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NEW SOCIETY BLOG
14 General Farming Principles to Follow
Michael Abelman, author of Farm the City: A Toolkit for Setting Up a Successful Urban Farm, has been a commercial organic farmer in both the city of Vancouver and on Salt Spring Island, B.C. In today’s excerpt, he distills his knowledge into 14 general farming principles which work equally well for the home gardener!
Should I Attach a Greenhouse to my Home?
This excerpt is from the book The Year Round Solar Greenhouse: How to Design and Build a Net-Zero Energy Greenhouse by Lindsey Schiller with Marc Plinke.
The Benefits of Growing Herbs Indoors
This excerpt is from the new book Your Indoor Herb Garden: Growing and Harvest Herbs at Home by DJ Herda.
New Society Publishers Launches New Society Audio
It is New Society Publishers 40th anniversary and what better way to celebrate than by offering our readers “solutions for troubled times” in a new format! Twelve audiobooks are now available and we will be releasing further select front and backlist titles over the coming months.
"Planet of the Humans" Lacks Solutions
Publishing Director Sue Custance writes about the lack of solutions in 'Planet of the Humans' and focuses on Ecological Footprint by Mathis Wackernagel and Bert Beyers, which provides information for how humans can manage our limits on a finite planet.
Nautilus Book Award Winners
Nautilus Book Award Winners
The Benefits of No-Till Farming
Today's post is from The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution: High-Production Methods for Small Scale Farmers by Andrew Mefford. Andrew is editor of Growing for Market magazine. He has spent 15 years working on farms, including a year working on a no-till research farm, and 7 years in the research department at Johnny’s Selected Seeds.
Pollinators in the Garden
Today's post is from The School Garden Curriculum: An Integrated K-8 Guide for Discovering Science, Ecology, and Whole-Systems Thinking by Kaci Rae Christopher. Kaci Rae is the volunteer Farm and Garden Educator for Oregon's Redband Ranch.
Mapping the Sounds of Nature
Our Marketing Assistant and Metadata Coordinator, Alli Rose tasked her children Bella (9) and Callum (6) to an activity from the Big Book of Nature Activities by Drew Monkman and Jacob Rodenburg. Now that school is taking place at home, and parents are scrambling to get fun educational activities for their children, she thought she'd try out an activity from one of our books.
The Science Behind Beautiful Kombucha
Andrea Potter is a Chef and Registered Holistic Nutritionist, and the author of DIY Kombucha: Sparkling Homebrews Made Easy.
Since the relatively recent introduction of kombucha onto North American supermarket shelves, this healthy sparkling beverage has exploded in popularity. But can it be brewed at home, with the same tasty, healthy results? You bet!
Rainwater Harvesting for Garden Irrigation
Our Acquisitions Editor, Rob West shares his experience in installing a rainwater harvesting system with a well top-up capacity, at his home on Gabriola Island, with the book Essential Rainwater Harvesting by Rob and Michelle Avis, of Verge Permaculture, as his guide.
How Can I Garden if I Don’t Have Seeds or Plant Starts?
The question "How can I garden if I don't have seeds" has been coming up a lot and beginners and experienced gardeners alike look to take charge of their food supply.
EJ Hurst, New Society Publishers Sales Manager, and a home gardener. shares some suggestions on how you can get on the garden path by raiding your own pantry.
Companion Planting to Attract Beneficial Insects
Cindy Conner, the author of Grow a Sustainable Diet: Planning and Growing to Feed Ourselves and the Earth, shares tips on how to plant a sustainable garden with diverse plantings that attract beneficial insects, that will then feed on the not-so-beneficial ones, all without chemicals.
Cashew or Sunflower Seed Cream Cheeze Recipe
In The Art of Plant-based Cheesemaking, author Karen McAthy sets out to explore the development of plant-based cheeses as a legitimate evolution of cheesemaking itself. Here we offer a recipe from The Art of Plant-Based Cheesemakingfor you to enjoy the creation of do-it-yourself quick cheeze.
Pandemic Poem by author Helen Wilkes
Helen Wilkes, the author of The Aging of Aquarius: Igniting Passion and Purpose as an Elder, shares a "Pandemic Poem" with us. In it she questions whether this is a wake-up call for us all, and what our answer will be.