Posts filed under Food & Nutrition

Root Medicine and Winter Tonics

The life force in a biannual or perennial plant is evident in the greenness of its leaves and the vibrancy of its flower. As it begins to die back in the fall, that life force is not lost; it is transferred into the root, which embraces it and keeps it safe until the next growing season.

Posted on December 31, 2014 and filed under Winter, Food & Nutrition, Healing.

Permaculture Projects Take Root Across Southeast Michigan by Nathan Ayers

It was 2008, and the economy was crashing. I was scared about peak oil, climate change, and economic instability, and grasping for answers. A group of women in Ann Arbor were starting a new organization, and had heard about some of the community work I had done around sustainability. Through Transition Ann Arbor, I first hear the word “permaculture.”

Posted on August 28, 2014 and filed under Food & Nutrition, Green Living.