Two Stories from Southwest Florida
My family found ourselves having to move far away from our home in Marietta, PA and what we found was a new environment, culture, new ecology and new ways to …
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The Forest Ranch Farm Plan
I went to school for Business Administration, I\’m a filmmaker now, and in the future I dream of being a farmer. One of my college classes at University of Louisiana …
Dave Jacke of Edible Forest Gardens
Listen to the latest Earth Alchemy Podcast to find out a little about the origin of Dave Jacke who co-wrote Edible Forest Gardens and teaches Forest Garden Design to many …
Biodynamics: Earth Herbalism, Earth Alchemy
Biodynamics is a holistic agricultural study and practice that was birthed from a gathering in Poland in 1924. It includes a number of treatments derived from natural ingredients and from …
What is Biomimicry?
Biomimicry is the design and production of materials, structures, and systems that are modeled on biological entities and processes. This short YouTube series features the work of Wilson Alvarez at …
Imagine an Avacado
I nibble bits from the avocado. I imagine the journey, the expense, the pain, strife or even death that went into bringing this treasure to my lips. I lick my lips and with eyes still closed I take a deep breath. “ ¿Cuánto cuesta esto?” I ask the merchant. But the truth is, I’d pay any price.
PASA 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Conference
I write this now for three reasons. One is that I\’ve finally had the ability to finish several videos from my filming at the conference. The second reason for this …
Covid Time Abundance
The Forest Ranch is a place that shares information about the earth\’s abundance and how we can access and exhibit our most regenerative selves. Now is a particularly opportune time …
The Way Forward
Now we see. Now we realize that there is something wrong with the way humans impact the world. Now, there are many difficult stages we have to go through. Denial, …
Adapt our Picture of Beauty
What modern people commonly see as inherently beautiful has actually been programmed into us. I’ll use the examples of the suburban subdivision and the cornfield. What if what most of …