Baby Steps to Urban Homesteading... These past few years, city life has become painfully stressful for humans that most of us suffering from the everyday hazards of it have started to look for healthier alternatives we can do right in the comfort of our homes. Some even went as far as purchasing a piece of land somewhere far from the city and adjusted well to the farm life by downgrading their lifestyle and making do without the comfort of the city life....

Eat Healthy, Go For Free Range Chickens... It was said that if the chicken you’re eating right now has had a cruel and stressful life, chances are, you’re eating a chicken that’s soaked in its own toxins and would then be passed to you causing diseases that are without cure. In other words, healthy meats produce quality proteins which prevent most lifestyle diseases. Organic farmers believe that a free range chicken is one happy chicken and therefore is...

Start Your Own Bee Farm... Looking for a backyard business with a good ROI? If you are not allergic to bee stings and you’re not afraid to get up close and personal with these honey-making high flyers, then this business is for you. Bee farms are income generating, very ideal if you only have a little piece of land to work on and they are great for the environment too! Bee farms are cheap and easy. In fact, they are most recommended for small...

Organic Fertilizers for Your Garden... Just by the sound of it, organic fertilizers must be good for our gardens especially now that we have become fully aware of the harmful effects of chemical pesticides to humans and what abnormal things it can induce to our plants and produce. Little by little, more farmers are beginning to apply alternative methods to a safer and better produce but naturally, organic fertilizers are expected to be met with a little resistance...

Profitable Forest Farming... In forest farming, a farmer is not only harvesting nature’s gift for his own good but also helps the forest maintain its natural health and balance. Actually, helping the existing ecosystem is the first and foremost concern of all forest farmers and forest farming communities, as well as those organizations assisting them in proper forest farming methods and concerns. Forest farming involves trimming down, albeit cautiously,...

How Microfarming Can Help You... Living in the suburbs has its own pros and cons; the same way when you are residing in the city where lots are limited and not too conducive for farming. This apparently is the problem for most city dwellers who crave farm life where you harvest your own crops and experience the joys of maintaining your own farm. The good news is, since the organic frenzy, consumers are scouring farms for fresh produce and they are willing...

Disease-Free Crops in Green Farming... Healthy communities, whether of humans or any other living forms, have no place for diseases. In eco-friendly communities, growing disease-free crops is the main focus of farming. It is true that microbes are part of our ecological space but those bad ones, which have evolved to flourish by destroying crops, are never welcome. Shutting them out is integral to green living. How do we manage it? Following are some common...

Living by Agriculture... Agricultural practice is generally believed to have started around ten thousand years (BC), first on a small scale and then, around 5500 BC, practiced as intensive farming. Archeological evidence suggests that the transition from hunting-gathering to agricultural societies was gradual and, in some regions, developed almost independently including the Babylon, Syria, India, and China. Developed through the ages by different...

Balance of Work and Benefit in a Modern Kibbutz... Kibbutzim are a living example of the communal spirit that has been central to green living communities. Starting entirely with traditional, rural-style agriculture, Kibbutzim have increasingly been subject to financial stresses off and on during their one hundred years of adherence to socialist ideals. This is no wonder since most of the world’s economy, including that of the agricultural sector, is controlled by a...

Environment and Food Safety... Natural environment and health are closely related, not only through air and water that may carry pathogenic microbes but also through eatables. That food is affected by changes in our environment is not something new to learn. Humans have experienced food spoilage in damp and hot surroundings since antiquity and a number of preventive techniques have been in use sine ancient times. However, it has not been very long...