January 2012
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Plant Swaps
Looking for something new for your garden and have something to get rid of? Try a plant swap/exchange. Trade a (healthy) plant, bulbs or seeds you no longer want or need for something new for your garden! Try sites and forums to find or organize a swap like http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/exchind/ or http://www.plantswap.net/
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Lucky enough to have a local farmers market in the... →
Here are 6 tips to mastering your farmers market from The Daily Green.
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Missing your garden? →
Here are some tips for starting a container garden with minimal space
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Electrocute Meat? →
Meat electrocution the next standard procedure to reduce bacterial contamination? Take a look at what Food Politics has to say on the matter.
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U-Relish Farm →
Cara Dafforn sells home grown packaged meals at her local farmers market made for the crockpot, saving busy families the time and stress of preparing a healthy, local meal.
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Food Sovereignty Law →
Sedgwick, Maine just passed one of the first “Food Sovereignty Law” to allow the sale of local food without agriculture regulations. Check out Natural News’ article on its impact.
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Interested in growing your own potatoes? →
Check out how to do it in just 4 square feet!
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Ecocentric's Favorite Sustainable Restaurants →
Ecocentric has picked their favorite sustainable restaurants of 2011. Look over the list and try one close to you!
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Winter Gardening →
Just because it’s winter the beauty of your garden doesn’t have to disappear. Take a look at Seasonal Wisdom’s steps for a “Wonderful Winter Garden.”
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The UN has designated 2012 as the International... →
Check out Mother Earth News’ 12 steps to go green this year.
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Watch
Freight Farms is a sustainable food project that will allow people to grow food anywhere in shipping containers while reducing food miles and creating a local food source.
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Succulents →
Succulents make great indoor plants due to the minimal care they require (even less is needed in the winter). Take a look at Get Busy Gardening’s guide to the best soil, watering and light to give them.
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Looking to start a chicken coop? →
Check out Mother Earth News’ Pickin Chicken Breed Selector app and find out which breed fits your needs.
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Homegrown Food Challenge in Chickpea Magazine! →
We would like to thank Bob and Cara of Chickpea Magazine for publishing an article on us in their winter 2012 issue!
Chickpea is a quarterly magazine featuring content from around the vegan community, including writing, discussion, recipes, photography, artwork and stories. You can read their issues for free online or purchase high-quality, sustainably printed copies. Plus there isn’t any...
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On Brooklyn’s polluted Gowanus Canal the Sweep... →
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Make planting easier this year by making newspaper... →
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WatchSeeds@City Urban Farm is a program at San Diego where you can get a degree in urban sustainable agriculture that provides CSA offerings and has an incredible demand from its students.
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Winter is soup season. →
Check out Deliciously Organic’s Red Pepper, Corn and Potato Soup!
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Feel like you waste half of the food you cook some... →
Organic Authority has a list “5 ‘Throwaway’ Items You Can Eat!”
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What is the price we’ll pay for publicly traded... →
Food Politics enlightens the strange techniques big brands use to expand their market share.
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Cozy up with some new organic hot cocoa recipes... →
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Grist’s editor recounts 2011 sustainable food... →
