KPIJun 20, 20213 minPDC Graduate Starts Gardening Initiative in ManhattanGro Gardening Initiative By: Patty McKenna Toward the end of my Master of Public Health degree program, I convinced my graduate committee...
KPIMar 23, 20217 minLiving with the Seasons and Turning Problems into Solutions: Spring EditionWhat 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...
KPIDec 28, 20205 minElectric Fencing for LivestockA Field Trip to Prairie Turnip Farm By: Jeffery Heppler Electric fencing from a permaculture perspective is used to provide disturbance...
KPIMar 24, 20202 minReflections on a Tropical PDCBy 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...
KPIJan 28, 20193 min4 Benefits of Contour FarmingBy Sasha Banks-Louie Decades of tillage and a lack of cover cropping have caused serious harm to the world’s hillside cropland and its...
KPIDec 24, 20182 min'Slow Money' Helps Kansas Farmers Launch New Ventures, Lower DebtBy Sasha Banks-Louie High prices of farming equipment and the increasing costs of borrowing the money to pay for it, has pushed US...
KPINov 22, 20182 min3 Ways To Master 'Healthy' Food PreservationBy Sasha Banks-Louie Students braved a chilly morning commute on Saturday, November 10 to gather in the cozy kitchen of the First Baptist...
KPIApr 8, 20183 minSolar Cooking: An Alternative To Summer BarbecuesBy Bill Price, Co-Chair, Kansas Permaculture Institute, Board of Directors A lot of us love cooking outdoors and can’t imagine what...
KPIMar 23, 20182 minBerseem 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...
KPIFeb 26, 20181 minHow To Design the Ultimate Rain Barrel SystemBy Ben Stallings Rain barrels have become popular water collection systems, but limitations in capacity and problems with overflow,...
KPIJan 6, 20183 minHow Perennial Borders Can Increase Yields In Raised Vegetable BedsBy Amber Lehrman Planting perennials around the borders of raised vegetable beds is an ideal way to increase crop yields without costing...