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Learnings From Wilderland

Spending the past month living in an eco-community and permaculture farm has taught me a lot about small scale agriculture.

Agri-Food Musings, Farm StoriesAlissa WelkerDecember 13, 2019small scale, environmentalism, permaculture, New Zealand, WilderlandComment

Interview with Wilderland Resident and Gardener

Interview with eco-living community resident and gardener. Read to hear a perspective on why small scale agriculture is important.

InterviewsAlissa WelkerDecember 10, 2019New Zealand, Wilderland, Organic Gardening, small scale, environmentalismComment

Eat More Beef?

I was driving down the road in rural Nebraska when I passed a sign lit up by white Christmas lights that proclaimed in bold letters, “EAT MORE BEEF.” As a vegetarian of 4+ years, an environmental scientist by training and a current resident of San Francisco, California I couldn’t help but chuckle to myself.