Stove rocket stove is available pre-assembled or you can buy the kit and welded it together yourself.
The Watchman Stove rocket stove is available pre-assembled or you can buy the kit and welded it together yourself.

The Watchman Stove was designed by Kirk Salmons of Front Royal, Virginia. Kirk received so much positive feedback and interest in his early prototypes that he decided to pursue higher volume production and marketing of the product to reach a larger consumer base. Kirk has partnered with Winchester Metals, Inc. to start producing and distributing the Watchman Stove throughout the United States. The partnership with Winchester Metals allows for a higher quality stove at a lower price point to the consumer.

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Earthbag/ Rice Hull Tiny Boulder House/Survival Shelter

Hidden in plain sight: tiny boulder house/ survival shelter looks like a natural boulder that can be concealed by vines and fast growing plants such as bananas
Hidden in plain sight: tiny boulder house/ survival shelter looks like a natural boulder that can be concealed by vines and fast growing plants such as bananas

This boulder house combines numerous really good ideas – earthbags, lower cost lightweight insulating material such as rice hulls, option of mixing the hulls with a stabilizer such as lime or cement for greater moisture protection, a bamboo or sapling frame to support the bags, and durable plaster to give the structure long lasting protection.

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