From the monthly archives:

May 2009

One Song Farm In The Paradise Known As Hawaii

May 30, 2009 Compost

One Song Farm, on the Hawaiian island of Kaua’i, is a 20 year old diversified organic farm. The farm was started by a person named, Sun, with help from Lisa Fuller. When Sun started the farm in 1989 on leased land, he double dug the 100 foot long beds and immediately added compost and earthworms [...]

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Vertical Farming In City Skyscrapers—It Is Not So Far Fetched As You May Think—And It Is More Sustainable Than Our Current Food Production System

May 29, 2009 Farming & Agriculture
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City Slicker Farms In West Oakland, California

May 29, 2009 Farming & Agriculture

For over 60 years, West Oakland, California has been a combination of residential homes and apartments and an industrial area filled with abandoned buildings and old rail yards, located between the Port of Oakland and the downtown core. Over 60% of the 20,000 people who live in this neighborhood are below the poverty level. And [...]

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Doctors Group Warns: Avoid Genetically Modified Food

May 29, 2009 Farm/Garden Politics

The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) called on “Physicians to educate their patients, the medical community, and the public to avoid GM (genetically modified) foods when possible and provide educational materials concerning GM foods and health risks.”

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Site Update From Oregon

May 28, 2009 Garden Blog

This week has seen fewer postings from me due to the fact western Oregon is experiencing 80—90 degree weather and the soil is perfect for planting. So my hands are rough and dirty from working the soil and not conducive to typing on a computer keyboard, even if I had the time. Then when I [...]

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National Public Radio Run Monsanto’s Greenwashing Sponsorship Ads

May 28, 2009 Farm/Garden Politics

If you listen to NPR stations that carry the program Marketplace, you may have heard the 12 second ad that Monsanto has been running that says:
Marketplace is supported by Monsanto, committed to sustainable agriculture, creating hybrid and biotech seeds designed to increase crop yields and conserve natural resources. Learn more at ProduceMoreConserveMore.com.
American Public Media, which [...]

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Attention Farmers: USDA Specialty Crop Block Grants Available For A Limited Time—Apply Now!

May 28, 2009 Farming & Agriculture

The Agricultural Marketing Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the availability of approximately $49 million in grant funds, less USDA administrative costs, to enhance the competitiveness of specialty
crops. Grant applications must be received by August 26, 2009.
For more information contact: Trista Etzig, Phone: (202) 690-4942, e-mail: trista.etzig@usda.gov; your State Department of Agriculture or [...]

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Common Weeds For Your Salad

May 28, 2009 Farming & Agriculture

Weeds, the popular television show is starting its fifth season on Showtime. But many gardeners raise a different kind of weed to use in their salads. At supermarkets, the common dandelion is going for $9.00 per pound (much less than the other kind of weed on the television show.) Homeowners are fighting a losing battle [...]

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Europe’s Uprising Against GMOs And Patents On Life

May 28, 2009 Farm/Garden Politics

Two hundred and fifty delegates from 28 countries (from Europe and elsewhere) converged to the lakeside culture and conference center in Lucerne , Switzerland , for the 5th European Conference of GMO-free Regions on Food and Democracy. The recent call for a moratorium on genetically modified organisms in Europe shows Europe holds the key to [...]

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Community Gardens In Baltimore

May 28, 2009 Organics

Mark Smallwood is on a one man mission to increase the number of residents cultivating community gardens in Baltimore, Maryland. He wants to expand beyond the 100 plus community gardens currently growing in the city and to offer classes on how to cook, preserve and sell the harvests from those community gardens. He is also [...]

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