QUICK FAVOR: What’s your favorite local baby boutique? Please take this 1-minute survey to share the love!

Boosts & sharing appreciated.

https://oolie.com/blogs/bedtime-stories/whats-your-favorite-cute-baby-shop

Close to three quarters of Canadian consumers consider the use of #organic ingredients in personal care products 'important', while 66% are in favour of clear ingredient lists on said products, a new study by NSF has found.

Read more: https://sustainabilityonline.net/?p=9536

Good afternoon!

The beautiful solution.

Not a billionaire in sight.

Take a moment.

The Bee Sanctuary of Ireland.
#birdsong
#woodpecker
#bees
#nature
#pure
#organic
#vegan
#sanctuary
#clean

just got home from the
#Hobart Farm Gate #Markets
(my #possums & #kangaroos are gourmet, insist on #organic local food)

One thing that i learnt is that #Tasmania has many boutique #whiskey and #gin #distilleries

They are all there wth $200 bottles..
"Would you like a taste sir?""

Dont mind if i do.

Are you getting the hints of oak on this, getting peat on that one?"

"Mate all im getting is smashed!
See you next sunday!

By the time I left I was half cut.

Millennials and Gen Z consumers are the driving force behind #organic food sales, a new report by the Organic Trade Association (OTA) has found, with the $70-billion market for organic products now reaching maturity in the United States.

Read more: https://sustainabilityonline.net/?p=9414

Mein Nord #Balkon #Garten Jahr
Die Fruchtfolge: #Pflücksalat, #Tomaten, #Basilikum und #Feldsalat - mit der gleichen Erde im gleichen Topf!

Der Plan:
- Mitte Feb Tomaten & Pflücksalat vorziehen
- Ende März Pflücksalat nach draußen pflanzen in großen Topf, Tomaten vereinzeln
- Mitte Mai Tomaten raussetzen in den Salattopf, Pflücksalat nachsäen; drinnen: Radieschen, Basilikum, Petersilie, Spinat
- Mitte Juni Tomaten düngen
- Mitte Aug Feldsalat aussäen im Tomatentopf (mit Laub bedecken)
- Sep/Okt Ernte & Nachsaat von Feldsalat
- Anfang Dez große Feldsalat-Ernte & Winterschutz
- Anfang Feb Ernte & Nachsaat von Feldsalat; Unkraut, Moos und Laub entfernen; Leichte organische Düngung
- Mitte Feb Tomaten & Pflücksalat vorziehen
- Ende März letzte Feldsalat-Ernte, Salat draußen pflanzen, Tomaten vereinzeln

Young People Drive Increase in Consumption of Organic Produce

[Read on Ethical Revolution]

Despite the cost of living crisis, demand for pesticide-free produce in the UK is going up.

The Soil Association’s latest report shows sales of organic produce rose by 7.3% last year, in comparison to 4.7% for non-organic alternatives – double what it was a decade ago.

The report also shows that organic unit sales have grown four times more than non-organic within major retail.

The Soil Association put this down to people voting with their wallets when it comes to sustainable farming, in particular “Gen Z shoppers, who are increasingly motivated by healthy and sustainable choices and seeking out organic products”.

[Via Ethical Revolution]

Mornin’.

Some shivering snowdrops.

A little bit of #pure on a #planet that so badly needs it.

#nature
#snowdrops
#sanctuary
#organic
#vegan

Less order and more chaos.

Had a deeply thoughtful, generative conversation with Maddy Harland , editor of Permaculture Magazine

in which - amongst other things - we explore the nature of generative thinking

Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/2S8HY905n4A

#Permaculture
#Regenerativeliving
#RegenerativeFarming #RegenerativeAgriculture #Organic

https://www.allone.report/2024

I've been a long-time fan of Dr. Bronner's soap, but reading their latest annual "All-One" report has definitely solidified those feelings. Here are a few things worth noting (most of these facts are pulled from the report, but some are from other sources):

1. They buy 90% of the olive oil (used as an ingredient in many of their products) from Palestinian farmers in the #WestBank.

2. They use 100% renewable generated power in their production facilities.

3. They are transitioning away from plastic refill bottles and instead using wax-paper cartons. (with a much lower environmental footprint).

4. They gave a lot of money to some good causes --about 2% of their REVENUE (not profits).

5. They are major customers of many, many #organic farmers in the US and around the world.

6. The company is unapologetic about supporting #DEI Principles.

7. Their highest-paid executive is paid around 5 times what their lowest-paid full-time, fully vested employee is paid --- which means the CEO makes a little over $200k a year. (most companies pay their CEO's hundreds of times what the rank and file are paid)

8. The company played a big role in supporting the growth of the industrial #hemp industry (decades before it hit the mainstream), when it switched to using hemp oil in place of the ubiquitous "caramel color" in its products.

9. The company still shares the #Jewish / #Univeralistic teachings of the original Dr. Bronner on its labels, who started his soap company as a way to share his teachings about the importance of love, tolerance and #peace.

10. The products have so many uses.

With trade wars heating up, it's a good time to buy a farmshare for the season.

I've been buying a CSA share for local seasonal vegetables for most of the past 30 years. Things I love about it:
- Very fresh
- You really notice the seasons
- Organic
- Supports local farmers, fair wages, food sovereignty

In downtown Toronto, I've been buying my share from Wheelbarrow farm (https://wheelbarrowfarm.com/) for ~5 years. Highly recommend them.

Today's bit of #solarpunk hope: What happens after corporate farmers and lazy local government destroy once-ferrtile plantation land? A new generation of farmers, some directly descendent from the #slaves who lived on the plantation, clean it up and make it thrive. #blackhistory #organic #farming https://bittersoutherner.com/feature/2024/black-earth-north-carolina-farmer

I like #meat. We eat little but we put some #organic meat on the table every week. I can go long stretches without it but then I develop a craving so bad that I even dream about eating meat. However, I think this is an excellent approach:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/31/more-carrot-less-stick-how-meat-loving-danes-were-sold-a-plant-led-world-first
#denmark #vegan #vegetarian #climatechange #methane

Soundiron releases Radiant Decay organic analog sound library https://rekkerd.org/soundiron-releases-radiant-decay-organic-analog-sound-library/

@FotoVorschlag

'Zuhause' / 'Home'

My little refugium.
Many years of tree planting has also made it a refugium for wildlife in a sea of grassland.

Sissoo spinach

TL;DR
-shade growing perennial
-compact, sprawling plant, can be brought indoors in winter
-easy to clone
-pest resistant, except for rabbits
-taste and texture change with seasonal temperatures
-versatile culinary use

fI love to find "abstract art" in nature...The Universe is the greatest masterpiece!

ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/lively-leaf-organic-plant-art-sharon-cummings.html