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Community Gardens are spreading. It’s a Gardenmonium
Community garden is seeing it’s renaissance this year. I recently attended the ACGA national conference and was really impressed with their mission and the quality of the lectures that were presented. I joined officially and have decided to host a … Continue reading
Garden space available and a couple tips.
You can start planting your fall garden now. Learn what you can about cover cropping. Mixes of winter rye and hairy vetch can feed your soil and keep it from getting waterlogged and hard packed over a long cold winter. … Continue reading
What’s in your Future, Foodie?
Food production is in full force in central Ohio. The pick-your-owns are finishing up on early strawberries and asparagus, newly created community gardens are full of leafy greens and more gardens are added every day. For those really into local … Continue reading
Hi I finally did it. I wrote up my futurescape article for Columbus. I’ve yet to read Solartopia by Harvey Wasserman. But this is the green farm jobs version of his alternative energy dreamscape. Here’s a new write-up that I … Continue reading
Farmer’s Market Community Foods Consignment
An interesting concept at community food bank in Arizona that runs community gardens and farmer’s markets in underserved areas. They have a program where home gardeners and local farmers can sign up and drop off produce at the stand to … Continue reading
danger…food!
Dangerous ideas in Food can be a really daunting subject to write about. Where does one start? One could address the issues of the effects of eating the wrong foods. Or how about who grows, harvests and processes the food … Continue reading
