By Ice Age Farmer Wonder why there is a canned food shortage at your local grocery store? Washington State has been stocking away millions of dollars of non-perishable food — so have other US states, and the federal government — in anticipation of “the need…
Imagine plugging in to your brick house. Red bricks — some of the world’s cheapest and most familiar building materials — can be converted into energy storage units that can be charged to hold electricity, like a battery, according to new research from Washington University…
By Jade Small Succulents and cacti are awesome plants and seem to have become more popular as awareness grows of their hardiness, unique shapes, colors and sizes. The word succulent (sucus in Latin) means ‘juice’ or ‘sap’ and is an apt description for these plants….
This ability of couch grass and wheat to phytoextract toxic metals can be used for effective cleaning of soils Irina Shtangeeva is a researcher at the Department of Soil Science and Soil Ecology, St Petersburg University. She has studied the ability of wheat and couch…
By Melissa K Norris One year ago, we decided to cover half of our vegetable garden in wood chips with the Back to Eden method of gardening. We try to grow as much of our own food as possible but keeping up on the weeding…
By Ice Age Farmer The global food supply is being destroyed, production dismantled, farmers put out of business and grain stores are on fire in the food wars. California is sending in “COVID-19 Strike Teams” to shut down farms that are not “properly distanced.” China…
The COVID-19 pandemic exposes weaknesses in the supply chain when countries go into lockdown. Some are small, such as the toilet paper shortages early on, that, while annoying, were eventually resolved. But what happens when the effects of the pandemic reach the food systems of…
By Kara Stiff Are you itching to grow something for the table in these times of bare shelves, but don’t have space? Well, you’re definitely not alone. Gardening is suddenly very popular, both for the calories and the many other benefits. Are you renting and…
In an analysis of how regulators review pesticides for their potential to cause cancer, researchers at Silent Spring Institute identified more than two dozen registered pesticides that were linked with mammary gland tumors in animal studies. The new findings raise concerns about how the US…
By Ice Age Farmer “Mysterious Seeds” are being unexpectedly delivered by mail US/UK. Media has rushed to blame China for bioterrorism, warning DON’T PLANT! But why would China put themselves on every return label? There is more to this story, and it is part of…
By Tess Pennington In a previous article, we wrote about how there are some summer vegetables that can still be started in July. By doing so, you create a bumper crop to enjoy even more summer bounties. Once your bumper crop has been harvested, you will have…
By Linnea Johnson As the summer goes on, schools are refining and finalizing how they will conduct school in the fall. Already, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and San Diego have declared schools will not re-open physical classrooms and others will follow. Many districts have suggested revised…
By Jon Miltimore The unintended consequences of the COVID-19 lockdowns have been severe: mass unemployment, increased drug overdoses and suicides, and widespread social unrest are but a few of them. On Monday, the National Bureau of Economic Research released a paper detailing another: increased domestic…
By Ice Age Farmer The UN seeks to remove humans from 30% of land and inland water, and considers this “even more important than climate change!” A narrative is being crafted with COVID-19 to justify forcibly moving people off the land and farms, into the…
By James Prigioni In this video, James Prigioni shows his step by step guide on how to start a container garden and get huge harvests using homemade soil. James describes the right type of buckets, his soil recipe and how to transplant and water container…
By Ice Age Farmer A controlled demolition of our global food supply is taking place at a staggering rate: Ontario FORCES closure of farms. China BANS sale of live poultry. Aldi Sud SHAMES customers for buying meat. MILLIONS of pounds of seed potatoes are DISCARDED…
New research from The University of Texas at Dallas suggests food deserts might be more prevalent in the U.S. than the numbers reported in government estimates. In a feasibility study published in the journal Frontiers in Public Health, scholars found that the methods used by…
By Greg Watts, University of Bradford Many of us have been spending more time at home than ever before, and chances are unless you live by yourself in the middle of nowhere, at some point unwanted noise will have infiltrated your lockdown. Whether it’s cars…
Beekeepers across the United States lost 43.7% of their managed honey bee colonies from April 2019 to April 2020, according to preliminary results of the 14th annual nationwide survey conducted by the nonprofit Bee Informed Partnership (BIP). These losses mark the second highest loss rate…
By Ice Age Farmer Having been unsuccessful at Social Engineering efforts to stop people from eating meat because of “Cow Farts,” forces are at work now to use “Investor Activism” to strip capital and credit from ranchers, producers, and packers, FORCING a change to new,…
