Is it possible to live off foraged food alone? Fergus Drennan thinks so and aims to prove it. In the first of his monthly columns he explains why, from April 1 st, he will be eating nothing but wild food – for an entire year...
… Fergus Drennan | 1st April 2008 News Foraging Subsistence Awakening Philosophy Foraging Farming Local Food Production … nothing but wild food – for an entire year... Foraging – what’s all the fuss about? What …
Natural remedies don't have to be bought from a shop. Whether for stings, cuts or colds there's likely to be a medicinal plant growing somewhere nearby...
How to forage a first aid kit Andy Hamilton | 6th October 2009 Ethical Living Forage Natural Remedies Natural Medicine Stings Bites Cuts Cold And Flu Aloe Vera Natural First Aid Kit Andy Hamilton …
Expelled from Eden and adrift amid the miracles of modern living, going back to nature is the only way to stay sane and healthy in this mad, bad world, says Fergus Drennan
… Foraging for sanity - building Holistic Health … Fergus Drennan | 1st June 2008 Ethical Living Foraging Philosophy Spirituality Oneness Connection Food Foraging Lessons From Nature Food Security …
From its flowers and berries to the fungi littering its branches, the elder is a one-tree feast, says Fergus Drennan
… Fergus Drennan | 1st May 2008 Ethical Living Foraging Elderberry Wild Food Badger Foraging Food And Farming Archive_205.jpg From … symbiosis, reciprocity and natural balance. Foraging is my dance, and Lady Ellhorn, …
With the worst summer on record decimating his potatoes, onions and other allotment crops, Paul Kingsnorth turns to nature’s abundance in foraged food
… Kingsnorth | 8th April 2009 Ethical Living Foraging For Food Hedgerows Blackberries … wrote in the Ecologist about a day spent out foraging in the countryside of Kent with … make a meal from. Since I wrote about Fergus, foraging really seems to have taken off. He’s …
It's been a strange week. Within an eight-day period I found beauty, pain and death.
… Nhat Hanh Wild Redeemer William Borroughs Foraging fergus_and_sloes.jpg It's been a … more) due to my physical inability to run foraging courses and events that I have been … stupid: I ran two back-to-back 12 1/2 hour foraging courses over one weekend - finding …
Stressed out and living for the weekend? Breaking free may be easier than you thought...
… www.fairshares.org.uk www.taffhousing.co.uk Foraging ‘Very few people understand the land, … wild foods on your table. There are plenty of foraging courses to help you. See: …
Neonicotinoid pesticides are killing our honeybees. Sign the Soil Association petition to help get it banned. Then take part in Twitter's 'Tweehive' - starting on 14th July
… impair bees' communication, homing and foraging ability, flight activity, ability to … treasure hunt game on Twitter which includes ‘foraging' for pollen and nectar counter …
Previous calls to ban neonicotinoids have been turned down by the UK government because of lack of evidence
Renewed call for pesticide ban to protect bees The Ecologist | 14th September 2009 News Bees Pesticides Neonicotinoids Food And Farming Natural World beequeen,-nz,-dave-goulson.jpg Conservationists …
How do you turn people on to local food and away from supermarkets? One way is to celebrate it through 'adventures', from wild food barbecues to scrumptious feasts of locally baked foods
CASE STUDY: making local food sexy in Suffolk Kate Eshelby | 3rd November 2009 Activism Food And Gardening Case Study Jason Cranbrook Suffold Food Adventures Lady Cranbrook suffolk.jpg How do you …
Home brewing need not produce unpalatable dross. With this simple guide, you can use your gluts of marrows and pears to create cheap-and-cheerful signature wines
How to turn your excess fruit and veg into wine Andy Hamilton | 3rd November 2009 Ethical Living Green Living Making Your Own Wine Home Brew Self Sufficient Grow Your Own Andy Hamilton marrow.jpg …
Recent reports of catastrophic declines in bee populations have had scientists buzzing around looking for a plausible explanation. Is it mites? Is it GM crops? Is it mobile phones or habitat loss? It's all of these things, says Pat Thomas, but it's also so much more than that.
Give Bees a chance Pat Thomas | 11th February 2008 News Bees Crops Diversity Colony Collapse Disorder Intensive Farming Gm Pesticides Electromagnetic Fields Parasites Varroa Diversity Farming Food …
Once a year in rural Wales twenty 'doers' assemble in a small tent and tell their stories. The aim is to inspire the rest of us to go and do something positive.
The Do Lectures: a Glastonbury for the mind Jaswinder Kaur | 27th August 2009 Activism Culture Change The Do Lectures Howies David Hieatt Wales Soil Association to-do-tentguitar.jpg Once a year in …
As the urgent necessity of our transition away from fossil fuels becomes plain, it’s inevitable that some of us will take that necessity seriously enough to explore the edges of ‘normal’ behaviour.
Going to extremes Richard Heinberg | 20th June 2008 Comment Green Carbon Renewable Energy Carbon Dioxide Usage Green Living Energy Climate SOS_1.jpg As the urgent necessity of our transition away …
Cape gannet chicks are facing starvation as a result of overfishing of sardines and anchovies off the coast of southern Africa, as well as an increase in predation by other species affected by the food shortage
… placed on fishing numbers within the bird's foraging range if the Cape gannet is to …
The corporate market has become the institutional equivalent of a compulsive eater. It has a built-in hunger that cannot be filled, and it is hard to stop the damage within the framework of its own game.
The commons: an antidote to globalisation Jonathon Rowe | 1st April 2008 News Commons Community Alternative Economics Community Food Security International Development Environment Justice …
In the second communiqué from the canals of Britain, a narrowboat newbie finds the pace of life slowing to the speed of the water, offering time for reflection and a deeper appreciation of the great outdoors
Life on a canal boat - Part II Paul Miles | 1st June 2009 Ethical Living Take Action Out And About Canal Boats Alternative Holidays Paul Miles Life On A Canal Boat paulmiles_june_02.jpg In the second …
The promise of more food from increased yields is driving the appeal for more GM crops, but that promise is theoretical and unfulfilled, argue Dr Ricarda A Steinbrecher and Antje Lorch
Feed the world? Dr Ricarda A Steinbrecher Antje Lorch | 1st November 2008 News Gm Focus Yields Yield Gm Crops Cultivation Biotechnology Food And Farming Science And Technology GM_Yield_MAIN.jpg The …
It's an ancient craft using renewable resources with sustainable techniques. But that doesn't mean it can't be damned sexy, as Mary Butcher shows
Basket weaving for the 21st Century Matilda Lee | 8th October 2009 Ethical Living Origin Craft Show Green Living Crafts Apprenticeships Mary Butcher Victoria & Albert Museum mb1.jpg Click on the …
With global warming putting pressure on animals and biodiversity in the tropics, is it time we had a new poster child for climate change, asks William Laurance
… lizard just a few degrees above its preferred foraging temperature, you risk killing it.’ …
Farmer and naturalist Johnny Scott explains how to start a home-reared flock
Keeping chickens - the basics Johnny Scott | 27th July 2009 Ethical Living Green Living Keeping Chickens Self-sufficiency A Greener Life chickens2.jpg Farmer and naturalist Johnny Scott explains how …