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Biodiversity-it’s how the world works.
I think a lot about how we got to where we are. I know the broad sweeps of the story. We went from hunter gatherers to an agriculture...
Cynthia Schaefer
Nov 2, 20172 min read


Eat From Your Yard Challenge
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Cynthia Schaefer
Oct 13, 20172 min read


Ch-Ch-Changes (Did you ever know that you were my hero?)
What’s wrong with this picture? My windows are wide open. The cool breeze brings with it the songs of the frogs as the constant, 4-day...
Cynthia Schaefer
Jun 7, 20173 min read


I live in paradise-you can too!
When you turn down my street you see an ordinary, urban, South Florida neighborhood. Our lots are a little bigger than average, ranging...
Cynthia Schaefer
May 19, 20173 min read


The Key in the Keynote: Former President Obama’s speech at the Global Food Innovation Summit
“It is millions of decisions being made individually that end up having as much impact as anything.” * I am almost completely food...
Cynthia Schaefer
May 12, 20172 min read


As Below, so Above
I am completely in love with the mycorrhizal network. I like to describe it as an intelligent network that communicates with the relevant...
Cynthia Schaefer
May 4, 20172 min read


Earthism
Earthism: To care for the direct relationship of man’s consequences of his planet, to care about the greater future of earth. – Urban...
Cynthia Schaefer
Apr 28, 20172 min read


WAR
War. It seems like such a short word for such a terrible thing. When you google the causes of war you’ll find a wide array of reasons....
Cynthia Schaefer
Apr 21, 20172 min read


Closed Waste Loops and Russian Nesting Dolls
We are imperfect beings living in a perfect system. The system works, and if we find our place in it, we work too. There are tribes of...
Cynthia Schaefer
Mar 23, 20172 min read


Feed the system and the system feeds you
It wasn’t that long ago that families grew enough of their own food to sustain themselves and their neighbors. Backyard chickens, a...
Cynthia Schaefer
Feb 23, 20172 min read


Resiliency is Resistance
When the idea of creating a platform to support and encourage the individual resiliency movement came about, it was with the vision of...
Cynthia Schaefer
Feb 14, 20172 min read
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