Svensk sojabønner / Swedish soybeans
This summer we grew soybeans at Nørrebro’s rooftop garden, DYRK. They were heirloom Swedish soy beans (also known as Glycine Max) named Fiskeby III (there are numerous varieties of Fiskeby) from a seed archive in Russia called the N. I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry (designated […]
We will begin work on new insect habitat when we get back to Denmark, and need help from folks in Copenhagen. We found these 3 varieties of pine cones in Fælledparken. We would love tips on where to find even more varieties in the city. We would also love […]
We have a deepening interest in making city habitat for various kinds of creatures. Lately, our activities have been focused on habitat for solitary bees, also known as mason bees.
Here is our newest construction made out of found and re-purposed materials. We built a mini-living structure […]
It’s rhubarb season here in Denmark. Since we joined the Fødevarefællesskab (the local community supported agriculture style food cooperative), we have been able to learn more about seasonal eating–Danish style. Seasonal eating had been an important way to connect to the place we live. Over the winter, that meant a lot […]
We went to DYRK Nørrebro today to plant Russian soybeans, an heirloom variety acclimated to far northern conditions. This is the very beginning of a long term project. We will post more about that later this week. DYRK is one of our favorite places in the city. Here you see a […]
Dyrk means ‘to cultivate’ or ‘cultivation’ in Danish. If you are gardening or growing plants, you would use the word dyrk in one conjugation or another. When I hear the word dyrk, I think about getting dirt under my fingernails, tomato plants, and worm bins. This is not too far away from the […]
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Watch our interview of SeedBroadcast, a mobile project that is part seed library and part seed-saving-story-collecting machine-recording the stories of seed saving, farming, and food sovereignty work being done around the US.
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We made and installed a network of bat houses in Urbana, Illinois, to support the local and regional bat population, but also to begin a conversation about re-making the built environment.
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We write often about artists and art groups that work with putting ‘culture’ back in agriculture. Here is a new favorite: myvillages, a group of three women based in Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK. Read more...
Post Revolutionary Exercises
We really admire the dedicated hard work of Kultivator who seeks to fuse agriculture and art in their work. Click this sentence to get a PDF of their poster collection called "Post Revolutionary Exercises."
Cultural Practices Within And Across
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