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What do you love: the Urban Farmer
What do you love? Erik Knutzen, urban farmer and urban farming blogger, gave us a tour of his homestead to show us all the little things that inspire his work. “I love too many things,” Knutzen says. “Way too many things.”
DJ Cavem drops some serious knowledge on this track, called “Wheatgrass.” When he’s not producing beats for hip-hop legends like KRS-One and Bun B, DJ Cavem is an educator and sustainability advocate.
In this awesome behind the scenes video, Cavem talks about food justice and the East Side Grower’s Collective in his home of Denver, Colorado. He calls himself an “O.G.”—organic gardener.
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Scientists are studying vacant lots to document their ecological benefits and recast them as community assets rather than urban blight. (via NYTimes.com)
Dedicated to saving seeds, seed-saving education and permaculture. Free online seed-saving instructions.
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“Free vegetable seeds are now shelved at the public library in Richmond, California, where patrons can check out tomato and lettuce seeds alongside the latest Stieg Larsson novel.”
Read more: http://www.utne.com/Environment/Seed-Lending-Programs-Public-Libraries.aspx#ixzz1ZBkUDzpj
In the investigative documentary Food, Inc. viewers learn that corporate agriculture harasses and intimidates farmers who try to save patented soybean seeds. This makes it difficult for local growers to develop their own crops, which requires that seeds from the strongest plants are saved year to year. As if in response, a small number of public libraries around the country are beginning to do for seeds what they have long done for books.
(via fuckyeahpermaculture)
A 10,000 square meters man-made oasis will open in Qatar this year. The system consists of seawater-based greenhouses, solar power, evaporative...
How to prepare a sweet potato for planting!
Supah easy.
Terminal Reproduction, Drew Young.
Photo of the day: A young child explores the newly opened Sense of Memory Garden on May 31 at the Eden Project — a popular attraction in...
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Recycle. Everybody’s doing it.
