When Bill Wilson arrived for his first campout as a young Boy Scout, he and the other scouts were gathered together by their scoutmaster who gave them a simple directive: Leave the campsite better ...

Torie and Thom Foote have always grown their own food, first in Alaska, where they lived for 30 years, and more recently in Colbert, where they relocated in 2011. Nestled in a clearing on a forested ...

“A forest full of food” has a nice ring to it, and the concept is realized using permaculture farming techniques. Grant and Kathy Curry of Dolores are creating an innovative farm at the head of Trail ...

Ducks defecate the instant they hit the water. That little tidbit is something Adam and Emmanuelle Schwarz learned while raising the animals on their Carmel homestead. The discarded bathtub in which ...

Ryan Brennecke / The BulletinNathan Schmit tends to potato plants at the community garden at his home east of Bend earlier this season. Ruth Nichols grew up in a permaculture community, but back then, ...