Homebuyers Lured By Newly Planted Organic Farms

by Tom Alexander on July 1, 2009 · 0 comments

SubdivisionFarmAll around the U.S., subdivision developers are building housing developments around organic farms in hopes it will increase the chance of someone buying their newly built homes.
The success of two initial developments, one outside Chicago and the other outside Boise, Idaho, proved the concept worked, and like-minded developers around the country are trying it on inactive farmland and even on formerly industrial land. Over 200 development projects around the country are using agriculture and working organic farms as a key sales component of the projects.

Photo credit: Paul O. Boisvert/The New York Times

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Secrets Of A Rooftop Garden From CBS

by Tom Alexander on July 1, 2009 · 0 comments

On Wednesday morning’s Early Show on CBS, they had a four minute feature on ten secrets of rooftop and patio gardens. A good lightweight container is the first secret. Then they share nine more:

William Moss is the CBS garden expert and he has more on urban gardening on his site, William’s Web.

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Whole Foods Market & United Natural Foods, Inc Undermining Organic With “Natural” And “Eco-Label”

by Tom Alexander on July 1, 2009 · 2 comments

OCAbanner960bThe Organic Consumers Association claims Whole Foods Market and United Natural Foods, Inc. are undermining the decades long building up of the certified organic brand by labeling foods with the “natural” label or the “eco” label. [click to continue…]

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