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Tag Archives: organic
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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Compost good, Monsanto bad
The agro-ecological farming community is reeling from a decision by the US government to approve the planting of Monsanto’s genetically modified alfalfa. Why did they do it? Perhaps because Obama’s point man on the issue is Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. … Continue reading
Home Groan
Marilyn Tower, owner of Abbotsford’s Tower Foods, with some of the products seized from Vancouver’s Home Grow-In Grocer by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency due to alleged inadequate labelling. Credit: Doug Shanks — From the Weekender Home Grow-In, that cool … Continue reading
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Tagged home grow-in grocer, home-grown, local food, organic, urban farming, Vancouver
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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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Cue the Tomatoes
Haven’t seen it but the description sounds inviting: HomeGrown is a film about a family living off the grid in L.A. It shows how they pulled 6,000 lbs of produce out of a quarter-acre urban lot, according to the producer. … Continue reading
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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No Cash, No Card, No Problem
The coolest thing about the new Home Grow-In grocery store in Vancouver (on the corner of 18th and Columbia) should have been its local-only approach. They sell the best of British Columbia’s bounty, including fruit and vegetables and eggs and … Continue reading