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Designing Food Systems

Submitted by Ben Bishop, Published on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 22:11

When we think of food production today, most people imagine large fields of monocrops or grassland for grazing. We think of agriculture. Many people believe that agriculture (10,000 years ago) is inextricably tied with the human species. But when considering that modern humans have existed for over 200,000 years, this agricultural preoccupation does not seem so integral to our humanity.

Growing Food in a Resource-Based Economy

Submitted by Ben Bishop, Published on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 15:20

Ever since I was introduced to the Zeitgeist movement, I have been interested in its ideas on food production. As an avid gardener and foodie myself, the same ideology that comprises the resource-based economy also guides my beliefs on producing food. And for quite some time now, I have wanted to bring the ZM together with an equally powerful and revolutionary movement: Permaculture.