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04
Jul
2009
Street Farmer: NYTimes Weekend Magazine, July 5th  

18 hours ago by Robin Reichhardt

MILWAUKEE, USA: This weekends NYTimes Weekend Magazine includes a compelling 4 page feature on Will Allen, urban farming genius and Growing Power’s CEO and founder. Written by ELIZABETH ROYTE, the article is linked here. (…) Show Allen a pile of soil, fully composted or still slimy with banana peels ...

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03
Jul
2009
Dry-Farming with Joe  

22 hours ago by Catherine Meng

Click to flip pages When we visited Joe Schirmer of Dirty Girl Produce back in April, he had many things to tell us in regards to climate, planting times, soil quality, and procuring information on patented seeds. But what really piqued our interest, was Joe’s knowledge of the practice of dry-farmin ...

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A young farmer’s plea - support us by buying local food  

23 hours ago by Lilian

Those of us in the farming community have known for a while now that hog farmers are facing financial difficulties and need help. Thanks to the efforts of many, even mainstream media have picked up on the crisis in the pork sector. But although many use facts and figures to try to illustrate the poi ...

Food and Farming Canada - foodandfarmingcanada.com · Rank: 163,640 · 5 references

Brocklesby Country Fair  

1 day ago by Sinta

We spent Sunday at the Brocklesby Country Fair, my first proper british farmer’s fair after being invited by a fabulous architect friend of mine, who had VIP tickets. I was expecting something like the Olma in Switzerland, but this was on a much larger estate with hot air balloons! We had a lovely l ...

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Another garden zooming along  

1 day ago by allochthon

I too have been getting my first harvests from my Backyard Harvest garden. Grayce has been doing a wonderful job ! Here are a few pics of how the garden looked a week ago: Peas! From Dirt Garden Mesclun and Tomatoes From Dirt Garden Early harvest of mesclun, radishes and peas! From Dirt Garden Dill, ...

Growing in the Twin Cities ... - backyardharvest.wordpress.com

Going into the Fourth as free people  

1 day ago by Rady Ananda

By The Writers’ Collective and Friends of American Farmers The Fourth of July is rightly celebrated by picnics and parades and fireworks, all in their own way expressions of freedom. The freedom to eat what we wish, the freedom to gather publicly, the freedom to broadcast how we feel. We fought to b ...

Food Freedom - foodfreedom.wordpress.com · Rank: 134,232 · 5 references

Tvorog – Russian Cottage Cheese  

1 day ago

Tvorog – Russian Cottage Cheese Tvorog is a very popular and nutritious dairy product that is very similar to western cottage cheese, though most Russians will swear by tvorog. Similarly to cottage cheese, this is an extremely easy cheese to make at home, and a lot cheaper. It is commonly used in a ...

Everyday Russian Food - everydayrussian.com

a market to begin the weekend  

1 day ago by Administrator

This morning, I jostled with chefs for pheasant eggs at the Union Square Greenmarket. With my dozen carefully placed in a separate bag, I made my way toward the strawberries, gazed at sprays of elderberry flowers, admired the graceful lines of whole heads of baby lettuce, the excessive curlicues on ...

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One Dollar, One Minute, One Choice: Buck for Charity Ends Soon  

1 day ago by Summer Vacations

Time Is Running Out to Spend a Buck for Charity Thanks to everyone who has reached into their pocket and kicked-in a buck for charity . Hundreds of you have responded (many with more than a dollar) as eleven environmental websites team up to make the world a better place. Together, we’re supporting ...

Summer Vacations Online - summervacationsonline.com

The Twittering Farmer  

1 day ago by Mike Knutson

We often assume that Twitter is a “Gen Y thing” and that rural places haven’t gotten into the social media craze. But a CNN article titled “Twittering from the tractor” provides a glimpse of how some Midwest Farmers are embracing technology. So what’s the value Twitter and other social networking to ...

Reimagine Rural - reimaginerural.com · Rank: 188,959 · 10 references

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