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Monthly Archives: December 2017

Table to Farm

Permaculture FarmingBy Antonio GomesDecember 22, 2017Leave a comment

I had fun making my first video from start to finish. The ducks don’t follow direction well, and the dogs started eating my set, but we got the footage we needed! It’s amazing how much food and cardboard we have diverted from the dump. Not only did we divert it, but we get the best…

NY times article on how soil can make the world green again

UncategorizedBy Antonio GomesDecember 22, 2017Leave a comment

Soil is the ultimate sink for carbon in the atmosphere. It can store all the carbon dioxide we have released into the atmosphere. Check out this recent article in the NY times on what we are learning about soil. I’m happy to finally read something that doesn’t demonize livestock. Livestock can be part of the…

168 trees start life today, feels nice

UncategorizedBy Antonio GomesDecember 20, 2017Leave a comment

poplar, hawthorn, sumac reporting for duty. They look excited to me. Hardwood cuttings from Cavaleiro Farm that are on the way to improving the farm

Solar-bucket frog pump works for a well!

UncategorizedBy Antonio GomesDecember 20, 2017Leave a comment

 

Seeding for 2018 Season Begins

UncategorizedBy Antonio GomesDecember 20, 2017Leave a comment

Hickory, alder and cherry brings new beginnings

Woman making big Impact on rural lives

UncategorizedBy Antonio GomesDecember 19, 2017Leave a comment

Thirty years of leading food system building by Esperanza Castillo in Peru. Check out the article here .   So cool to have role models to look up too. We need more of this type of organizing in our rural communities here in Ontario, Canada, to make farming doable for a new generation of farmers.

RollingStone Article on Change

UncategorizedBy Antonio GomesDecember 8, 2017Leave a comment

Working on Urban Crops website and thinking about how we have such an opportunity right now to invest in ecological technologies and systems. I think about how most people invest cars, trips or extra something while they could be investing in food. Then I came across this great article in rolling stone about change. Check…

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UncategorizedBy Antonio GomesDecember 8, 2017Leave a comment

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How many worms do you see?

Permaculture FarmingBy Antonio GomesDecember 6, 2017Leave a comment

Adding restaurant food scrapes to the worm composting piles. Always nice to see lots of worms. I try not to create to much attention or else the chickens come and eat them all up quickly!!

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