So I asked my students the other day if they agreed with this statement: “We may be living in an ‘information age’ with ‘information overload’” but we are really “living in an age of ‘information scarcity’”—according to Thom Hartmann, anyway. I asked… Continue Reading
The risks of nuclear power I described in Part 1 are startling enough, but once you put them in context they become much scarier. That would not be so bad if we had a regulatory agency that was truly dedicated… Continue Reading
When we think of being healthy, most of us understand that we need to eat well and exercise. We also understand that we need to stop doing things that are unhealthy, like smoking and eating fast food. It is the same… Continue Reading
What if the “prime directive” of business was to nurture life and serve the common good, as opposed to common greed? Unfortunately, the pursuit of the common good these days is about as common as common sense, and most of us… Continue Reading
My food worries have increased. I could take sedatives, but I’m trying another tactic: writing about some of my food dreams. I’ve been chasing my food dreams since 1973, starting in French Gulch with a big garden that fed about… Continue Reading
We started “Dig This!” several years ago, focusing on food and gardens. Then we stopped the column, and now we are resurrecting “Dig This!” with adding two authors as well as broadening the scope of topics. We do believe that sustainability… Continue Reading
The folks at the Community Teaching Garden have done it. They transformed the training ground for heavy equipment operators at Shasta College into a beautifully productive garden within two years. From hard packed clay into dark organic soil, it took… Continue Reading
Here’s some good news about your shady backyard: You can grow some summertime crops, such as tomatoes, cucumbers and squashes, despite the lack of direct sunshine. Shade doesn’t have to prohibit you from growing lots of your own food. But… Continue Reading
Wouldn’t it be hunky-dory if your garden had great deep soil and just the right amount of sun and shade all year around? If your garden is perfect, stop. If it isn’t, read on. I will start a series that… Continue Reading
I once lived next door to a wise eccentric we called Tomato Man. He was renowned in the neighborhood for his exceptional tomatoes, reliably produced in abundance year after year in his “weed friendly” garden. Tomato Man was as proud… Continue Reading
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