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KPI
- Jun 20, 2021
- 3 min
PDC Graduate Starts Gardening Initiative in Manhattan
Gro Gardening Initiative By: Patty McKenna Toward the end of my Master of Public Health degree program, I convinced my graduate committee...
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KPI
- Mar 23, 2021
- 7 min
Living with the Seasons and Turning Problems into Solutions: Spring Edition
What to do (and not to do) right now in your permaculture garden By: Stephanie Lambert The arrival of spring with some warmer days has me...
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KPI
- Dec 28, 2020
- 5 min
Electric Fencing for Livestock
A Field Trip to Prairie Turnip Farm By: Jeffery Heppler Electric fencing from a permaculture perspective is used to provide disturbance...
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KPI
- May 4, 2020
- 3 min
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KPI
- Mar 24, 2020
- 2 min
Reflections on a Tropical PDC
By Amber Lehrman, KPI Education Lead In October of last year, I was invited to help teach a PDC at Maya Mountain Research Farm (MMRF) in...
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KPI
- Jan 28, 2019
- 3 min
4 Benefits of Contour Farming
By Sasha Banks-Louie Decades of tillage and a lack of cover cropping have caused serious harm to the world’s hillside cropland and its...
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KPI
- Dec 24, 2018
- 2 min
'Slow Money' Helps Kansas Farmers Launch New Ventures, Lower Debt
By Sasha Banks-Louie High prices of farming equipment and the increasing costs of borrowing the money to pay for it, has pushed US...
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KPI
- Nov 22, 2018
- 2 min
3 Ways To Master 'Healthy' Food Preservation
By Sasha Banks-Louie Students braved a chilly morning commute on Saturday, November 10 to gather in the cozy kitchen of the First Baptist...
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KPI
- Apr 8, 2018
- 3 min
Solar Cooking: An Alternative To Summer Barbecues
By Bill Price, Co-Chair, Kansas Permaculture Institute, Board of Directors A lot of us love cooking outdoors and can’t imagine what...
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KPI
- Mar 23, 2018
- 2 min
Berseem Clover: A Super Legume For Organic Horse Pastures
By Sasha Banks-Louie Organic farmers in Kansas have a particularly difficult time fixing nitrogen for equine forage crops. Spring rains...
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KPI
- Feb 26, 2018
- 1 min
How To Design the Ultimate Rain Barrel System
By Ben Stallings Rain barrels have become popular water collection systems, but limitations in capacity and problems with overflow,...
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KPI
- Jan 6, 2018
- 3 min
How Perennial Borders Can Increase Yields In Raised Vegetable Beds
By Amber Lehrman Planting perennials around the borders of raised vegetable beds is an ideal way to increase crop yields without costing...
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