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Tag Archives: farm
Quinoa All Get Some?
Quinoa is not a grain after all, I learned from reading this NY Times piece. It’s a chenopod. Now you know. It’s also delicious, and packed with nutrients. No wonder it’s getting the star treatment from good food fans around … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, farm, food, international development, organic, quinoa
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Food plus Banks equals Hunger
Three years ago it was a puzzle when the food price crisis starved millions. It was a time of record harvests; the world never had so much food. Turns out speculators — the same banks, hedge funds and capitalist investors … Continue reading
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Tagged banks, farm, food, hedge funds, hunger, politics, speculators, urban farming
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National (Urban) Farmers Union
Great news for urban farmers: The NFU is a critically important voice for farmers…and they’ve just decided that city growers ought to be part of the team. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday December 8th, 2010 NFU OPENS MEMBERSHIP TO URBAN FARMERS … Continue reading
killer app-les
We’ve been experimenting with cider lately, but nothing on this scale: a photo essay from the Guardian on an apple’s journey from tree to pub in England. Some of it is wrong (the caption writer isn’t an apple grower) and … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, arboriculture, edible landscaping, farm, fruit, organic, organic gardening, pruning, tree
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Farm ‘n’ Save
An interesting entry in the Reburbia contest asking designers to imagine better ways to use the suburbs: “One can imagine pushing a shopping cart through this suburban farm and picking your produce right from the vine, with the option to … Continue reading
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Tagged design, farm, food garden project, organic, urban agriculture
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Pig In
Here in Vancouver the prospect of allowing backyard chickens got some residents all aflutter. In the UK they’re talking about home-raised pigs. A yard big enough for a medium-sized dog, says one expert, is big enough for Porky, although they’re … Continue reading