Woodland Management: Understand the History to See the Future
Planting trees has long been seen as an act of faith, action, and stewardship. Trees provide numerous benefits. They protect the soil,...
Jim Chamberlin
Jun 204 min read
Stumbling into Sustainability: Reusable Opportunities for a Zero Waste Initiative
Doesn’t that title sound super impressive and knowledgeable? Don’t worry I just came up with it in the shower one day. Zero waste...
Liz Bristow
May 144 min read
Rethink Spring Yard Care
Rs for Resilient Living Series For most of us by this time of year, the idea of getting out to work in your yard, seeing the change of...
Jenny Hill
May 114 min read
Headwaters Beef Cooperative Update
Based on the premise that adaptive grazing management is vital to mimicking the natural systems that build healthy soils and landscapes,...
Jim Chamberlin
Apr 303 min read
Stumbling into Sustainability: Winter Composting: “You Can Do That?”
Until embarrassingly recently, I had no clue that composting was even possible in the winter—especially in a cold, snowy, icy climate...
Liz Bristow
Mar 265 min read
Climate Change Needs Nature-Based Solutions as Carbon Focus Fails
Climate change is a hoax, or at least the notion that reducing carbon and other heat-trapping gasses in our atmosphere can stabilize our...
Jim Chamberlin
Jan 24 min read
Stumbling into Sustainability-Reusable Water Bottles
I grew up in the Central Valley of California during the start of the recycling revolution trend, but that doesn’t mean I understood it....
Liz Bristow
Jan 13 min read
Soil Health, Part One
Jim Chamberlin, Happy Dancing Turtle’s Conservation Technician, also operates a 109-acre diversified farm and forestry operation near...
Jim Chamberlin
Dec 18, 20245 min read
Soil Health, Part Three
Jim Chamberlin, Happy Dancing Turtle’s Conservation Technician, also operates a 109-acre diversified farm and forestry operation near...
Jim Chamberlin
Dec 4, 20245 min read
Soil Health, Part Two
Jim Chamberlin, Happy Dancing Turtle’s Conservation Technician, with his wife, Audra, operates a 109-acre diversified farm and forestry...
Jim Chamberlin
Dec 4, 20245 min read
Adventures in Sustainability: Food Waste and Some Great Alternatives
The numbers are sobering: According to the Environmental Defense Fund , 160 billion pounds of food goes uneaten every year in the United...
Jenny Hill
Dec 3, 20243 min read
Farmer-to-farmer Learning Makes Meaningful Change
Sustainable agriculture gives me hope. What gives me hope is the knowledge that much of what ails us and the planet we are part of can be...
Jim Chamberlin
Dec 3, 20244 min read
Soil Health, Part Four
Jim Chamberlin, Happy Dancing Turtle’s Conservation Technician, also operates a 109-acre diversified farm and forestry operation near...
Jim Chamberlin
Sep 30, 20225 min read