An earnest attempt to encourage the inevitable transition of our economies would place small business at the center of the strategy.  Now personally, because of my libertarian leanings, I am not one to put much faith in government programs and massive intervention, but seeing as we are already spending upwards of 7 trillion dollars on [...]

 Here's an experiment that I'm toying with after finding years and years of old phone books lying around our office space.  True, there are phone book recycling services, but I figured I'd try to turn these phone books into a tool for producing food.  Lord knows people have plenty of old phone books lying [...]

There is some reason to believe that the coming Obama presidency will be much more hawkish than many people have anticipated.  To step back in time for a moment, let us recall Obama's controversial remarks back in August of 2007 during the heated primary elections.  In regards to Pakistan, then Senator Obama had this to [...]

 Producing oyster mushrooms in our small, urban farm has proven a rewarding experience. The above photo was taken several weeks after inoculation into freshly cut elm logs. Inoculation was done using plug spawn, or wooden dowels heavily colonized with oyster mushroom mycelium. I used a high powered drill to perforate the inoculation [...]

Yesterday, in an interview on Democracy Now!, Michael Moore had this to say about an Obama presidency:I’m also hoping that Senator Obama is, you know, like all politicians: you know, they don’t always keep their campaign promises, right? I mean, it’s not unusual. It’s certainly not unexpected. They just don’t always keep their campaign promises. So, somehow I’ve [...]