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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Minnesota Grown contributes to Sow the Seeds
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy is pleased to announce that the Minnesota Grown program at the MN Dept. of Agriculture has contributed $5,000 to Sow the Seeds' season extension program. "We believe that season extension is a vital strategy for expanding fruit and vegetable production ... Continued...

 

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

  BioCycle

Composting And Local Food Merge At Urban Garden
Growing Power (GP), a nonprofit urban garden and training center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, provides affordable produce to neighborhoods without access to fresh food, and processes a variety of organic wastes through composting and anaerobic digestion. Located on a two-acre lot on Milwaukee's north si... Continued...

 

Monday, November 24, 2008

  Baltimore Sun

Seeds of change
Driving on U.S. 40, shoving along with the traffic past strip malls, gas stations and drive-through restaurants, there's no apparent reason to give Nuwood Road, landmarked by an auto supply store, a second glance. But if one did turn in and hang a quick right, he or she would see what could soon ... Continued...

 


 
 
 

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Above graphic: Detail from Minnesota State Fair poster, c. 1920. Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society.