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Awe-inspiring seed saving

May 7th, 2010 · Click here to add a comment · FYI

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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Indie farmers feel squeezed by milk cartel

August 21st, 2009 · Click here to add a comment · FYI

The price of raw milk paid to farmers has dropped to its lowest level in 40 years. Dairy farms are going under across the country, and a few dairymen have grown so desperate they’ve taken their own lives.
As the crisis deepens, criticism grows that dairy giants are trying to monopolize the industry, to the detriment [...]

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Master this recipe, and you control the world

August 4th, 2009 · Click here to add a comment · Erin

Here’s a book recommendation from National Public Radio. Beat This! by Ann Hodgman happens to be a cookbook, but it’s also a humor book, a self-help book and a kind of bible.
From NPR –
It is a happy day when I am asked to publicly recommend a book. It is also a dilemma. [...]

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