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2010 Corvallis Youth Garden

August 31, 2010 Community Garden
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Tour Of Some Community Gardens

August 30, 2010 Community Garden

It is garden tour season. Many non-profits hook up with community, public and private gardens for organized tours as a fund raising event. This was one in Ferguson, Missouri this past weekend.

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Brooklyn Grange Urban Farm

August 26, 2010 Environment
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Bad Eggs Could Be Just The Beginning

August 26, 2010 Farm/Garden Politics
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New Organic Farmer Hopes To Grow Business

August 16, 2010 Farming & Agriculture

Heirloom tomatoes, obscure orange-fleshed honeydews, peppers in every color of the rainbow but blue — nearly everything grown organically and on the premises — fill the Maryland farm stand that Dave and Lydia Liker started two years ago quite by accident.
 

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NYC Restaurant With A Rooftop Hydroponic Garden

August 15, 2010 Hydroponics

Usually ABC’s Nightline program would run a story about hydroponics that is all about growing marijuana. They deviated from their usual norm by running this story about a soon to open restaurant in New York City serving vegetables grown hydroponically on their roof, supplying their operation with much of their fresh produce. The video below [...]

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Cleveland’s Green Acre Plaza

August 14, 2010 Aquaponics

Will Allen’s Growing Power in Milwaukee, Wisc. is the model for urban farming that many are duplicating. Now, in Cleveland, Ohio, Green Acres Plaza is a planned 60,000 sq. ft. agricultural structure designed for production, distribution, and the processing of locally and regionally grown foods. From Green Acres Plaza’s web site,
Green Acres Plaza will serve [...]

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Peach Crest Sustainable Organic Farm

August 13, 2010 Farming & Agriculture

Peach Crest Farm near Oklahoma City, OK. is a very successful sustainable organic farm. Almost all the inputs on the farm are produced at the farm. The farm is also part of the Farm to School program supplying public schools and universities with fresh produce for their cafeterias. Click for Peach Crest Farm web site.

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Peach Phobia

August 9, 2010 Fruit

They gotta make this stuff up… A guy who is terrified of peaches and freaks out when Maury Povich brings out peaches onto the stage. What’s next? Tomatoes? Eggplant? Or the dreaded Broccoli?

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It Is National Farmers Market Week

August 4, 2010 Farming & Agriculture

August 1st through the 8th is National Farmers Market week. The USDA has just released the new number of farmers markets in the U.S. and it’s grown to 6,132 – up 16% over last year’s number of 5,274! Farmers markets are part of building a local food economy. Click for more information on National Farmers [...]

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