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Weekly Roundup - Living On Nothing Edition Category: Roundups | Comments(15)
Did you hear about the guy that lives on nothing? No seriously, he lives on zero dollars a day. Meet Daniel Suelo, who lives in a cave outside Moab, Utah. Suelo has no mortgage, no car payment, no debt of any kind. He also has no home, no car, no television, and absolutely no “creature comforts.” But he does have a lot of creatures, as in the mice and bugs that scurry about the cave floor he’s called home for the last three years.
To us, Suelo probably sounds a little extreme. Actually, he probably sounds very extreme. After all, I suspect most of you reading this are doing so under the protection of some sort of man-made shelter, and with some amount of money on your person, and probably a few needs for money, too. And who doesn’t need money unless they have completely unplugged from the grid? Still, it’s an amusing story about a guy who rejects all forms of consumerism as we know it.
The Frugal Roundup
How to Brew Your Own Beer and Maybe Save Some Money. A fantastic introduction to home brewing, something I’ve never done myself, but always been interested in trying. (@Generation X Finance)
Contentment: A Great Financial Principle. If I had to name one required emotion for living a frugal lifestyle it would be contentment. Once you are content with your belongings and your lot in life you can ignore forces attempting to separate you from your money. (@Personal Finance by the Book)
Use Energy Star Appliances to Save On Utility Costs. I enjoyed this post because it included actual numbers, and actual total savings, from someone who upgraded to new, energy star appliances. (@The Digerati Life)
Over-Saving for Retirement? Is it possible to “over-save” for retirement? Yes, I think so. At some point I like the idea of putting some money aside in taxable investments outside of retirement funds, to be accessed prior to traditional retirement age. (@The Simple Dollar)
40 Things to Teach My Kids Before They Leave Home. A great list of both practical and philosophical lessons to teach your kids before they reach the age where they know everything. I think that now happens around 13 years-old. (@My Supercharged Life)
Index Fund Investing Overview. If you are looking for a place to invest with high diversification and relatively low fees (for broader index funds with low turnover), index funds are a great place to start. (@Money Smart Life)
5 Reasons To Line Dry Your Laundry. My wife and I may soon be installing a clothesline in our backyard. In many neighborhoods they are frowned upon - one of the reasons I don’t like living in a neighborhood. I digress. One of our neighbors recently put up a clothesline, and we might just follow his lead. (@Simple Mom)
A Few Others I Enjoyed
* 4 Quick Tips for Getting Out of a Rut * Young and Cash Rich * Embracing Simple Style * First Trading Experience With OptionsHouse * The Exponential Power of Delayed Consumption * How Much Emergency Fund is Enough? * 50 Questions that Will Free Your Mind * Save Money On Car Insurance
Lots of fruits and vegetables and cutting back on wheat will work, too.<<<
but, it is easier and quicker to take a pill.
For most eating a papaya and drinking common peppermint tea would do the trick on most stomach problems.
Does anyone have a good dish soap recipe? (And yes, I know granny has posted many! But with dialup, I decided not to search for them but to cheat and ask instead.)<<<
I have not tried one, as I don’t have a dishwasher.
I did read the other day that someone was happy with using vinegar, set a half cup of vinegar in the dishwasher and turn it on.
Weekly Gardening Thread – 2010 Vol. 17 May 28
Free Republic | 05-28-2010 | Red_Devil 232
Posted on Friday, May 28, 2010 5:08:51 AM by Red_Devil 232
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2522896/posts?page=2#2
Economic Collapse – Martial Law – 24 Experts Warn of 2010 Meltdown
Morning Liberty ^ | May 15, 2010
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2522599/posts?page=42
bttt
PARAGONIMIASIS - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: (MISSOURI)
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A ProMED-mail post
http://www.promedmail.org
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
http://www.isid.org
Date: Fri 28 May 2010
Source: Beforeitsnews.com [edited]
http://beforeitsnews.com/news/50/073/Don_t_eat_raw_crayfish_you_may_get_lung_worm.html
Paragonimus in Missouri, United States
“The infection, called paragonimiasis, is very rare, so it’s extremely
unusual to see this many cases in one medical center in a relatively
short period of time,” says Washington University infectious diseases
specialist Gary Weil, MD, professor of medicine and of molecular
microbiology, who treated some of the patients. “We are almost certain
there are other people out there with the infection who haven’t been
diagnosed. That’s why we want to get the word out.”
Paragonimiasis causes fever, cough, chest pain, shortness of breath
and extreme fatigue. The infection is generally not fatal, and it is
easily treated if properly diagnosed. But the illness is so unusual
that most doctors are not aware of it. The half-inch, oval-shaped
parasitic worms at the root of the infection primarily travel from the
intestine to the lungs. They also can migrate to the brain, causing
severe headaches or vision problems, or under the skin, appearing as
small, moving nodules.
The recent infections, which occurred in patients ages 10-32, have
prompted the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to
issue a health advisory alerting doctors across the state. The
department also printed posters warning people not to eat raw crayfish
and placed them in campgrounds and canoe rental businesses near
popular Missouri streams. Thoroughly cooking crayfish kills the
parasite and does not pose a health risk.
Paragonimiasis is far more common in East Asia, where many thousands
of cases are diagnosed annually in people who consume raw or
undercooked crab that contain _Paragonimus westermani_, a cousin to
the parasite in North American crayfish.
—
ProMED
promed@promedmail.org
[Several _Paragonimus_ species exist throughout the world. The most
common causing human infection, _Paragonimus westermani_, is also
called “the oriental lung fluke.” The 1st human case was described in
1979 by Manson in a patient living in Taiwan. It has later been
described throughout Southeast Asia, Central Africa and South America.
However, a recent review states that “Several species of lung flukes
in the genus _Paragonimus_ are local or imported FBT [food-borne
trematodes] in the USA.” The endemic cycle occurs in the USA with
various local snails and crustaceans serving as intermediate hosts
(Fried B, Abruzzi A.Food-borne trematode infections of humans in the
United States of America. Parasitol Res. 2010;106:1263-80. Epub 30 Mar
2010).
The present post refers to several cases over the past 3 years, and 3
of these cases have been published previously. The same paper
identified a total of 7 cases described in North America (Lane MA et
al. Human paragonimiasis in North America following ingestion of raw
crayfish. Clin Infect Dis. 2009;49:e55-61). - Mod.EP]
[The interactive HealthMap/ProMED map for Missouri is available at:
http://healthmap.org/r/00at
- CopyEd.EJP]
[_Paragonimus_ life cycle:
http://workforce.cup.edu/Buckelew/images/Ultrastructure/Paragonimus-westermani%20drawing.jpg
_Paragonimus_ flatworm. approx. 1 cm. long:
http://www.tropeduweb.ch/images/044094.jpg
- Mod.JW]
[see also:
2006
Intravenous Medications Manufactured by Claris: Recall due to contamination of products
Metronidazole, Ciprofloxacin and Ondansetron sold under the Claris, Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, and West-Ward Pharmaceuticals labels.
Audience: Pharmacists, Hospital Risk Managers
FDA notified healthcare professionals not to use the intravenous medications, metronidazole, ciprofloxacin and ondansetron manufactured by Claris Lifesciences due to contamination. These products were all manufactured on the same manufacturing line and sold under the Claris, Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, and West-Ward Pharmaceuticals labels. The FDA received reports of floating matter in intravenous bags of metronidazole and ondansetron. Foreign matter should not be present in a sterile injectable product. Healthcare professionals should not use these products and should immediately remove them from their pharmacy inventories. Claris is initiating a recall of all lots of these products. FDA is further investigating the situation and will notify the public when new information becomes available. Please review the linked Public Health Alert for a list of the affected and recalled products.
Read the complete MedWatch 2010 Safety summary, including a link to the Public Health alert, at:
You are encouraged to report all serious adverse events and product quality problems to FDA MedWatch at www.fda.gov/medwatch/report.htm
PediaCare Children’s Products [Blacksmith Brand]: Recall of four products
PediaCare Multi-Symptom Cold
PediaCare Long Acting Cough
PediaCare Decongestant
PediaCare Allergy and Cold
Audience: Consumers,, Pediatrics healthcare professionals
Blacksmith Brands and FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients about a nationwide recall of all lots of four PediaCare children’s products. These products are sold exclusively in the United States and were manufactured by McNeil Consumer Healthcare at McNeil’s Fort Washington, PA plant.
The four PediaCare items involved in the recall are:
PediaCare Multi-Symptom Cold 4oz. UPC # 3 0045-0556-05 9
PediaCare Long Acting Cough 4oz. UPC# 3 0045-0465-04 7
PediaCare Decongestant 4oz. UPC# 3 0045-0554-04 8
PediaCare Allergy and Cold 4oz. UPC# 3 0045-0552-04 4
Blacksmith Brands initiated the recall as a precautionary step because the products were manufactued at a McNeil plant in which a recent FDA inspection found serious problems in meeting FDA’s current good manufacturing practice requirements. The company advises consumers who have purchased these recalled products to discontinue use.
Read the complete MedWatch 2010 Safety summary, including a link to the firm press release, at:
You are encouraged to report all serious adverse events and product quality problems to FDA MedWatch at www.fda.gov/medwatch/report.htm
Thanks for visiting the thread, do come and join in, the thread will continue, there are 2 other units of it, linked in post one of this thread.
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AZ Gov abruptly suspends state’s [Dem] attorney general from illegal immigration law defense
Los Angeles Times ^ | May 28, 2010 | Andrew Malcolm
Posted on Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:34:46 AM by My hearts in London - Everett
[Copy of Gov’s letter in post #26/
Bisquick Apple Crumble
5 to 6 cups sliced pared apples
1 1/4 cups Bisquick baking mix
2/3 cup sugar (or brown sugar)
1 egg
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease square 8x8x2 inch baking dish or rectangular 6 x 10 x 1 1/2 inch baking dish. Arrange apples in dish. Mix baking mix, sugar and egg until crumbly. Sprinkle over apples. Drizzle with margarine. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Bake until topping is golden brown and apples are tender, 30 to 35 minutes.
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Crockpot Hawaiian Pork
Posted by: “Julie & Miss Mercy”
* Exported from MasterCook *
Crockpot Hawaiian Pork
Recipe By :
Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Crockpot
Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
———— —————— ————————————————
3 pounds Pork roast, boneless — rolled
6 Cloves
1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon Paprika
1/4 cup Catsup
2 tablespoons Orange juice
2 tablespoons Honey
1 tablespoon Soy sauce
2 tablespoons Lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon Kitchen bouquet (opt)
Place the roast on a rack and broil 15-30 minutes or until brown (can be
done the night before) Stick the cloves randomly all over the roast.
Place the roast into the crockpot on the meat rack. Mix together the
nutmeg and paprika, sprinkle over the roast. In a small bowl, stir
together the catsup, orange juice, honey, soy sauce, lemon juice and
kitchen bouquet, pour over roast. Cover and cook on LOW 10-12 hours or on
HIGH 4-6 hours. Remove the meat from crockpot and thicken juices by
mixing together 1 1/2 tbps cornstarch and 2 tbsp water, whisk into juices
and cook on HIGH until thickened.
From
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3. County Kerry Pork Roast
Posted by: “Julie & Miss Mercy”
* Exported from MasterCook *
County Kerry Pork Roast
Recipe By :
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Crockpot Vegetables
Stews
Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
———— —————— ————————————————
1 Fresh picnic ham or shoulder
1 large Onion — chopped
1 teaspoon Marjoram — crumbled
3/4 cup Barbecue sauce
3/4 cup Water
1. Trim excess fat from pork place in slow cooker, sprinkle with onion
and marjoram; pour mixture of barbecue sauce and water over; cover. 2.
Cook on low for 10 hours or on high for 5 hours, or until pork is tender
when pierced with a fork. 3. Slice hot.
From
www.recipesource.com
—
________________________________________________________________________
4a. Crockpot Pork Roast
Posted by: “Julie & Miss Mercy”
* Exported from MasterCook *
Crockpot Pork Roast
Recipe By :
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Crockpot
Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
———— —————— ————————————————
1 3 lb Pork Roast — (3 to 4)
6 Potatoes — Halved
8 Carrots — Cut in pieces
1/2 package Lipton Onion Soup Mix or
1 Onion — Quartered
1 cup Water
Prepare your vegetables. Place in the following order: carrots then
potatos and then your Pork Roast. Mix water and onion soup mix. Pour
over roast. Slow-cook on slow for about 10 hours. You can substitute a
beef roast.
From
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Hummingbird Nectar
1 part cane sugar / 4 parts water ( no chlorine or fluoride). Measure
and add sugar, at the rate of 1/4 cup of sugar to 1 cup of water. Let
cool and store excess in refrigerator until ready to use.
Fill 1/3 of the container and be sure to change the mixture twice a
week. You will need to clean your feeder every few days, with hot water
and a mild (10%) bleach solution to inhibit bacteria / mold. Rinse
thoroughly before refilling with water syrup.
Darlene
Earlier this year we were talking about hummingbirds in another group I belong to. Here’s a recipe for food for you:
...........Please note that it is Highly Suggested to NOT use food coloring in the hummingbird mixture, the feeder should be red, not the sugar-water.
http://www.thegardenhelper.com/hummingbird.html
T............he best color for a feeder is bright red to attract the birds from a distance. Never fill your feeders with anything but sugar-water mix of 1 part sugar to 4 parts water. Do not use food coloring of any kind, and never, never use honey. (Honey can develop a fungus which can be fatal to hummingbirds)...............
And here’s a couple of pretty cool links for baby hummingbirds:
..........A Pictorial all the way from the egg to leaving the nest. It was 24 days from birth to flight (be sure to click on NEXT PAGE at the bottom of each page).
Pics from 2005 Nest: http://community.webtv.net/Velpics/HUM
Pics from 2003 Nest: http://community-2.webtv.net/hotmail.com/verle33/HummingBirdNest/
Hope this helps. Chris Z
Terri, what comes to mind when i read your description is Chow Chow. It’s an Amish/Pennsylvania Dutch pickle that used up the end of the garden vegetables. They also call it mixed pickle.
Maybe this is what you meant?
This recipe is from Betty Groff, a mennonite woman who turned her farmhouse into a restaurant back in the 60’s.
It is in Mt. Joy Pa., in the Lancaster area. I believe her son took it over, not sure. James Beard gave her an award for excellence.
She has a few cookbooks out, one of which is Good Earth and Country Cooking.
Anyways...this is her recipe:
CHOW CHOW
2 cups great northern beans, drained
2 cups kidney beans, drained
2 cups fresh or frozen lima beans
2 cups fresh or frozen grean beans, 1” pieces
2 cups fresh or frozen yellow beans, 1” pieces
2 cups fresh or frozen cauliflower buds
2 cups chopped celery
2 cups chopped red pepper
2 cups chopped green pepper
2 cups sliced carrots
2 cups fresh or frozen corn
2 cups tiny white onions, or chopped yellow onion
2 cups coarsly chopped cabbage
2 cups sliced or chopped sweet pickle (opt)
Cook each fresh vegetable separately just til tender. Dont’ cook canned or frozen vegetables.
Mix all in a large tub or bowl very gently.
Pour off all liquid.
Spoon into sterilized jars with 1” headspace.
Pour syrup in to cover and process 12 minutes after water comes back to boil.
SYRUP:
5 cups sugar
2 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
1 1/2 cups water
2 TBSP mustard seed
1 TBSP celery seed
1 TSP turmeric (gives it a nice yellow color)
Combine and heat to boiling in large saucepan. Pour over veggies in jars to within 1” of top of jar.
Makes 6 Qts or 12 pints
Linda B
Onion Crustless Quiche Recipe
Posted by: “mirthfullady”
Adapted from The Frugal Gourmet, by Jeff Smith
Serves 8-10
1/4 pound butter, melted
10 eggs
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 pound large-curd cottage cheese
1 pound jack cheese, shredded
Whip the eggs until fluffy, then add half the jack cheese, and all the other ingredients above.
3 large yellow onions, peeled and sliced
3 Tbs butter or oil
(optional) 1 Tbs whole caraway seeds
Saute onions in oil until barely browned, but tender. Add onions and caraway seeds to egg mixture.
Put egg mix in a greased 9 x 13-inch baking dish. Top with remaining jack cheese. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Then reduce temperature to 350, and continue to bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until top is lightly browned.
Cool. Cut in squares. Serve.
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Of Lawns and God
GOD: St. Francis, you know all about gardens and nature. What in the world is going on down there in the USA? What happened to the dandelions, violets, thistle and stuff I started eons ago? I had a perfect, no-maintenance garden plan. Those plants grow in any type of soil, withstand drought and multiply with abandon. The nectar from the long lasting blossoms attracts butterflies, honeybees and seeds for songbirds.
I expected to see a vast garden of colors by now. But all I see are these green rectangles.
ST. FRANCIS: It’s the tribes that settled there, Lord. The Suburbanites. They started calling your flowers “weeds” and went to great lengths to kill them and replace them with grass.
GOD: Grass? But it’s so boring. It’s not colorful. It doesn’t attract butterflies, birds and bees, only grubs and sod worms. It’s temperamental with temperatures. Do these Suburbanites really want all that grass growing there?
ST. FRANCIS: Apparently so, Lord. They go to great pains to grow it and keep it green. They begin each spring by fertilizing grass and poisoning any other plant that crops up in the lawn.
GOD: The spring rains and warm weather probably make grass grow really fast. That must make the Suburbanites happy.
ST. FRANCIS: Apparently not, Lord. As soon as it grows a little, they cut
it, sometimes twice a week.
GOD: They cut it? Do they then bale it like hay?
ST. FRANCIS: Not exactly Lord. Most of them rake it up and put it in bags.
GOD: They bag it? Why? Is it a cash crop? Do they sell it?
ST. FRANCIS: No, sir — just the opposite. They pay to throw it away.
GOD: Now, let me get this straight. They fertilize grass so it will grow.
And when it does grow, they cut it off and pay to throw it away?
ST. FRANCIS: Yes, sir.
GOD: These Suburbanites must be relieved in the summer when we cut back on the rain and turn up the heat. That surely slows the growth and saves them a lot of work.
ST. FRANCIS: You aren’t going to believe this, Lord. When the grass stops growing so fast, they drag out hoses and pay more money to water it so they can continue to mow it and pay to get rid of it.
GOD: What nonsense. At least they kept some of the trees. That was a sheer stoke of genius, if I do say so myself. The trees grow leaves in the spring to provide beauty and shade in the summer. In the autumn they
fall to the ground and form a natural blanket to keep moisture in the soil and protect the trees and bushes. Plus, as they rot, the leaves form compost to enhance the soil. It’s a natural circle of life.!
ST. FRANCIS: You’d better sit down, Lord. The Suburbanites have drawn a new circle. As soon as the leaves fall, they rake them into great piles and pay to have them hauled away.
GOD: No. What do they do to protect the shrub and tree roots in the winter and to keep the soil moist and loose?
ST. FRANCIS: After throwing away the leaves, they go out and buy something which they call mulch. They haul it home and spread it around in place of the leaves.
GOD: And where do they get this mulch?
ST. FRANCIS: They cut down trees and grind them up to make the mulch.
GOD: Enough! I don’t want to think about this anymore. St. Catherine, you’re in charge of the arts. What movie have you scheduled for us tonight?
ST. CATHERINE: “Dumb and Dumber,” Lord. It’s a real stupid movie about ...
GOD: Never mind, I think I just heard the whole story from St. Francis.
“ Author unknown-
STEAK TERIYAKI I tried this recipe the other night, and it was excellent! You might want to give it a try the next time you are grilling out!
1 ½ lb flank steak
¾ C vegetable oil
1/3 C soy sauce
2 T Worcestershire sauce
1 T mustard
1 ¼ t salt
½ t black pepper
¼ C vinegar
¾ t dried parsley flakes
¼ t garlic powder
¼ C lemon juice
¼ C chopped onion
¼ C ketchup
1 tbsp sugar
Combine all ingredients except meat in a saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring continuously. Let cool. While it is cooling, score the meat (cut lightly in a crisscross pattern at about 1 inch intervals) and place in a shallow baking pan (or large zip-lock bag). After marinade has cooled, pour over meat and refrigerate for at least 4, but 24 hours is optimum, turning once. Pre-heat broiler or grill. Put steak on broiler pan or grill. Broiler should be about 3-4 inches from the heat. One inch steak should broil for 8 minutes on each side for rare and 10 minutes on each side for medium. When steak is done, slice it across the grain at oblique angles to the grain into ½ inch slices. Add pan drippings to marinade (if using broiler) and heat to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes or until hot. Serve as gravy over rice. Note: I added only 2 T oil, the rest of the ¾ cup of water. I didn’t want to add that much oil. It seemed just as good to me.
Keeping it Simple,
Sheryl
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
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Three-Ingredient Banana, Honey, and Peanut Butter Ice Cream
- serves 1 -
Adapted from The Kitchen.
Ingredients
1 large, slightly over-ripe banana
1 teaspoon peanut butter
1 teaspoon honey
Procedure
Peel banana. Slice it into about ten chunks. Freeze the chunks. Once
frozen, put them in a food processor with peanut butter and honey. Puree
until creamy, like soft serve ice cream, stopping the processor to scrape
the sides when necessary.
OR
Forget to peel banana. Freeze it. Wrestle futilely with now-frozen banana
peel. Give up and let it sit for 30 minutes to thaw. Peel banana like a
two-year-old. Break it into three or four pieces. Add pieces to food
processor with peanut butter and honey. Puree until creamy, like soft serve
ice cream, stopping the processor to scrape the sides when necessary.
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Will Allen and term ‘Urban Farm’ make Time Magazine’s list of TOP 100 in 2010
At one time, the term urban farm sounded like an oxymoron. No longer. (My red ink.
Mike) A new movement is sprouting up in America’s low-income neighborhoods. Some
urban residents, sick of fast food and the scarcity of grocery stores, have decided
to grow good food for themselves.
One of the movement’s (literally) towering icons is Will Allen, 62, of Milwaukee’s
Growing Power Inc. His main 2-acre Community Food Center is no larger than a small
supermarket. But it houses 20,000 plants and vegetables, thousands of fish, plus
chickens, goats, ducks, rabbits and bees.
Urban farmers stake claim on parkade rooftop
The city’s first rooftop urban farm atop a parkade on East Georgia Street could
become a model for similar projects across Vancouver, says Seann Dory, manager of
sustainability for United We Can.
“This will be a fully functioning farm that will create and support a social enterprise
and increase job creation,” Dory said.
Teaching children to garden has benefits that last beyond harvest
But involving children in gardening can be more of a challenge, says Karen Gentry,
education coordinator and horticulture educator at Hidden Lake Gardens in Tipton,
Mich. Part of her mission is to get kids less focused on technology and more tuned
to nature. The benefits can extend beyond better nutrition and exercise, she says,
as they often grow up to be good stewards of the land.
Brooklyn Grange will be a 1 acre rooftop farm
Brooklyn Grange will be a 1 acre rooftop farm situated in New York City. Such a
commercially-viable rooftop farm has yet to be realized in this country. We will
use simple green roof infrastructure to install over 1 million pounds of soil on
the roof of an industrial building on which we will grow vegetables nine months
of the year. Being in the country’s largest city, the farm will create a new system
of providing local communities with access to fresh, seasonal produce.
Little City Gardens makes a go of urban agriculture in San Francisco
Can two people earn a living wage growing and selling produce within the city of
San Francisco? This is the question that Brooke Budner and Caitlyn Galloway set
out to answer when they launched Little City Gardens in the Mission District of
San Francisco. Armed with a commitment to urban gardening, a business plan and
high hopes, but free of any pretensions that the answer to their question would
be a resounding “yes,”
Girls Inc of NYC on Rooftop Farm
Girls Inc. of NYC members from the Urban Assembly Institute answered the President’s
call to service by volunteering at Rooftop Farms in Brooklyn, NY. The girls helped
clean, plant and compost, and learned that they can help the environment by growing
and eating local produce...even in New York City.
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Michael Levenston
City Farmer - Canada’s Office of Urban Agriculture
1978-2010
In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/flanders.htm
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