Stumbled upon a distance education series on the local education channel last night, it was Professor Will Hooker of NC State University giving a field trip lecture on permaculture. In this particular session he gave a tour of his property, and along with his wife they described the plants, chickens, fruit, flowers, herbs, a clay […]
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Permaculture
September 20th, 2012 · 1 Comment
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Yukon Gold Potatoes
July 30th, 2012 · Comments Off on Yukon Gold Potatoes
Monique made a batch of Fresh Dill Weed and Garlic Mashed Yukon Gold Potatoes.
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I have several subversive plots!
October 24th, 2011 · 6 Comments
Roger Doiron is founding director of Kitchen Gardeners International, a network of people taking a hands-on approach to re-localizing the global food supply. Doiron is an advocate for new policies, technologies, investments, and fresh thinking about the role of gardens. His successful petition to replant a kitchen garden at the White House attracted broad international recognition. He is also a writer, photographer, and public speaker.
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The State of Food
June 17th, 2011 · 12 Comments
Almost 96 percent of the commercial vegetable varieties available over a hundred years ago are forever lost from the gene pool today, according to the 1997 World Resource Institute report Agrobiodiversity Loss: Conflicts and Effects.
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