It’s Time to Bring Back the Victory Garden
Planting a garden has the power to change the world. From right in your backyard (or front, or patio, or simple pot), you have the ability to strengthen your own local food system. And, when you make your garden regenerative, you can also help reverse global warming by restoring soil health. We think it’s time […]
Where do trees come from?
Out of what does a tree grow? A seed? The soil? No, trees grow out of thin air. The true magic of life on earth is photosynthesis: the process of using energy from the sun to break the carbon from carbon dioxide and connect it to hydrogen from H20 to create carbohydrates (liquid carbon sugar). […]
Gaviota Givings
This week’s farmer feature highlights Guner and Heidi Tautrim of Gaviota Givings. The family-run Orella Ranch is located on the Gaviota Coast of California, a stone’s throw from the Pacific Ocean and just 20 miles west of Santa Barbara. The Ranch has an extensive history and can be traced back to the Portolá Expedition in […]
Cuyama Lamb
“Our mission is rooted in the ambitious and idealistic hope that we can learn through engagement, observation, and our dedicated lifetimes to become active participants in the stewardship and regeneration of native ecosystems, watersheds, and human life ways.” With a changing climate, many communities nestled within Santa Barbara’s rolling hills have watched helplessly as the […]
Avenue 33 Farm
In the foothills of Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, one might expect to see couples walking down Griffin Avenue and enjoying lunch from the local taco stand, or teens skating down Broadway, so Ali Greer and Eric Tomassini tending to a hillside filled with edible greenery can be an unexpected sight. However unlikely, the regenerative duo […]
Table Bluff Farm
Table Bluff Farm is a first-generation, woman-owned, 2-acre micro-farm practicing no-till vegetable and flower production in Loleta, California. Hannah Eisloeffel founded the farm and runs it with her partner, Nic; their dog, Farmer; and a heritage Kunekune pig named Pumpkin. Table Bluff Farm puts the planet before profits to ensure that all can participate in […]
There has never been a better time to cultivate a relationship with the natural world
Dear Friends, Keep love, gratitude and your community in your heart. Keep your feet on the ground. If you can, literally take your shoes off and feel the Earth. Start a garden. Plant something beautiful today. Continue to build a resilient mindset. Breathe. Breathe again. Be grateful for the resources you have. Share. Bring light to the things […]
Forest Bathing: The only destination is where you are
By Hana Lee Goldin Picture this: you’re out somewhere in the woods. Maybe you’re with others, or maybe you’re alone. You feel the coolness of the air on your skin, and the chirping of birdsong in the branches; you smell the unmistakable scent of trees. You see at least ten different shades of green all around […]
Presidential Campaign Representatives Share Their Plans for the Future of US Farming
Last week, Kiss the Ground was honored to take part in Farmers, Soil, and Climate – a presidential forum in Des Moines Iowa. KTG Co-Founder Finian Makepeace moderated and interviewed several Democratic campaign representatives and one Republican presidential candidate. Each laid out their policies on how they would stand up for America’s family farmers and […]
10 Ways to Love the Soil
Did you know that building healthy soils on a global scale is one of the best ways to draw down enough carbon to prevent a catastrophic climate crisis? And carbon storage isn’t soil’s only superpower; the ways that soil stands to positively impact the lives of billions worldwide are tangible and immediate: replenished water cycles, […]
