Author Archives: Rhona

A weekend ago I attended a composting course at the Compost Education Centre where we looked at several different ways of composting: 3 bin methods; backyard composters – both horizontal tumblers and vertical Earth Machines -; and digesters that can … Continue reading →

Started mine by listening to Vandana Shiva spell it out, again, in words of splendid simplicity, on CBC’s The Current. The poverty and suffering inflicted by globalised trade – poor countries unable to compete with subsidised imports from wealthy countries; … Continue reading →

In scrambling to finish reading a library book (The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry) I came upon an essay called The Pleasures of Eating, which I was happy to find as well at the Center … Continue reading →

All this rain and cold must have been getting to me and I’ve got a bit behind with postings, so here’s a grab-bag of things. The herons are nesting in a nearby park which makes for great spectator sport… if … Continue reading →

A Farm for the Future is an excellent documentary (shown on BBC last month) by farmer-film maker Rebecca Hosking, on how farmers can overcome total dependence on fossil fuels. It does a great job of explaining what the problem is … Continue reading →