Just because those cute little bear-shaped bottles at the grocery store say “honey” on them does not necessarily mean that they actually contain honey. A comprehensive investigation conducted by Food Safety News (FSN) has found that the vast majority of so-called honey Read More …
Month: January 2013
The Beginning of a Forest – Starts Here…The Carbonwood Project
Heres a great idea from Central America Carbonwood Project | Central America The Carbonwood Project practices “transformational agriculture” by acquiring marginal unproductive land, planting, managing and harvesting non-food source biomass to produce biofuels. They will plant, manage and harvest a Read More …
Dad and Mom? Did There Used to Be Homes Without Gardens?
Dad and Mom? Did There Used to Be Homes Without Gardens? by JOHN ROBB (www.resiliantcommunities.com) on OCTOBER 14, 2012 It’s pretty amazing how quickly basic facts about how we live have changed. For example: a little over one hundred years ago, nearly every Read More …
Students Grow and Donate Over 100 Pounds of Food
Students in the Study Garden Club sort and weigh some of their harvest to donate to the local Read More …
The Story of Glass Gem Corn
Wow! This corn looks so beautiful! I’d love to try growing some! -Andi The Story of Glass Gem Corn: Beauty, History, and Hope By Steven Thomas | If you’ve spent any time online lately, you might have noticed a striking photo making Read More …
A New Year’s Recipe for Fixing the Food System
A New Year’s Recipe for Fixing the Food System Andrew Casner, an urban farming activist, walks through the South Bronx with a delivery of freshly harvested vegetables grown in the neighborhood Posted by: Danielle Nierenberg and Ellen Gustafson on December Read More …