That is something I continuously advocate (I have a veggie patch) so it was delightful to see these on my travels!
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Growing Your Own Food May Equal Food Freedom but is it Legal …
Home kitchen garden. Flickr user: Gardening in a Minute. It's understandable if you don't grow your own food because it seems like too much work or you don't have the space. However, if you're a homeowner, you may …
Local & Regional Food Systems
Food systems comprise all aspects of food production (the way the food is grown or raised; the way the food is harvested or slaughtered; and the way the food is processed, packaged, or otherwise prepared for consumer purchase) and … A much smaller proportion of the direct-to-consumer market are options such as pick-your-own farms, on-site farm stands and stores, and gleaning programs, in which consumers are invited to harvest crops that are left in fields, usually after harvest .
10 Reasons to Start Growing Your Own Food « SOW SWELL
There are lots of environmental reasons to get outside and start growing your own fruits and vegetables. It is one of the easiest ways to shrink your carbon footprint and … Continue reading ?
Grow Your Own Food with Permablitz Hawaii | Ohana Lawn Service
Grow Your Own Food with Permablitz Hawaii. Published December 4, 2012. You may see that here at Ohana Lawn Service we often encourage clients to do it yourself. We love to have all the new work you can give us, but we know that some …
Florida Survival Gardening: Why You Should Grow Your Own Food …
A new post every weekday. Monday, December 17, 2012. Why You Should Grow Your Own Food: Reason 3. Because your back yard (or front yard!) produce won't give you digestive problems, cancer and a wrecked liver: …
Container Gardening – grow your own food with ease – International …
One of the best ways to start growing your own food is in containers. Only a few containers are required, a small amount of potting soil (purchase at any garden store), and some seedlings, a little space and away you go.
Foo's Eve Musings: Self Sustaining Low Sec POS? Sure, why not!
Self Sustaining Low Sec POS? Sure, why not! WARNING: LowSec is a dangerous place to leave Assets hanging in space. This is not intended for a beginner in EVE Online, as you can and will lose your stuff in LowSec if you …
Is This Recovery “Self-Sustaining” or Merely a Mind Trick? | Charles …
Those with vested interests in the Status Quo tout data that supports the claim the "recovery" is now "self-sustaining," meaning that the economy is now expanding fast enough to fuel new growth. In this view, the Federal …
Guest Post: Is This Recovery "Self-Sustaining" Or Merely A Mind …
and the Federal government's unprecedented fiscal stimulus (borrow and blow $1.3 trillion a year) have done their job; the economy is now "self-sustaining," meaning that it can continue growing as Federal deficits shrink and …
How Self-Sustaining Space Habitats Could Save Humanity from …
This planet can't protect us forever. Sooner or later, there'll be a catastrophe that renders this world uninhabitable for humans. And when that day comes, we'll need to know already how to live in space.
A Self-Sustaining, Environmentally Sensitive, Car-Free Satellite City …
What if you could live in a city, without most of the problems of a city? Everything within walkable distance, no cars (so less grime), a green space larger than the city itself, access to mass transit, plenty of plazas and parks, …
Report Outlines 'Deplorable' Conditions At City's Animal Shelters …
A new report by Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer said New York Animal Care and Control shelters are plagued by deplorable conditions and dysfunction at the organizational level.
Homeless face full shelters, deathly cold temperatures, in Greater …
NASHUA – Kathy Paquette and her “magic trunk” are a welcome sight among the homeless.
Sonoma County homeless shelters full as temperatures drop …
Sonoma County emergency shelters are full this week as homeless people try to escape sub-freezing nighttime temperatures.
Shelter Me Calendars Benefit Animal Shelters Throughout State on …
It's not too late to purchase a 2013 calendar or a set of notecards to support the Shelter Me project, a photographic fundraiser for local animal shelters, which was started by former Lyme resident, Karen Stevenson. Now in its …
After fatal stabbing, San Francisco allows shelters to bar violent …
Until recently, shelters could not deny homeless people beds because of bad behavior outside of a facility. But that changed amid calls to protect shelter workers and peaceful homeless people seeking refuge. Late last month …
'Hurricane domes' rising across Texas as shelters — and gyms – U.S. …
Most of the time, the windowless building with the dome-shaped roof will be a typical high school gymnasium filled with cheering fans watching basketball and volleyball games. But come hurricane season, the structure that …
Lunch and Learn: The Self-Sustaining Community – My Jewish Detroit
Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, Detroit MAP. Come hear about how two nonprofit founders are utilizing agriculture development through job creation to revitalize some of Detroit's key neighborhoods. Harry Reisig of …
Inhabitat's Week in Green: self-sustaining homes, wooden wind …
Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us — it's the Week in Green. The planet.
Self Sustain Profile of Hot Cat | E-Cat World
Andrea Rossi has made some interesting comments lately in response to questions regarding the self-sustain activity in the Hot Cat. Here are the …
Whim Architects Launch Kickstarter Campaign to Build Self – Inhabitat
By launching a Kickstarter project, Whim Architects are seeking to create a prototype for a floating, self-sustaining home made from plastic sea waste.
DC is Planning its First Self-Sustaining, 'Living Building' – InTheCapital
D.C. is taking on another new initiative which has the potential to create a new standard of energy-efficiency in buildings across the city, as well as the nation: the District's first living building.
Teaching Security Self-Defense – SpiderLabs Anterior
My background in IT comes mostly from a nomadic perspective. In my years of IT and InfoSec, I've had the makings of a career consultant – different client each week, different city, different nature of work. It's been a long and …
Fredericksburg Area Running Club: Self Defense Class for FARC …
On Tuesday, February 5th 2013, Lt. Sheila Jones of the Fredericksburg Police Department will be offering a free 3- hour self defense class for all FARC members. The class will be held at the police department on Cowan Blvd. from 6 to 9pm …
Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency – Service … – Grants.gov
The purpose of the Public and Indian Housing Resident Opportunity and Self Sufficiency (ROSS) Service Coordinators (ROSS-SC) program is to provide grants to public housing agencies (PHAs), tribes/tribally designated …
No rice self-sufficiency for PHL this year — Agri Dept | Economy …
The Philippines is on track when it comes to its rice self-sufficiency goal for 2013, but the country may still import the commodity as buffer stock.
Project Self-Sufficiency | North Warren Regional School District
Project Self-Sufficiency will offer “Becoming You: Corporate Careers” to teens and adults on Thursday, January 24th, from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Participants will hear from professionals at Pfizer, Selective Insurance and BASF …
Piero Corsi, Italian Priest, Says 'Provocative' Women To Blame For …
The flier went on to decry "increasingly provocative," "arrogant" and "self-sufficient" women who abandon their children, don't clean their houses and serve cold meals. Corsi is the leader of a church in the small parish of San …
New Food Assistance Program offered at Project Self-Sufficiency
Project Self-Sufficiency of Sussex County is a non-profit agency which helps low-income families in the New Jersey counties of Sussex, Morris and Warren to achieve economic self-sufficiency and family stability.