Food – Eating for the Ecosystem – Applied Research and Education

Dark Night of the Soil: Restoring the Human-Humus Relationship

"'Imagine a conference not on the Future of the Humanities in the Capitalist Restructuring University, but instead on the Power ...
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Meet the Mushrooms, Episode Two: Giant Puffballs

While lots of fungi are very small, in some cases too small to see, today’s spotlight mushroom is hard to ...
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Meet the Mushrooms, Episode One: Chicken of the Woods

Ahh, autumn! The leaves crunching underfoot, the crisp and chilly morning air, the pumpkin-everything-everywhere, and—what’s that huge cluster of orange ...
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An Introduction to Invasivorism

Omnivore, carnivore, herbivore, locavore, vegan, freegan, paleo, etc.—there are so many diets and lifestyles to explore and follow, each with ...
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Spotting the Spotted Lanternfly

Have you heard about the latest insect invaders? They reproduce in very large numbers, and swarms can cover entire tree ...
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What we eat matters

What we already know The majority of food available to us is heavily processed and shipped long distances. Conventional produce ...
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Why “eating for the ecosystem”?

I started Eating for the Ecosystem because I am determined to change what we grow and how we grow it ...
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Gardener’s to do list for late spring

This post originally appeared in the Penn State Extension Master Gardener's blog. All vegetable gardeners want a successful harvest, and ...
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I love composting

I love composting. I mean I really love composting. Every part of the composting process makes me so deeply happy, ...
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Starting garden seeds indoors

It can be a challenge to find good information about what plants need and when it's safe to plant them ...
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