Sandy Spring CSA

In this week’s Organic Bytes, we refer you to this article about safeguarding organic standards. Click here to read.

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From today’s Washington Post, an article on the Obama administration’s ambitious initiative to clean up the bay.

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Grass Is Green …And We Like It That Way from Kaiulani Kimbrell on Vimeo.
On Tuesday April 27, 2010 the United States Supreme Court heard argument in the Center for Food Safety’s case against Monsanto (Monsanto v Geertson Seed Farms), the first-ever Supreme Court case about genetically engineered crops. Our legal team did a great job, [...]

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From an email forwarded to us:
Who can make seed-saving an awe-inspiring and absolutely necessary topic of conversation? The passionate Bill McDorman, President of Seeds Trust and the no-holds barred Mike McGrath, former editor of Organic Gardening Magazine and host of the syndicated NPR show You Bet Your Garden!
Listen this Saturday as Bill and Mike engage [...]

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Eden was a garden, not a farm.

Toby Hemenway, author of Gaias’s Garden, published this fascinating article in Permaculture Activist. Food for thought.

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FYI - this Sunday — Mother’s Day — is the opening of the Olney Farmers and Artists Market. It’s a special Mother’s Day celebration and includes an Artists Show and Cafe, as well as a visit at 11 am by Warren “Cakelove” Brown, with copies of his new book, “United Cakes of America,” for sale [...]

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Sandy Spring Friends School (SSFS) has been featured on Earth Day Network’s “40 Green Schools,” one of 40 schools selected throughout the world for demonstrated commitment to environmental initiatives. Sandy Spring Friends School is recognized in particular for Education and Stewardship. The profile begins, “Sandy Spring Friends School has a forty year tradition of embracing [...]

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Go to Brookside Gardens on Feb 26, 2010 for a full day of speakers focused on the topic of food. Hear from experts on gardening, edible landscapes, community gardens, and more.
From their website:
The Green Matters Symposium concentrates attention on environmental issues with which we are currently faced and over which we have some control. [...]

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Its Time For the “Fresh” Revolution | Washington Times Communities

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What: FRESH Screening & Panel with Joel Salatin, Sally Fallon, and MORE!
When: November 8, 2009 4:00 PM
Where: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax 2709 Hunter Mill Road Oakton, VA 22124
Come see “FRESH, the Movie” followed by panel discussion with the stars and our local heroes:

Joel Salatin (Polyface Farm)
Sally Fallon (Weston A. Price Foundation)
Andrew Kimbrell (Center for [...]

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