Blogs

Blogs are where BFC team members are sharing in their personal development. Try something new or indulge in your passion – it is all about living a healthier and happier life.


One-Pot Gourmet Gardener by Cinead McTernan

One-Pot Gourmet Gardener: Delicious container recipes to grow together and cook together Hardcover – May 15, 2015 How clever would it be to grow all the ingredients for an entire tasty dish in one garden pot? Well now you can, with The One-Pot Gourmet Gardener, which takes 25 contemporary and classic recipes and shows how to grow their ingredients in one …

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Isabella Dalla Ragione

Isabella Dalla Ragione. Archeologia Arborea Foundation (Non-Profit Organization of Social Utility) President SAN LORENZO DI LERCHI, Italy — There are probably few places as tranquil as the languorous hills that surround Umbria’s Città di Castello. But on her farm, Isabella Dalla Ragione pursues a personal mission — saving ancient fruit trees from extinction — with a strong sense of urgency. …

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Organic Farming is not Anti-technology

The terms abound these days — agroecological, agrobiodiverse — but all involve taking some of the principles, processes and practices of organic farming and using them in farming more generally. Many of these initiatives also work on certified organic farms too. The initiative I attended was called Capsella (after the plant) and is about communities of practice — that’s farmers, …

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How Nature is Good for Our Health and Happiness

We all intrinsically think that nature must be good for our health and happiness. A recent analysis of a large-scale nature challenge scientifically shows how important feeling part of nature is to our physical and mental health. There are a growing number of studies and campaigns putting forward evidence that a connection with nature makes us healthier and happier people, …

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What Gardening Can Do for Us

On Growing Food Growing food transforms us into producers — something we desperately need in a passive consumer culture where we have become an audience watching life rather than producers making it. Growing food provides a connection to and an understanding of where our food comes from. It schools us in what food looks like when it comes out of …

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Organic Agriculture More Profitable to Farmers

A comprehensive study finds organic agriculture is more profitable for farmers than conventional agriculture. In spite of lower yields, the global study shows that the profit margins for organic agriculture were significantly greater than for conventional agriculture. The results show that there’s room for organic agriculture to expand and, with its environmental benefits, to contribute a larger share in feeding …

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Turning People’s Yards into Micro Urban Farms

Sean Conway of Lakewood is a new kind of farmer. Learning agriculture and farming in the peace corps, returning home he had an idea that started to grow on him. Squash, peppers, basil, carrots, tomatoes, potatoes and more, all grown in your backyard. And all the homeowner has to do is nothing, except provide the water. That’s water, Conway said, …

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Going Raw by Judita Wignall

Going Raw: Everything You Need to Start Your Own Raw Food Diet and Lifestyle Revolution at Home Paperback – May 1, 2011 Go raw, get radiant, start a revolution! A raw-food diet is a healthful way to detox, clear up your skin, shed a few pounds, and feel radiant. But who has time to track down hard-to-find ingredients and whip …

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