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Revolutionaries by the Bay
The Economist -
Sep 19, 2008
TOURISTS who took a wrong turn on their way to San Francisco?s cable car recently were in for a shock. There, between City Hall and other government buildings, a temporary organic garden had sprung up
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Gardens are growing in Newark
Newark Star Ledger -
Sep 19, 2008
In the first few hundred years of Newark's history, before the Industrial Revolution and Ballantine beer, farming was the rule of thumb. Sections of what are now Weequahic Park and Branch Brook were..
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Farming
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Helping kids grow
TwinCities.com -
Sep 19, 2008
When she joined the East Side Garden Corps, Pao Vang had no idea what kale was, let alone the difference between red and yellow chard.
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Slow Food Nation interview: Andrew Kimbrell
Grist -
Sep 19, 2008
Andrew Kimbrell, executive director of the Center for Food Safety, was the force and vision behind Fatal Harvest. A lawyer by training, he has been investigating the doings of agribusiness for...
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Farming
GMOs
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Editorial:The Locavore?s Dilemma: Finding Places to Plant
The Berkeley Daily Planet -
Aug 12, 2008
On your left! Slow Food, coming up fast. A movement once associated with European elites will be convening in San Francisco over Labor Day weekend, bringing an advertised 50,000 devotees...
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Urban farms grow & sell fruits and veggies in the city
Philadelphia Daily News -
Jul 7, 2008
GREENSGROW Farm is a little bit country and a lot urban. Situated on the reclaimed - and cleaned up - site of a former steel-galvanizing factory in Kensington, the nonprofit organic farm grows...
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Food gardens a growing trend
The Denver Post -
Jun 20, 2008
Seed sales are way up. Community gardens are long sold out. Calls for help to convert suburban lawns to lush raised vegetable beds are coming in to extension agents fast and furious.
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In the kitchen, father and son find their fit
The Seattle Times -
Jun 20, 2008
When he was very young, my oldest son showed some interest in cooking. Every time he heard me open the refrigerator or a cabinet, he would drag a chair to the kitchen counter and stand on the seat...
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Students Connecting With Their Roots
Barre Montpelier Times Argus -
Jun 20, 2008
Vermont's schools are growing green. "Growing" is the word being emphasized at school these days, as many are planting their own gardens or contributing to a community garden.
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Destroying African Agriculture
Common Dreams -
Jun 5, 2008
Biofuel production is certainly one of the culprits in the current global food crisis. But while the diversion of corn from food to biofuel feedstock has been a factor in food prices shooting up...
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Farming
Food Security
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