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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 dinner party at Cafe Bella as a way to show my support. Stay tuned for details. Drop me a line if you would be interested in attending. Got this from OEFFA. Hope you find it useful. *Community Garden Publication Now Available * AERO has released a new publication on community gardening. Building Community Gardens in Montana (PDF/10.5MB) contains tools, examples, resources and strategies for developing, funding and leading a community garden project in Montana. Based on the experience of Helena VISTA Volunteer organizers – this manual … Read entire article »
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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. Mulch heavy. Better yet. plant cole and dark leafy greens crops that like cool weather and can be covered by plastic or glass for an extended harvest. Rule of thumb is to never have exposed dirt to the elements. The worms like a warm, yummy bed for the winter, too. Words to plant by. One note is that harvesting spinach later in the day, when cloudy and overcast reduces some toxic build up that happens when there are low light levels. … Read entire article »
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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 food, you could even plan a trip to a produce auction in Amish country up north. Perhaps you would buy a pressure cooker or dehydrators. Units start at $30-$40 and are well worth the effort to put up scads of produce for winter when they are at their peak. From the commercial point of view, I foresee that as more farmers come into being, that more local produce auctions might spring up as side lines to farm markets that become more permanent in other parts of town. … Read entire article »
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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 would like to do more research on. Please let me know if any of it strikes your fancy. Would you be part of a committee to take it to city council meeting or a funding group. I would dearly appreciate any comments and critique you could give me. sincerely Karen > Green City 2009 The following initiatives are suggested as ways to regain a vibrant and healthy food economy. They would lead to a massive greening of this and any city interested. So … Read entire article »
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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 be sold on consignment. No resold produce all must be grown locally by the participant. This allows small backyard gardeners, who may only have occasional small amounts of produce, to contribute to the food security of their neighborhoods. The farmer’s markets that the food banks hosts all accept food stamps. Community Food Bank Consignment Program Posted by: Mayda … Read entire article »
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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 we eat. All these subjects have had major outings in the past decade. Who do you believe? Do you have direct knowledge or opinions about the dark side of food in America. Would you like to have some say in the matter? The following are ideas that deserve some deep discussion and follow thru. It’s easy to bemoan the plight of the illegal workers who have worked in this country for over 50 years. But are you willing to grow a garden yourself? Do you think it is enough to throw … Read entire article »
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