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From the Green America Thanksgiving e-newsletter -
Thanks to Andrew Korfhage for visiting Rice Fund Surin and writing this story:
True confession: Before I started working at Green America almost seven years ago, I had never heard of the Fair [...]

There’s a lot of conflicting advice in the vegetable gardening world. You’ve got your square footers, biointensivists, permaculturalists and survival gardeners, just to name a few. The truth is these often conflicting techniques probably all work for someone. I’ve been thinking lately that the next book we write should be a version of the American [...]

We see some themes popping up in discussions on HOMEGROWN.org and thought it time to revisit some topics covered in the blog and library.
In Soil We Trust? Soil testing resources.

Self-watering Containers Made Super Easy. Also known as sub-irrigated planters (SIPs)
Another fun way to swap seeds: Make Your Own Seed-embedded Paper.
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Plant the Future with Us!
Full Circle Farm and Common Vision have teamed up to bring you their Fruit Tree Tour of 2010!  Common Vision will arrive in their beautifully painted caravan of veggie-oil-powered buses on Wednesday March 17th at 3  PM to plant over 20 orchard trees
! Learn about tree plantings, helping the environment, and [...]

Season 7 of Bravo’s Top Chef will be based in Washington, D.C., reported the Metrocurean (no relation) a few days ago, with filming to begin in early April. That means that the popular reality show, with its supersized personalities and offbeat kitchen challenges, will be in Washington at the same time as Congress is considering [...]

Although he may not succeed Robert Redford in a sequel to ‘The Horse Whisperer’, I think Rob could definitely learn a thing or two from this guy. The passive control he has over his horse is incredible to watch, and took me quite by surprise.
The man and his horse quietly and efficiently harrowed this field [...]

Education
For many university students in northeastern Thailand, life outside of class is often summed up in three words: “eat, play and sleep.” This is no different than many students in the U.S. Last week, however, I had the opportunity to join up with a network of student activist groups on the Mahasarakam University [...]

Can I report the CDFA as a pest?

Responding to concerns about the safety of nicotine based pesticides, such as imidacloprid, the Italian government, last year, banned them as a seed treatment. According to the Institute of Science in Society, Researchers with the National Institute of Beekeeping in Bologna, Italy discovered that “pollen obtained from seeds [...]

Left to Write Press 2010
Purchase directly from the author here
Shannon Hayes’ book “Radical Homemakers” reinforces so many of the reasons that HOMEGROWN.org was created and has resonated so strongly with a vast array of people. Shannon’s masterfully-crafted language solidifies the sentiments that drive us. Put to words the feelings that we who are passionate about [...]

We are just a little over a month away from our biggest event of the year!  Our third annual Earth Day Fest will be taking place on April 18th from 10a.m – 2p.m.  This year’s theme “We Got It Growin’ On” will be a day to celebrate the incredible growth of not only our Farm [...]