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Excellent article by a farmer-writer on the need for children to be engaged in nature and growing food.
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Community gardens benefit the neighborhood, the economy and the environment, advocates say
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You've planted the organic garden, the compost is cooking and the native plants that cover your lawn look cool and save water. What's next? Chickens, of course.
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"The loquats were ripe and just begging to be picked. But there was a problem. Although the tree was planted on private property, the loaded branches hung over the street. Did that make the fruit public property?" (Free NY Times acc't needed to access)
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What can you do with an old electronic gadget except create more waste? What can the gadget-creating industries do?
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Taboo tomatoes: "Under the cover of night, a pickup truck pulls into the parking lot of a big box office supply store in Salt Lake City. Three men and a woman, masked, jump out-they're heavily armed. They're about to commit a crime...."
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New York Times: "Showcasing sustainable farming, the Agriculture Department celebrated Earth Day by starting to turn USDA's 6-acre tract on the National Mall into an organic garden." (free registration required to read)
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A variety of interesting and provocative stories, .e.g., "eco-kosher for sustainable Sabbaths," "how green is too green?" "the iPhone and Agriculture" and more!
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"For more than a decade, food activists have rallied, cajoled, even pleaded for a vegetable garden on the White House lawn. Now they're finally getting it."
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Plangarden has an interactive version of the Obama garden for those who can't get to Washington. The interactive garden recreates everything from stepping stones to round edges on the garden beds including crops and planting/harvest dates.
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First lady Michelle Obama welcomed fifth-graders back to the White House garden Tuesday to pick the lettuce and peas they helped plant in the spring. The harvest continued the ongoing project with Bancroft Elementary. Many students have participated.