Graze The Roof

February 4, 2010 Kids and Gardening

At the Glide Memorial United Methodist Church in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District there’s hardly a tree or plant to be found. It is a concrete jungle of sidewalks, streets and buildings. But the roof of Glide Memorial United Methodist Church is alive with various vegetables and young children are learning to tend to the organic, [...]

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High Tunnel Field Day

February 4, 2010 Farming & Agriculture

Want to spend a day in beautiful Mississippi learning about plastic high tunnels and how they can extend both ends of your growing season? Then plan on attending the High Tunnel Field Day at the Mississippi State University Truck Crops Experiment Station in Crystal Springs, MS. Cost is only $15 if registered before March 1, [...]

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Free Growers Guides For Organic Crops

February 4, 2010 Farming & Agriculture

Free online guides (downloadable PDF files) will help organic growers choose varieties and growing sites, while providing recommendations for how to manage diseases, insects, and weeds organically.
Funding for the guides was provided by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets and is part of a series that includes a variety of organic production [...]

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SmartSlope Living Retaining Walls

February 4, 2010 sustainable gardening

A Maryland company now offers living cement retaining walls. Gone is the bland look of bare retaining walls… now you can have living plants covering the cement with green. Click to go to the SmartSlope FAQ site that answers questions about this trendy design in landscaping. The wall can be planted with ornamentals or with [...]

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Will There Be Enough Food In The World For Nine Billion People?

February 4, 2010 Farming & Agriculture

Bradford Plumer writes in The New Republic,
Sometime around 2050, there are going to be nine billion people roaming this planet—two billion more than there are today. It’s a safe bet that all those folks will want to eat. And that’s… an incredibly daunting prospect. Right now, an estimated one billion people go hungry each day. [...]

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