Organic Gardening

Issue 12 – Sunlight and Gardening

March 1, 2010 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: June 3, 2015

Sunlight – Letter from the Editor Sunlight and Vitamin D Sunscreen Dangers Keeping Your New Year Resolutions Carebags Reusable Produce Bags Sun Therapy for Seasonal Affective Disorder Why Grow Your Own Organic Food? Urban Gardening Planning Your Organic Garden Raw… [read]

Why Grow Your Own Organic Food?

March 1, 2010 by Paul Callaghan
Last updated on: June 3, 2015

You are concerned about environmental issues, health issues, and human rights. The tsunami of information blasted at you has left you bewildered. When the problems of the world are so huge, what can one person do? With one small step… [read]

Planning Your Organic Garden

March 1, 2010 by Paul Callaghan
Last updated on: June 3, 2015

So you have decided to make a change in your lifestyle and start growing some or all of your own vegetables and fruit. Some careful planning now will save you money and effort in the future. Many new gardeners begin… [read]

My Journey into Organic Farming

February 1, 2009 by Brian Bueckert
Last updated on: June 3, 2015

As a brand new farmer, I farmed conventionally for two years and broke even both years on one quarter section. Not so good. No profit. Farming has to make money or there is no point in doing it, right? I… [read]

How to Start an Organic Garden

February 1, 2009 by K. Rashid Nuri
Last updated on: June 3, 2015

The first step in creating your organic garden is to determine its best placement. The closer it is to your house, the more attention it will receive. Make sure water is readily available, and it is in an area that… [read]

Meet K. Rashid Nuri

December 1, 2008 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: June 3, 2015

K. Rashid Nuri is a farmer. If this statement conjures an image of a white two-story farmhouse situated at the top of a rise, overlooking acre upon acre of planted fields that have been handed down through six generations, put… [read]