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August 2009

Got A Hangover—Try Some Asparagus To Ease The Pain

August 31, 2009 vegetables

The amino acids and minerals found in asparagus extract may alleviate alcohol hangover and protect liver cells against toxins, according to a study in the Journal of Food Science, published by the Institute of Food Technologists.
This news may come in handy for some garden writers meeting later in September at their annual symposium in Raleigh/Durham, [...]

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And The Salmonella Hits Just Keeps On Coming

August 31, 2009 What's Growing

Last week it was salmonella tainted green onions; so far this week, salmonella tainted melons. The farm, Melon Acres, Inc. has recalled melons distributed in Ohio and Michigan. No illnesses have been linked to the cantaloupe, according to the press release on the recall. From the Melon Acres, Inc. web site food safety page, “A [...]

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Idaho Community Garden Feeds The Hungry

August 31, 2009 Compost

Coeur d’Alene’s first Community Garden “Shared Harvest” was started this past spring on three vacant city lots, which have sat overgrown for more than 25 years. Through the generosity of the property owner, the purpose of the community garden is to rent plots to people in the community to grow organic vegetables and fruits. About [...]

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A Front Yard Neighborhood Community Garden

August 31, 2009 Flowers

Anne Davis had already ripped out her backyard lawn and put in a flower garden. This year, she decided to take out the front lawn too and replace it with a vegetable garden. Except, she wanted to share it with the neighbors. So she decided to create a neighborhood community garden in her front yard.
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Indigenous Micro-Organisms Recipes — Spreading The Wealth

August 31, 2009 Compost

These recipes have been developed for hundreds of years by the farmers of Asia, particularly in Korea and Japan. They have been used, successfully, to increase soil fertility and to accelerate biological activity in compost. Create a soil food web where there isn’t one or boost your existing soil food web with these recipes.

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Urban Farming Grows Up—Coming Soon To A Skyscraper Near You?

August 31, 2009 Farming & Agriculture
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Who Wants To Be An Organic Farmer?

August 31, 2009 Farming & Agriculture

Richard Wiswall, author of The Organic Farmer’s Business Handbook, shares his expertise from his twenty-seven years of farming experience at Cate Farm in Vermont. Wiswall knows firsthand the joys of starting and operating an organic farm—as well as the challenges of making a living from one.
He hopes his book will help other organic farmers become [...]

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What is Aquaponics—Aqua Ranch Explains

August 30, 2009 Aquaponics

Aquaponics is a hydrid system of fish being raised in tanks or ponds and the fish waste recirculated to hydroponically raised plants. The fish waste is the nutrient for the plants while the plants clean or polishes the water of fish waste until it is clean enough to recirculate back to the fish tanks.
Aquaponics on [...]

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Jury Finds In Favor Of Growers In Southern Idaho Herbicide Drift Case

August 30, 2009 Farm/Garden Politics

A federal jury has found the Bureau of Land Management and E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co. negligent in the use and application of an herbicide blamed for damaging thousands of acres of crops across a broad swath of southern Idaho in a herbicide drift case that has implications for farmers across the nation.
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Michael Pollan Says He Supports Whole Foods

August 30, 2009 Farm/Garden Politics

Food, farm and garden activist, Michael Pollan has weighed in on the Whole Foods controversy and boycott saying he disagrees with Whole Foods CEO John Mackey’s views on health care reform but still supports Whole Foods and the company’s attempt at building an alternative food system by supporting organic and local farmers.
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