(Natural News) If you are a homesteader, you’d want to make the most use of your land in order to maximize your resources. This includes standing sources of water. Small ponds can help supplement your food production when you use them to grow your own edible water garden. Here are a few other advantages you […]

(Natural News) Tapping maple trees for their syrup makes for a fun family activity, and is a safe and sustainable way of gaining benefits from nature without hurting the ecosystem. Maple trees start to produce sap at the break of spring between mid-February and mid-March. The sap flows best during this specific period, when daytime temperature […]

(Natural News) Researchers at the Center for Lighting Enabled Systems & Applications (LESA) at Rensellaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York and the controlled environmental agriculture (CEA) team in Ithaca-based Cornell University are teaming up to work on a $2.42 million program to promote urban farming, which is the production of food in a […]

(Natural News) If there’s an effective method to develop a country for the better, then the Bolivian government would be the perfect example. By coming up with a law that betters the country’s food sufficiency, Bolivia is on the way to achieving food independence by 2020. The Bolivian government invested $40 million in local food production, […]

(Natural News) If you’re tired of living each day eating junk food and being stressed all the time, consider homesteading. It will not only help you be more self-sufficient, but it can also teach you how to appreciate nature and live a healthier life. Being a homesteader will give you a chance to enjoy life […]

(Natural News) Food security is a global issue these days, and many experts are currently finding ways to solve the crisis. Many African countries and other developing countries in the world are experiencing high rates of malnutrition and nutrient deficiency due to the lack of stable and affordable sources of food. The best way to […]

(Natural News) Most Americans today are lacking patience and live in an “instant gratification” world, where we all want what we want and we want it now. That includes better health, more technology conveniences, more energy, and a more shapely or chiseled body. Advertising and social media make matters even worse. We see pictures, headlines, […]

(Natural News) While anyone can become food independent, you need to keep in mind that this requires a lot of hard work. Food independence is a good way to ensure that your diet is free of harmful genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Kelli and John from The Sustainable Couple practice food independence, and they shared some […]

(Natural News) At some point in the future, the world is going to run out of what humans consider to be food. When that happens, we will have to look for alternative sources to sate our hunger and the best source of food after TEOTWAWKI may just be insects. (h/t to MyFamilySurvivalPlan.com.) Insects are found […]

(Natural News) Lettuce is a widely enjoyed vegetable thought to have come to our shores from India and Central Asia via Europe. We have enjoyed this plant since the ancient times. Herodotus wrote that it was a favorite in ancient Rome. It was during the Age of Exploration when Columbus and other explorers sought the […]