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The 'Ponics Project is a Springfield Illinois, community based GREEN/ORGANIC movement to reutilize old properties, turning them into indoor AQUAPONIC farms

06/02/2016

Self-Sustaining Neighborhood Produces Its Own Power And Food

05/22/2016

Chinampas: Artificial Islands Created By The Aztecs To Improve Agriculture | MessageToEagle.com

MessageToEagle.com – To improve their agriculture, the Aztecs built so-called chinampas. These were small, artificial islands created on a freshwater lake. The chinampas resembled floating gardens. Chinampas were used throughout the Valley of Mexico around the lake bed and were without doubt one of...

05/20/2016

This Organization Repurposes The “Ugly” Fruits And Veggies You...

05/11/2016

Compost bin turns garbage into gas

05/10/2016

04/23/2016

These Earthship Homes In New Mexico Are Off-The-Grid, Made With Old Junk, And Totally Adorable

Homes are havens. We find comfort, solace, well-being, and so much more in our cozy shelters. They are a positive aspect of society, right? The idea of them is, yes, but have you ever thought about how much energy is consumed and how much waste is produced by each and every home on the planet? Tradi…

04/19/2016

A Revolution In Recycling

04/16/2016

Seed-Starting Chart

We've put together a handy guide to help you figure out when to germinate and when to plant your seedlings.

04/09/2016

Gangsta Gardener Fights Food Deserts

04/01/2016

7 Foods For Good Gut Health

Easy ways to help catapult your immune system.

03/20/2016

Well it looks as though we have an attorney now on our side. Good chance of saving our 1885 village hall and jail!

03/07/2016

This Woman Started A Farmer's Market For Low-Income Neighborhoods

02/22/2016

An hour every day workout can power your home for twenty-four hours

What if you could power your house for an entire day just by exercising for an hour, would that motivate you to do it? I just love this idea, it could even become something that can be done as a family.People often complain about the high costs of energy and the fact that they “never have time to wo…

02/21/2016

Off the Grid Living in the City!

02/20/2016

The world's most beautiful wastewater treatment plant

The Omega Center for Sustainable Living operates as a wastewater treatment plant and is probably the most beautiful wastewater treatment plant in the world.

02/19/2016

Self Sufficiency for Urban Dwellers - Gardens All

It’s inspiring and gratifying to see what you can do with even a plot of land (urban land too) and a desire to become more self-reliant.

02/16/2016

The Importance Of Getting Kids Into The Garden

Turn digging in the dirt with your children into a lifetime of love and respect for nature.

02/10/2016

Vertical Garden from Rain Gutter Pieces - Gardens All

Conserving resources, reusing and repurposing—aka upcycling—just makes sense. So we really like this vertical gardening method that will also use up old rain gutter pieces. You can make it out…

02/06/2016

Timeline photos

02/03/2016

February To-Do List

Everything that needs to be done in the garden this month.

01/14/2016

3 Things Getting In The Way Of Your Urban Farm—And What You Can Do About It - Urban Farm

Growing food in the city isn’t without its challenges, but there are things you can do to start living out your farming dream right where you are.

12/30/2015

12/23/2015

Ritz-Carlton utilizes “Crop Box” technology | WINK NEWS

Ritz-Carlton utilizes “Crop Box” technology December 22, 2015 0 Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter NAPLES, Fla. – In the back service area of the Ritz-Carlton Beach Resort of Naples sits a gray box, however it’s no ordinary box, it’s called a “Crop Box” and the team at the Ritz call it their “grow h…

12/21/2015

Timeline photos

So interesting! Natural methods are so awesome.

via Organic Farmer

12/16/2015

Timeline photos

What do you think?

12/08/2015

How an urban farm is profitable - Homestead Notes

Half of farming is running the numbers of the business. You have to know your accounting and costs AND know how to farm and take your products to market.

12/08/2015

The LowLine Is The World's First Underground Park

12/07/2015

Innovate Springfield incubator a long time coming

A privately funded business incubator expected to open in the next few weeks adds Springfield to the list of similar-sized cities in Illinois that have

12/06/2015

Bonton Farms - Growing Hope in South Dallas

12/05/2015

Detroit's Newest Urban Farm

LaGrasso Brothers Produce is a wholesale produce distributor that has been operating in the city of Detroit for over 100 years, serving restaurants, schools, hotels, healthcare facilities and more all across Michigan and Northern Ohio. Earlier this fall, the company’s warehouse became home to the fi…

12/03/2015

How To Buy Land To Live Off Grid - Homestead Notes

Imagine you're living where you've always wanted to live and doing what you've always wanted to do. Every day you wake up and have a leisure breakfast...

12/01/2015

How they made $7,000 in four days on their off grid Homestead - Homestead Notes

This couple found an old rundown building and bought it all for a few hundred dollars. They spent time and effort

11/30/2015

Timeline photos

What a great idea!

11/30/2015

The Alkaline Diet Info Every Cancer Patient Needs to Read Immediately

There is something that every cancer patient should hear from their oncologist when they are first diagnosed. They should be told that by making...

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