7 friends built restoration ecovillage. Outcome 50 years on by Kirsten Dirksen on February 6, 2022 In 1994 a group of seven friends began living and farming together after taking over an 80-acre, 1974 organic farm …
Backyard farmers by necessity: self-sufficient and debt-free by Kirsten Dirksen on April 30, 2011 When Myrna and Earl Fincher married 53 years ago they started farming their yard “out of necessity”. As Earl remembers: …
Living like it’s 2050: Transition Farm in North Carolina by Kirsten Dirksen on October 16, 2009 The town of Chapel Hill/Carrboro, North Carolina became a Transition Town in 2009. While the community has always been highly …
Can DIY become tradition or is canning just the new sewing? by Kirsten Dirksen on October 16, 2009 My mother-in-law stands a good chance of surviving a natural disaster. Be it nuclear war or a climate change catastrophe, …
Organic, but not certified: Laurelwood Farm by Kirsten Dirksen on August 23, 2009 Not all organic farmers are certified organic. As organic sales have grown so have those growers who have chosen to …
