Hello All Plant Lovers,
Our first Herb Walk will be on Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 6:30 – 8:00 PM. We will meet at the Illinois Prairie Trail at Westmore-Myers Rd and North Broadway in Lombard, IL There is a parking lot within several feet of where the trail begins.
This is a rain or shine event….barring tornadoes. If you are late, look for us down the trail or alongside … Read more
Plant Wisdom talks with Adam Haritan of LearnYourLand.com
You can click here to see Adam’s growing library of videos.
My hope: That people all over the world see these videos and some are inspired create ones of similar quality and depth.
If you’re an Eastern Woodlands person, they will amplify your love and appreciation of where … Read more
Ken McCarthy interviews Klaus Ferlow, master herbalist and leading North American advocate of sturdy, fast-growing, versatile Neem tree.
Called “arista” in Sanskrit, it means “perfect, complete, imperishable.” It’s also known in India as the “village pharmacy.”
The neem tree grows rapidly, even under challenging desert conditions, anywhere where there is no frost.
The leaves, flower, twigs, bark, roots, oil, and oil cake are all useful.
Uses include: non-toxic pesticide, … Read more
This is one of the most fascinating and promising local sustainable food projects I’ve ever seen. Please help take it to the next level.
– Ken McCarthy
PlantWisdom.org
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We’ve had banks that are “too big to fail” that have, in fact, completely failed the financial needs of the economy.
The result?
Financial devastation that millions have yet to recover from.
How about the big agribusiness industry?
Are they getting too big to feed?
This report says: Yes.
You can download a PDF copy here that contains a detailed report on this issue.
Download: TOO BIG TO FEED
Ever Growing Family Farm is engaged in a radically innovative act…
They’re successfully growing rice in the Hudson Valley of New York on otherwise marginal land using traditional methods perfected over centuries by farmers from the Senegambia region of West Africa.
After two successful harvests, it’s time for them to get their own rice milling equipment.
They’re halfway there. Let’s … Read more
“Permaculture” is a buzz word, but what does it mean?
It’s simple really: Cooperate with nature.
The method: Observation.
“Create natural cycles, then nature will work for you” says permaculture pioneer Sepp Holzer.
This video explores his famous permaculture farm, Krameterhof, 1,500 feet above sea level between the pine tree monocultures of Austria. He has successfully used groundbreaking techniques such as using ponds as reflectors to increase solar gain for … Read more
The ideal introduction to plants, herbs and “weeds” would be to have a grandmother (or grandfather) take us by the hand through the fields and woods from an early age.
In these “modern” times, few of us have that experience. Our guest on this installment of PlantWisdom.org, Dina Falcone, certainly didn’t.
Dina grew up in New York City’s East Village in the 1970s, an urban … Read more
It was one of our most popular programs, so I thought you might like to see her TED talk.
If you’d like to help our publishing efforts here at Plant Wisdom—and we can certainly use the help—consider contributing to our parent company, The Real Food Channel, that makes this programming possible.
– Ken McCarthy
PlantWisdom.org
There’s farming which can include big corporate farms, small family farms, and gardens.
Then there’s foraging which is roaming around looking for “free” food to pick and eat.
Is there something in between?
Yes there is.
In this wide ranging conversation with Tama Matsuoka Wong we talk about a middle way in which wild edible plants are encouraged to grow.
This is a “new” idea to … Read more
