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In A Few Short Years, Organic Has Become The Norm

March 10, 2010 Compost

It was just a few short years ago that organic gardeners and growers were looked upon as freaks of nature in the gardening world. Miracle-Gro, Roundup and Peters were the norm on the shelves of garden sheds in most places. Now, those products are kept out of sight and usually shunned at the garden center. [...]

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The Ten Most Inspiring People In Sustainable Food

March 9, 2010 Farm/Garden Politics

Fast Company magazine lists and describes their The Ten Most Inspiring People in Sustainable Food, many of which I have mentioned in posts the past year.  I am sure everyone has their own local list of inspiring people but these are the national ones that Fast Company recognizes.

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What San Francisco City Hall Calls Compost, Activists Call Toxic Sludge

March 5, 2010 Compost

Carolyn Tyler of television station KGO reports on San Francisco’s free give away to Bay Area gardeners of treated composted sewer sludge,
A free program in San Francisco is under attack by a group of activists who claim the compost the city gives away to local gardeners is toxic.
It was quite a spectacle at San Francisco [...]

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Compost Link To Scottish Legionnaire’s Cases

March 4, 2010 Compost

This story highlights why you should have compost tested so you know what organisms are in it. Detractors and critics of Aerated Compost Tea (ACT), criticize ACT and its supporters for its potential disease carrying properties but regular, run of the mill compost, if you don’t know what organisms are in it, are the real [...]

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Organic Manifesto—The Book

March 2, 2010 Farming & Agriculture

From Rodale Books,
Rodale Press was founded on the belief that organic gardening is the key to better health both for us and for the planet, and never has this message been more urgent. Rodale is best known for publishing Organic Gardening magazine. Now Maria Rodale, chairman of Rodale, sheds new light on the state of [...]

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Food For Thought—One Day Conference

February 25, 2010 Farm/Garden Politics

How do we choose what we eat? This is the topic for discussion at a one day conference at Indiana University in Bloomington. The 13 different talks and workshops will feature both professors from the university and working farmers. The conference will explore how and why we consume food – its sources, quality, culture, and [...]

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Urban Food Growing in Havana, Cuba

February 24, 2010 Compost

A clip from the BBC’s “Around the World in 80 Gardens” showing some of the urban food gardening in Havana, Cuba. Urban gardening is happening all over the world.

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The Business Of Food Waste Composting

February 24, 2010 Compost

Molly Farrell Tucker writes in BioCycle magazine,
Being the first at anything is almost always a challenge, and becoming Georgia’s first permitted commercial food waste composting facility was no exception. Greenco Environmental, which composts food waste, yard trimmings and wood at its 32-acre facility in Barnesville, Georgia, jumped through many hoops including finding an approved site, [...]

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Compost Strategies—What Bugs Do Your Plants Prefer?

February 23, 2010 Compost

As the weather starts to warm up in some parts of the country, people will be able to start making and using their own compost. The Sustainable Smallholding blog looks at creating your own compost with different plants in mind and whether they want a fungally or bacterial dominated soil. Click to read the rest [...]

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Baltimore’s Hamilton Crop Circle

February 22, 2010 Farm/Garden Politics

Hamilton Crop Circle (HCC) in Baltimore, Maryland, is trying to raise funding for a longer documentary video on the Baltimore garden and food scene. They have launched a rooftop gardening program at several
area businesses, including Mill Valley Garden Center, Clementine, Hamilton Tavern, and more. They are developing a rooftop water collection system at an area [...]

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