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Jeff Lowenfels

Acres USA Conference Update

December 4, 2009 Compost

There is standing room only at this year’s ACRES USA conference being held in St Paul, MN. This is America’s top organic growing conference. Soil food web concepts, soil health and organic supplements are on center stage this year. And, in addition to the old timers, there has been a flush of young farmers and [...]

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Nevada Dairy Cows And New BioGas Digester

November 3, 2009 Compost

Tina Casey writes in CleanTechnica.com,
Desert Hills Dairy of Nevada has joined with Carbon Bank Ireland, an emerging leader in cap-and-trade carbon emissions markets, to build the state’s first biogas facility to convert cow manure into electricity. Along with producing enough sustainable methane to power itself and other equipment at the second largest dairy [...]

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Giant Cabbage Update From Alaska State Fair

September 5, 2009 Farming & Agriculture

This just in from the land of the Bridge to Nowhere: The two day old world record cabbage has been uprooted by a new winner at the last weigh-off at the Alaska State Fair. The new champ plumped down on the scale with a hefty 127 pounds of cabbage and pups…littler cabbages formed under [...]

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New World Record Cabbage Reported In Alaska

September 3, 2009 vegetables

Sure enough, the latest cabbage weight-in at the Alaska State Fair has resulted in smashing the Guinness World Record by two pounds. The mega giant submitted by Wasilla resident Steve Hubacek tipped the scale over at 125.9 pounds. And, there is one more weigh-in with the potential of beating this record….by the way, the leaves [...]

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Alaska State Fair Giant Vegetables Early Report

August 30, 2009 sustainable gardening

Wowie, look out large vegetable record holders of the world! To the untrained eye, the 90 pound winner of the first cabbage weigh-in at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer, Alaska (and yes, actually, she can see it from where she lives), looks like a big loser. The record for the fair is 106 pounds [...]

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Invasive Weeds Hitch A Ride On Nursery Grown Container Ornamentals

August 25, 2009 Flowers

It may be a study from Alaska, but it has applicability to you… watch out what you put into your garden. Nursery grown, container stock can contain nonnative invasive weeds. According to a study in Alaska by the USDA Agricultural Research Service, “significant numbers of nonnative weeds species were hitchhiking across the state in [...]

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Coming To A Deck Near You: Plastic Lumber Containing Recycled Pots From Alaska

August 22, 2009 sustainable gardening

Let’s hope the success of the recycling event that just took place in Anchorage, Alaska can be repeated through out the country. The Alaska Botanical Garden and a group called Alaskans for Litter Prevention and Recyling (ALPAR) held its 3rd annual Garden Pot Recycling event on Saturday, August 8, with lots of community participation. No, [...]

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