Tag: gardens
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60+ lbs of vegetables stolen from south carolina garden
from msnbc: The sign on the side of the road reads, “Home grown veggies for sale,” but thieves apparently ignored the words, “for sale”. The theft happened over the weekend at a home along Bennetts Bridge Road in the Greer area of Spartanburg County. The homeowner didn’t want to be identified, but told deputies that…
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“People’s Gardens” Springing Up Nationwide
Last week, Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced that more than 300 ‘People’s Gardens’ have been planted throughout the country and urged employees of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to continue making plans to plant additional gardens.
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10/29 binge & purge: unhappy meals
obama supports the food industrial complex& all we get is a lousy white house garden?from organic consumers organization: I’ll admit it. I’m an unabashed fan of the First Lady. I read every article about the White House organic garden and I go to Michele’s farmers’ market every Thursday. I’m a fan and I’m a little…
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obama’s “organic” garden ruined by “sewage sludge for fertilizer”
from buzzlog: New homes are full of questions and possibilities. What color to paint the walls? How to arrange the furniture? What to plant in the garden? The Obama family must have asked a lot of those same questions when they moved into the White House. However, the first lady’s dreams of growing an organic…
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chemo-cola & the pro-life gardasil greenwash military zombies
quackery of chemo: gunpoint medicine & daniel hauser* chemo case raises parental rights issue*US winter wheat forecast down about 20%*why isn’t there a gardasil for men?*drinking large amounts of cola can cause paralysis, doctors warn*sodas a tempting tax target*6 urban farms, from US coast to coast*’no child left inside’ would spend $500m to greenwash children*poll:…
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recalls, rockefeller, rainforests
monsanto sues germany to force gmo food*vioxx maker merck & co drew up doctor hit list*’crisis gardens’ start sprouting as americans fear the future*fda says alfalfa sprouts are source of salmonella outbreak*salmonella-tainted raw alfalfa sprouts*beyond golden rice: rockefeller foundation’s long-term agenda behind gm food*is prince charles’ food destroying rainforests?*prince charles goes viral to save the…
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waterwars, recalls, factory farms & foodstamps
growing your own food: green, cheap & delicious ‘flow’: documenting the global water crisisfrom sustainablog: Host Sean Daily talks subject with filmmaker Irena Salina, director of the documentary “FLOW: How Did a Handful of Corporations Steal Our Water?” about the global water crisis and her experience making the film. Wired Magazine referred to the documentary…
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white house to break ground on ‘kitchen garden’
from ap: The White House is getting a new garden. First lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to break ground Friday on a new garden near the fountain on the South Lawn that will supply the White House kitchen. She will be joined by students from Bancroft Elementary School in the District of Columbia. The children…
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dollars from dirt: economy spurs recession gardening
from ap: With the recession in full swing, many Americans are returning to their roots — literally — cultivating vegetables in their backyards to squeeze every penny out of their food budget. Industry surveys show double-digit growth in the number of home gardeners this year and mail-order companies report such a tremendous demand that some…