How many folks would spare themselves a hospital stay by rubbing honey on their chest, wrapping up, and resting?<<<
Me first.
I had to laugh, another of the educated people, having a go at the ‘granny way’.
I tried for many years, to tell folks that our herbs were the source of their fancy prescription medicines, the only difference is our natural chemical content, compared to their chemical chemical content.
Apple Pie Filling
Quality: Use firm, crisp apples. Stayman, Golden Delicious, Rome, and other varieties of similar quality are suitable. If apples lack tartness, use an additional 1/4 cup of lemon juice for each 6 quarts of slices.
Please read Using Boiling Water Canners before beginning. If this is your first time canning, it is recommended that you read Principles of Home Canning.
Yield: 1 quart or 7 quarts
Procedure: See Table 1 for suggested quantities. Wash, peel, and core apples. Prepare slices 1/2-inch wide and place in water containing ascorbic acid to prevent browning.
For fresh fruit, place 6 cups at a time in 1 gallon of boiling water. Boil each batch 1 minute after the water returns to a boil. Drain, but keep heated fruit in a covered bowl or pot. Combine sugar, Clear Jel®, and cinnamon in a large kettle with water and apple juice. If desired, food coloring and nutmeg may be added. Stir and cook on medium high heat until mixture thickens and begins to bubble. Add lemon juice and boil 1 minute, stirring constantly. Fold in drained apple slices immediately and fill jars with mixture without delay, leaving 1 inch headspace. Adjust lids and process immediately according to the recommendations in Table 2.
Table 1. Apple Pie Filling.
Quantities of Ingredients Needed For
1 Quart 7 Quarts
Blanched, sliced fresh apples 3-1/2 cups 6 quarts
Granulated sugar 3/4 cup + 2 tbsp 5-1/2 cups
Clear Jel® 1/4 cup 1-1/2 cup
Cinnamon 1/2 tsp 1 tbsp
Cold Water 1/2 cup 2-1/2 cups
Apple juice 3/4 cup 5 cups
Bottled lemon juice 2 tbsp 3/4 cup
Nutmeg (optional) 1/8 tsp 1 tsp
Yellow food coloring (optional) 1 drop 7 drops
Table 2. Recommended process time for Apple Pie Filling in a boiling-water canner.
Process Time at Altitudes of
Style of Pack Jar Size 0 - 1,000 ft 1,001 - 3,000 ft 3,001 - 6,000 ft Above 6,000 ft
Hot Pints or Quarts 25 min 30 35 40
This document was adapted from the “Complete Guide to Home Canning,” Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 539, USDA, revised 2006.
Reviewed May 2009.
Here are the recipes for canning syrups:
Light Syrup: 1 cup sugar, 3 cups water
Med Syrup: 2 Cups sugar, 3 cups water
Heavy Syrup: 3 cups sugar, 3 cups water
I personally HATE apples canned in white sugar. I use brown sugar since that is what I make a fresh apple pie/crisp with. I use the same ratios, but sub brown sugar for the white sugar.
Meatloaf is not cannable for a few reasons:
No Eggs
No Fillers such as breadcrumbs, rice, oatmeal
no Solid meats
You may can ground meat patties but without these ingredients. I am not a fan of canned hamburger products personally.
I don’t know if this might solve the meatloaf question or not, but I canned hamburger and later made it into meatloaf and couldn’t tell the difference between my canned hamburger and my fresh hamburger meat loaf.
I canned the hamburger by putting raw hamburger crumbled and loosely dropped in the jar. Then I processed it according to directions. When it was done the meat had packed and cooked together some but I just broke it up into crumbles and mixed the meatloaf as usual.
Baked Meatless Spaghetti Sauce
Created by The MDM Team, Saturday, December 15, 2007
On top of spaghetti, we lost our poor meatballs. But never fear. This palate-pleasing pasta is every bit as good, even without the beef. Give it a whirl!
Ingredients
1 tbsp. olive oil
3 cloves garlic
1 tbsp. spaghetti seasoning (1 tsp. sweet basil, 1 tsp. parsley, 1/2 tsp. oregano)
2 (16 oz.) cans of tomatoes
2 (8 oz.) cans tomato paste
2 (8 oz.) cans tomato sauce
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup grated provolone cheese
1 lb. spaghetti
Methods/steps
Sauté garlic and spaghetti seasoning in olive oil in roaster or ovenproof pot with lid. Sauté the garlic until brown, but not burned, and then remove garlic and discard. Remove from heat. Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Add tomatoes, sauce and paste and stir well until mixed. Cover and bake the sauce at 250 degrees for two to eight hours. The longer it cooks, the better it is. Stir occasionally. At 250 degrees, it is very hard to burn it. When ready to serve, add the cheeses to the sauce and cover and let stand with no heat. Cook your pasta and add the sauce to it.
I just put the crab apples in the pot with water and cook them core,
skin and all. Then when they are cooked then I put it through the
sieve. I made lots this year and I also mixed it with fresh lime juice
just to make it different. It turned out great.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/home_canning/
[I know nothing about this ad, or the area, it was on one of the Yahoo Groups....granny]
Homestead Land For Sale in KY....Cheap !
Posted by: “georgiamountainwoman” gamountainwoman@yahoo.com gamountainwoman
Date: Sat Oct 10, 2009 6:05 pm ((PDT))
10 acres of cleared land for sale in KY that would make a great off grid homestead. It used to be a homestead years ago and has a 28 foot dug well on it. It is bordered by 2 sides with the Daniel Boone National Forest and is located between London and Somerset near Mt. Victory and Bee Rock Campground. There is no power and no buildings on the property, just remains of where a root cellar used to be. If interested, send an email to gamountainwoman@yahoo.com Asking $25,000 obo.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/misc_survivalism_moderated/
Crazy Crust Pizza
1-1/2 lbs. ground beef
1 onion, chopped
1-1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. dried Italian seasoning blend
1/8 tsp. pepper
2/3 cup milk
2 eggs, beaten
1 4-oz. can sliced mushrooms, drained
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
2 cups pizza sauce
Instructions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Cook ground beef and onion in a heavy saucepan
over medium heat until beef is browned and onion is tender, stirring to break up meat. Drain well and set aside. Lightly grease 14” round pizza pan and dust with flour.
Set aside. In medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, salt, seasoning blend and pepper and mix well. Add milk and eggs and stir just until smooth. Pour batter into prepared pan, tilting pan as necessary so batter covers bottom of pan. Sprinkle cooked ground beef, onions, and drained mushrooms over batter. Bake at 425 degrees for 20-25 minutes until pizza is golden brown. Remove pizza from oven, drizzle with pizza sauce and sprinkle with shredded cheese. Return to oven for 12-18 minutes until crust is deep golden brown and cheese is melted
Dorie
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FamousCookbookRecipes/
Peanut Butter Pie
http://www.nancyskitchen.com/2009October/peanut-butter-pie-recipe.html
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
6 tablespoons milk
1 (8 ounce) container Cool Whip
Cream the cheese until fluffy. Add sugar and peanut butter. Mix and add
milk. Fold in Cool Whip. Refrigerate overnight.
Note: I used the recipe a lot for days all the teachers would share
treats with each other. It was so easy I usually made two.
Nancy Rogers
Print this Recipe
http://www.nancyskitchen.com/2009October/peanut-butter-pie-recipe.html
I found a great buy on British DPM camo cargo pants today. They only have size men’s small so it won’t do a lot of people much good, but for those who they’ll fit, it is a steal. Who knows it might even be good barter material and impossible to beat for the price. 10 pairs of surplus DPM camo combat (cargo) pants for $10.00 plus shipping and handling. Total cost for 10 pairs came to $19.95. They are from a mil surplus store chain in New England. Their website is www.armybarracks.com
http://www.armybarracks.com/
. The pants are under military surplus, wholesale deals. The SKU is #12872-10.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/misc_survivalism_moderated/
[I did not check this out]
Learn how Jean Pain heated his hot water, ran a vehicle and generator on methane, and produced compost, by decomposing wood chips.
http://www.green-trust.org/wordpress/2009/10/11/hot-water-and-methane-plus-compost-from-wood-chips/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/misc_survivalism_moderated/
[England is really pushing the WW2 “Make do and Mend” themes...granny]
=== Google News Alert for: ‘Make Do And Mend’ ===
Epping Forest District Museum hosts Make do and Mend exhibition
Guardian Series
The theme of the Make do and Mend show, at Epping Forest District Museum,
in Sun Street, Waltham Abbey, is Second World War thrift and all sort of
original ...
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=== Google Blogs Alert for: ‘Make Do And Mend’ ===
Our Ageing Crafts « Devon Fine Fibres – Life on a very special ...
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A recent craft evening was on recycling clothes with a quirky look back to
the “Make Do and Mend” traditions of the 2nd World War. This group also
has a strong campaigning streak, getting involved in ethical issues at
grass roots levels ...
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Devon Fine Fibres - Life on a...
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Epping Forest District Museum hosts Make do and Mend exhibition ...
SILK underwear made from a parachute, a dressing gown created from a
blanket, and an inside-out jacket used by a teenage clubber are just some
of the items on display at the district museum’s latest exhibition.
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East London and West Essex Guardian...
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Mis Estimados: Do Not Lose Heart. We Were Made For These Times ...
By fromthewilderness
Do not focus on that. Do not make yourself ill with overwhelm. There is a
tendency too to fall into being weakened by perseverating on what is
outside your reach, by what cannot yet be. Do not focus there. ... Ours is
not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out
to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. Any small, calm
thing that one soul can do to help another soul, to assist some portion of
this poor suffering world, ...
http://fromthewilderness.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/mis-estimados-do-not-lose-heart-we-were-made-for-these-times/
From The Wilderness
http://fromthewilderness.wordpress.com/
Thread and Thrift: Make Do and Mend
By Mandy Pattullo
Make Do and Mend. Unravel threads from seams and hems to darn cloth
materials. Do not wait for holes to develop. Repair where you can. Renovate
where you can’t. Mend all holes and tears before washing. Thin spots should
be reinforced ...
http://threadandthrift.blogspot.com/2009/10/make-do-and-mend.html
Thread and Thrift
http://threadandthrift.blogspot.com/
Warning - new Bank of America spam.
LOL, just received an email, said I must open the download at once, or there would be big trouble with my account at the Bank of America.
I sent it straight to SPAM, for I do not nor would I ever again deal with the Bank of America.
Who knows what virus was in the download.
So do not open to find out.
granny
[From Jeffrey Imm, links are live on at link]
Philippines: Elderly Irish Priest Kidnapped ‘By Muslim Gunmen’ — Father Michael Sinnott — Missionary Group Calls for Your Action
By R.E.A.L. Organization • on October 12, 2009
Missionary Society of St. Columban report: “Fr. Michael Sinnott Kidnapped in the Philippines”
Missionary Society – Microsoft Word Report on Fr. Sinnott Kidnapping
Photo of Fr. Michael Sinnott from Missionary Society of St. Columban
Photo of Fr. Michael Sinnott from Missionary Society of St. Columban
Missionary Society of St. Columban Action Alert: Fr. Sinnott Kidnapping
– Missionary Society of St. Columban states:
“Dear Friends,
“As some of you may already know, Columban Fr. Mick Sinnott was kidnapped in the Philippines on Sunday. We ask for your prayers and your action. We have attached two letters, one to send to the Philippine Ambassador and one for Secretary of State Hilary Clinton requesting that peaceful measures be taken to negotiate for his release. We ask that you respond in all due haste, as Fr. Sinnott has a heart condition and is, as far as we know, without his medication.”
“We have received word that actions are being taken in the Philippines. Bishop Manny Cabajar has attended a crisis meeting of various provincial/ government/police personnel and was informed that an intensive search is underway. ”
sinnot_action_alert_letter_clinton
sinnot_action_alert_letter_gaa
“Columban Center for Advocacy and Outreach”
“Missionary Society of St. Columban”
“1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 405
“Silver Spring, MD 20910
“301-565-4547
Recommended Action Alert Faxes to Secretary of State Clinton and Ambassador Gaa
October 12, 2009
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Fax: 202-647-8947
Dear Secretary Clinton:
It is with deep concern that I write to inform you of the recent abduction of an Irish missionary priest, Columban Fr. Michael Sinnott in Pagadian, Philippines. According to reports, he was kidnapped from his home on October 11, 2009 at approximately 7:20 p.m. local time. Fr. Sinnott was taken away in a vehicle by 4-6 men. The vehicle was later abandoned and burned. It is believed that the abductors took Fr. Sinnott to a speed boat and fled across Pagadian Bay.
I am writing as a person deeply concerned for Fr. Sinnott’s safety. Columban missionaries are deeply committed to the well-being of the people of the Philippines. Fr. Sinnott has lived for 40 years in the Philippines, and one of his most recent ministries has been in a school for children and young adults with special needs in Pagadian City.
We ask that all peaceful measures be taken to locate Fr. Sinnott and negotiate his release.
Thank you in advance for your attention to this most urgent request.
Yours sincerely,
October 12, 2009
Ambassador Willy C. Gaa
Fax: 202-467-9417
Dear Mr. Ambassador Gaa,
It is with deep concern that I write to inform you of the recent abduction of an Irish missionary priest, Columban Fr. Michael Sinnott in Pagadian, Philippines. According to reports, he was kidnapped from his home on October 11, 2009 at approximately 7:20 p.m. local time. Fr. Sinnott was taken away in a vehicle by 4-6 men. The vehicle was later abandoned and burned. It is believed that the abductors then took Fr. Sinnott to a speed boat and fled across Pagadian Bay.
I am writing as a person deeply concerned for Fr. Sinnott’s safety. Columban missionaries are deeply committed to the well-being of the people of the Philippines. Fr. Sinnott has lived for 40 years in the Philippines, and one of his most recent ministries has been in a school for children and young adults with special needs in Pagadian City.
We ask that all peaceful measures be taken to locate Fr. Sinnott and negotiate his release.
Thank you in advance for your attention to this most urgent request.
Yours sincerely,
News Media Reports:
Daily Mail: Irish priest, 78, taken hostage ‘by Muslim gunmen’ in Philippines — Father Michael Sinnott
– Daily Mail reports: “Six gunmen dragged the Rev. Michael Sinnott into a van in front of his horrified aides at his compound in Pagadian City on Mindano island in the south of the country”
– Daily Telegraph report
– Search operations for abducted Irish priest underway in Mindanao
– London Times: “Irish missionary Michael Sinnott kidnapped from convent in Philippines”
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/inti-net/message/9963
“When The Military Takes Power”
a snippet:
The US has its own share of attempted coups. Documents from the Congressional
sub-Committee on Un-American Activities, which under Senator Joseph McCarthy
launched a witch-hunt for leftist-leaning American intellectuals in the late
1940s, reveal a coup plot against President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
It was
reportedly instigated by stock market and financial institution gurus, the
Morgan-Mellon group, to nip in the bud Roosevelt’s New Deal programme and create
a Fascist state modelled on Germany.
The plan was revealed in Congressional
testimony by Navy Major-General Smedley Darlington Butler who had been co-opted
to be part of the revolt. Prescott Bush, President George W Bush’s grandfather,
was named as one of the co-conspirators in the plot.
continues, with other countries...........
Amazing how twisted this one has become:
He did march:
It is going to take a lot of reading to sort this one out, so much history has been re-written:
[History]
http://www.mail-archive.com/
an excerpt from:
A Man in His Times
John L. Spivak©1967
Horizon Press
New York, NY
LCCC#67-17783
—[1]—
23
THE PLOT TO SEIZE WASHINGTON
On or about the beginning of July 1933, the first overt move was made in one
of the most fantastic plots in American history. A representative of a group
of conspirators opened negotiations with a noted military man to head a
500,000-man army, seize the Government of the United States, put an end to
our democracy and supplant it with a dictatorship. The McCormack-Dickstein
House Committee, which was investigating un-American activities, turned its
attention to the plot; the probe ended abruptly. What was behind the plot was
shrouded in a silence which has not been broken to this day. Even a
generation later, those who are still alive and know all the facts have kept
their silence so well that the conspiracy is not even a footnote in American
histories. It would be regrettable if historians neglected this episode and
future generations of Americans never learned of it.
When the plot actually began or whose inspiration it was is not known, for
the Congressional Committee avoided probing into these aspects. News of the
plot, reported to have financial backing of “three million dollars on the
line and three hundred million available should it be necessary,” reached the
nation in a time which saw greater changes in political systems than any
previous period in history. When Franklin Delano Roosevelt was first sworn in
as President, the country was teetering on the brink of economic chaos and in
the grip of a fear that almost paralyzed it. The capitalist system had
collapsed. Almost every bank in the country was closed, millions were
jobless, citizens were being dispossessed from their homes and their farms
and bankruptcies were reaching a torrential stage. There was no sign of
relief.
In desperate efforts to get the economy moving again, the President asked for
and received from the Congress more powers than any President had ever been
given in peacetime. He surrounded himself with advisers ranging from liberal
theoreticians to spokesmen for big business. The loose coalition which formed
around him soon became known as the “Brain Trust.” The President assured the
people that his administration would give them a new deal. Nazi agents who
were busy trying to split Americans into snarling racial and religious groups
promptly dubbed the New Deal a “Jew Deal,” because the Brain Trust was
“Packed with Jews and communists” out to destroy capitalism.
Roosevelt created Government work projects so that the unemployed would be
paid wages, their new purchasing power would enable manufacturers to produce
again and stores would once more see what customers looked like. But to the
rich this program was betrayal by a Government which in the past had always
protected them. It was interfering with the law of supply and demand; it was
taxing the rich and using their money to wreck the going wage scale in a
glutted labor market. A former high official of the du Pont Company wrote to
John J. Raskob, former Chairman of the Democratic Party and then a high du
Pont officer, a heart-wrenching complaint:
continues..........interesting event and close to today.....
The above url, does not seem to work, it is as I copied it and so here is the google link to the article...
[CTRL] [1] A Man in His Times - THE PLOT TO SEIZE WASHINGTON
[CTRL] [1] A Man in His Times - THE PLOT TO SEIZE WASHINGTON. Kris Millegan Sat, 10 Apr 1999 19:23:17 -0400. -Caveat Lector- an excerpt from: A Man in His ...
www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/msg09847.html
From this url:
Harvesting Edible Chestnuts in Vancouver
Most people find Horse Chestnuts (Aesculus hippocastanum) lying on the ground in
the Fall. They are a beautiful, shiny brown nuts but inedible. However, there are
in Vancouver a few Spanish Chestnut or Sweet Chestnut trees (Castanea saliva), the
nuts of which are edible, and elderly Asian and European residents are quick to
harvest them as they fall to the ground. They often use long poles to hit them out
of the trees.
Backyard wine makers in Norway at 60 degrees North
There’s nothing wrong with red or black currants, but grapevines are both more fun
and inspire more cooperation. Just ask Olav and Betsy Heen, who make wine from self-grown
grapes in Rodeløkka, Oslo.
Olav and Betsy Heen managed to convince their neighbors in Oslo, Norway, to join
them in growing grapes on the south facing walls of their houses. The result is
a very local wine called “Côte de Rodeløkka”. They’ve had record crops of 75 kilos
of grapes between them, but normally end up with 30 - 40 kilos, enough for 25 to
30 litres of wine. At 60 degrees North, comparable to Labrador or Anchorage, cultivating
grapes is pretty impressive.
Boxer - Evander Holyfield to create one acre teaching garden
Holyfield said, ‘I will give you 40 acres for the solar farm and another acre for
the children’s garden’ - continues,
“In addition to this milestone solar project, an additional acre of my land will
be used to create a working organic garden to teach neighborhood youth the importance
of going green. The organic garden will be installed in cooperation with local community
groups and administered by the Evander Holyfield Foundation.”
Bear-Proof Compost Bin
Bears are a part of city life in many municipalities in and around Vancouver. Our
Hotline receives calls from residents about bears strolling into yards and knocking
over compost bins in North Vancouver, Port Coquitlam, Whistler, Squamish and parts
of Vancouver Island.
Laurie Chambers of Lund, BC, designed and built this beautiful bear-proof composter
and we are lucky to have one at the Vancouver Compost Demonstration Garden.
Aquaponics Projects - growing fish and vegetables
Prototype aquaponic (combination of hydroponics and aquaculture) system using 700
gallon elevated ferro-cement flood tank technology developed by Travis W. Hughey
which uses no float switches, electronic timers or microprocessors to control the
flood and drain parameters of the system. It is a large version of the flood tank
in the “Barrel-Ponics” manual found on this site as a free download.
The system
uses approximately 400 gallons of water per flood cycle. There are 37 barrel half
growbeds also of Travis’s design incorporated. In the shallow pond water hyacinth
and water lettuce are grown for fish feed.
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Michael Levenston
City Farmer - Canada’s Office of Urban Agriculture
Local Meat Company Recalls More Than 900 Lbs. Of Beef
A San Diego-based meat wholesaler has recalled some 925 pounds of ground-beef
that might be contaminated with E. coli.
MORE DETAILS: http://www.10News.com/tu/5KveFKW2c.html
Weekly Harvest Newsletter
Sustainable Agriculture News Briefs - October 14, 2009
Weekly sustainable agriculture news and resources gleaned from the Internet by NCAT staff for the ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service Web site. The Weekly Harvest Newsletter is also available online (http://attra.ncat.org/newsletter/archives.html#wh).
Share The Harvest: Please forward this newsletter to friends and colleagues who might be interested in the latest sustainable agriculture news, funding opportunities, and events.
News & Resources
* Minnesota Food System Study Released
* Report Discusses Grass-Based Dairy Products
* Aquaculture Law Reading Room Available
* Nominate Farmers and Leaders for ‘Growing Green Award’
* USDA Forms New Research Institute
* Video Highlights Sustainable Cotton Project
Funding Opportunities
* Strolling of the Heifers Microloan Fund for New England Farmers
* Annie’s Homegrown Sustainable Agriculture Scholarship
* Community Food Projects Competitive Grant
Coming Events
* Growing Food and Justice for All Conference
* Soil Food Web and Compost Technologies Workshop
* Community Farming Conference
News & Resources
Minnesota Food System Study Released
A new study, “Mapping the Minnesota Food Industry,” (http://www.crcworks.org/mnfood.pdf) (PDF/1.3MB) concludes that an emerging cluster of food businesses drives economic change by building trust with their commercial partners. Ken Meter, president of Crossroads Resource Center and author of the study, said, “The most successful firms are creating new ways of doing business, not only providing higher quality foods. They do this by building relationships of trust with both suppliers and customers.” Meter’s study was based on a thorough financial review of the state food industry combined with close interviews with key local firms.
Report Discusses Grass-Based Dairy Products
http://www.cias.wisc.edu/economics/grass-based-dairy-products-challenges-and-opportunities/
This report (http://www.cias.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/gbdairyreportfinallowres.pdf) (PDF/627KB) is intended to provide guidance for future grass-fed dairy marketing efforts. The lessons that pioneering graziers have learned will help the grazing community create a premium market for their products. If grass-fed dairy products command a premium price, more farmers may adopt this environmentally friendly farming system.
Aquaculture Law Reading Room Available
http://nationalaglawcenter.org/readingrooms/aquaculture/
Aquaculture, or the raising of fish and other aquatic creatures for human consumption, is an increasing and developing area of agricultural law. As a result of the growing demand and production, the 2005 Census of Aquaculture reported farm-level sales of $1.1 billion, resulting from the industry’s 11.7% growth over the previous seven years. The industry’s growth has been accompanied by laws and regulation. As a result, the National Agricultural Law Center assembled and posted an Aquaculture Reading Room. An overview article on the subject is included in the reading room, along with a listing of and links to major statutes and regulations that currently affect the industry.
Related ATTRA Publication: Aquaculture Enterprises: Considerations and Strategies
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/aquaculture.html
Nominate Farmers and Leaders for ‘Growing Green Award’
http://www.nrdc.org/health/growinggreen.asp
Through this national award, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) will recognize extraordinary contributions that advance ecologically integrated farming practices, climate stewardship, water stewardship, farmland preservation, and social responsibility from farm to fork. A Growing Green Award will be given to an outstanding individual in each of four categories, including Food Producer, Business Leader, Thought Leader, and Water Steward. A $10,000 cash prize will be awarded in the Food Producer category and all winners will be widely celebrated through outreach to media and NRDC’s networks. Nominations are due December 4.
USDA Forms New Research Institute
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB/.cmd/ad/.ar/sa.retrievecontent/.c/6_2_1UH/.ce/7_2_5JM/.p/5_2_4TQ/.d/1/_th/J_2_9D/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?PC_7_2_5JM_contentid=2009/10/0501.xml&PC_7_2_5JM_parentnav=LATEST_RELEASES&PC_7_2_5JM_navid=NE
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack launched the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) with a major speech regarding the role of science and research at USDA. ‘Formed in the main from the existing Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, NIFA will be the Department’s extramural research enterprise. It is no exaggeration to say that NIFA will be a research ‘start-up’ company - we will be rebuilding our competitive grants program from the ground up to generate real results for the American people,’ said Vilsack.
Video Highlights Sustainable Cotton Project
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQVjp7I7Saw
Located in California’s Central Valley, the world’s most productive agricultural region, the Sustainable Cotton Project (SCP) focuses on the production and use of cotton, one of the most widely grown and chemical-intensive crops in the world. In this short video you will hear from the farmers, researchers, and community members involved in the project.
More Breaking News (http://attra.ncat.org/news/)
Funding Opportunities
Strolling of the Heifers Microloan Fund for New England Farmers
http://www.thecarrotproject.org/farm_financing
The mission of the fund is to address the difficulty that some New England farmers have in obtaining credit for projects that improve their operations and increase their income, as well as for emergency needs. Loan applications for amounts ranging from $1,000 to $10,000, for terms of up to five years, will be accepted. In 2009, applicants will be limited to farms located in Vermont or in Western Massachusetts (Berkshire, Hampshire, Hampden, and Franklin counties), with a primary focus on loans to small- and midsized farms that use sustainable or organic methods (or are moving toward them), and that are marketing at least a portion of their products to local markets.
Proposals are due November 27, 2009.
Annie’s Homegrown Sustainable Agriculture Scholarship
http://www.annies.com/sustainable_agriculture_scholarship
Annie’s Homegrown Sustainable Agriculture Scholarship Program is open to full time undergraduate and graduate students beginning or returning to an accredited 2 or 4 year technical or college program or graduate school in the U.S. for the 2010/2011 school year. Students must be focusing on classes in sustainable agriculture. International students may apply as long as they are studying at a U.S. school. Through the Sustainable Agriculture Scholarship program, Annie’s will award $50,000 in scholarship assistance each year to some very deserving students.
Proposals are due October 31, 2009.
Community Food Projects Competitive Grant
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=49620
The primary goals of the Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program are to: (1) Meet the food needs of low-income individuals; (2) Increase the self-reliance of communities in providing for the food needs of the communities; (3) Promote comprehensive responses to local food, farm, and nutrition issues; and (4) Meet specific state, local or neighborhood food and agricultural needs including: (a) Infrastructure improvement and development; (b) Planning for long-term solutions; or (c)The creation of innovative marketing activities that mutually benefit agricultural producers and low-income consumers.
Proposals are due November 19, 2009.
More Funding Opportunities (http://attra.ncat.org/funding/)
Coming Events
Growing Food and Justice for All Conference
https://www.growingfoodandjustice.org/Home_page.html
October 30-November 1, 2009
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
This conference is for individuals, organizations, institutions, agencies, community-based entities, and anyone who wants to participate in a process to create a food-secure and just world. Growing Food and Justice for All Initiative is striving to create a network of activists who are working toward a just food system and world.
Soil Food Web and Compost Technologies Workshop
http://www.carboneconomysb.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89:soilfoodweb&catid=34:courses-category&Itemid=61
October 30-November 1, 2009
Santa Barbara, California
In this course, you’ll look at the elements of a healthy soil food web, learn how to analyze and improve your own soil, and learn how to make composts and extracts to strengthen the soil food web. The Soil Food Web course provides knowledge and research findings for those at the grass roots level of working with soils. That includes not just farmers who grow crops, but also those who graze cattle, sheep and other livestock, fruit and vegetable growers, greens keepers, parks and gardens workers, nursery operators - in fact, anyone who grows things. The course offers a way of improving the soils we work with now and a way to keep soils in this healthier state without damaging any other eco-system.
Community Farming Conference
Farming/2009_community_farming_conference.html
October 31, 2009
New Haven, Connecticut
For people who are involved in or hoping to start a community farm, this conference will provide the opportunity to learn about important aspects of these farms and to network with others involved in this movement.
More Events (http://attra.org/calendar/)
New & Updated Publications
Small-Scale Egg Handling
http://attra.ncat.org/calendar/new_pubs.php/2009/10/06/small_scale_egg_handling
Biodiesel: Do-it-yourself Production Basics
http://attra.ncat.org/calendar/new_pubs.php/2009/08/27/biodiesel_do_it_yourself_production_basi_1
Procesamiento de Aves a Pequeña Escala
http://attra.ncat.org/calendar/new_pubs.php/2009/08/20/procesamiento_de_aves_a_pequena_escala
Question of the Week
What information can you give me on growing saffron?
http://attra.ncat.org/calendar/question.php/2009/10/13/what_information_can_you_give_me_on_grow_1
Website of the Week
The Southwest Marketing Network
http://attra.org/wow/
Ask a Sustainable Agriculture Expert
Submit questions to our professional staff online
http://attra.ncat.org/ask.php
ATTRA Spanish Newsletter
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(Monthly Harvest), ATTRA’s Spanish-language e-newsletter
ATTRA on the Radio
This week’s discussion features new tools local governments can use to support local agriculture. Listen to the show: (http://www.attra.ncat.org/radioshow2009/).
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http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm186494.htm
Limited Voluntary Recall of Country Acres® Home Grown Turkey & Quail Starter
Company Contact:
Jeanne Forbis, Communications Director
651-481-2071
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - (Shoreview, Minn.) Oct. 13, 2009 … Land O’Lakes Purina Feed LLC is recalling a single lot of Country Acres® Home Grown Turkey & Quail Starter 30% BMD 200 feed due to a lower than formulated protein level. During the investigation of a customer complaint, it was discovered that there was a manufacturing error in one lot which resulted in feed being manufactured with a lower protein level. Low protein levels can adversely affect bird growth and development and, in extreme cases, increase the potential for bird mortality. Only a single lot of this one product (distributed in 50-pound bags) is included in the recall. No other products or lot numbers are affected. The product and lot number being recalled is:
Formula No.
Item No.
Description
Lot No.
59FC 0015447 Country Acres® Home Grown Turkey & Quail Starter 30% BMD 200 9AUG20ARC1
Lot numbers are printed on the sewing strip of each bag. They are interpreted as follows:
9 = Year … AUG = Month … 20 = Day of Month … ARC1 = Plant Code
The product being recalled was distributed to dealers in Louisiana, southern Arkansas, eastern Texas and southern Mississippi. Dealers have been contacted and asked to hold this product (bearing the affected lot number) and to notify and retrieve the recalled product from customers. Customers should discontinue feeding the product and return any unused portions to their dealer.
Customers who purchased this product will receive a full refund. For more information on the product recall, customers should contact their local feed dealer or Customer Service at 1-800-227-8941 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Central Time.
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Genetically Engineered Animals
Picture of goats, a chicken, a cow, and pigs
Introduction
Genetic engineering is a targeted and powerful method of introducing desirable traits into animals using recombinant DNA (rDNA) technology. DNA is the chemical inside the nucleus of a cell that carries the genetic instructions for making living organisms.
In January, 2009, the Food and Drug Administration issued a final guidance for industry on the regulation of genetically engineered (GE) animals. The guidance explains the process by which FDA is regulating GE animals and provides a set of recommendations to producers of GE animals to help them meet their obligations and responsibilities under the law. While the guidance is intended for industry, FDA believes it may also help the public gain a better understanding of this important and developing area.
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What is FDA Doing?
Final Guidance Released 1/15/2009
* FDA Issues Final Guidance on Regulating Genetically Engineered Animals
* CVM GFI #187 Regulation of Genetically Engineered Animals Containing Heritable Recombinant DNA Constructs (PDF - 128KB)
* Fact Sheet
* General Q&A
* FDA’s Response to Public Comments
* Genetically Engineered Animals Diagram
* January 15, 2009 Transcript for FDA’s Media Briefing on FDA’s Release of a Final Guidance for Industry on the Regulation of Genetically-Engineered Animals (PDF - 65KB)
* Notice: Guidance for Industry on Regulation of Genetically Engineered Animals Containing Heritable recombinant DNA Constructs
TED Talks: Carolyn Steel: How food shapes our cities
“The question of how to feed cities may be one of the biggest contemporary questions,
yet it’s never asked: we take for granted that if we walk into a store or a restaurant,
food will be there, magically coming from somewhere. Yet, think of it this way:
just in London, every single day, 30 million meals must be provided. Without a reliable
food supply, even the most modern city would collapse quickly. And most people today
eat food of whose provenance they are unaware.
Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City, Vietnam - Agriculture urged to go Urban
HCM CITY - Switching from traditional crops to urban farming is an inevitable process
due to the rapid urbanisation taking place in HCM City, an expert has said.
Speaking at a conference in the city’s Binh Chanh District yesterday, Truong Hoang,
deputy director of the municipal Steering Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development,
said farmlands have been shrinking by an average of 1,176 ha every year since 2000
and what is left is not enough for normal agriculture.
1749 - Kitchen Gardens in French Canada
Peter Kalm’s Travels into North America
From the earliest days of settlement in North America, town and country Kitchen
Gardens were essential to the survival of the new inhabitants. One traveller, the
Swedish naturalist Peter Kalm, has written extensively about what he saw during
his travels in French Canada in 1749 (Volume 3) and he spends considerable time
writing about the plants that were grown and used in people’s gardens.
His three volume Travels into North America : containing its natural history, and
a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general, with the
civil, ecclesiastical and commercial state of the country, the manners of the inhabitants,
and several curious and important remarks on various subjects is a treasure trove
of fascinating history of life in North America 250 years ago.
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All these stories here:
City Farmer News [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102765733494&s=1304&e=001OGq0cJv0DsYpcgCy8l1RnDSSpnjSHmJY1JNx4B1wwh4GlZJnFuxpbjmusapwXTVeEPNDMtIvi5ZtPFjPbSmJ2SngRi3ytAeMlaTnoJxciJWIs0hN895kwA==]
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Michael Levenston
City Farmer - Canada’s Office of Urban Agriculture
Poblano and Mushroom Tacos
Posted by: “~*Piper*~”
Poblano and Mushroom Tacos
2 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
1 fresh poblano chile, halved, seeded, thinly sliced into long strips
1/2 small red onion, sliced
3 ounces crimini (baby bella) mushrooms, thinly sliced (about 1 1/4 cups)
1 teaspoon ground cumin
4 corn tortillas
4 thin slices Monterey Jack cheese
Chopped fresh cilantro
Crumbled feta or Cotija cheese
Assorted toppings (such as shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, and hot sauce or salsa)
Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
Add poblano chile, red onion, and mushrooms; sauté mixture until brown, about 5 minutes. Mix in ground cumin. Season to taste with salt. Transfer mixture to medium bowl.
Heat remaining 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in same skillet over medium-high heat.
Add tortillas in single layer, draping up sides of skillet to fit. Divide
mushroom mixture among tortillas, mounding on only 1 side. Place slice of
Monterey Jack cheese atop filling in each tortilla. Fold plain tortilla halves over filling and press firmly. Cook until tortillas are brown, about 1 minute per side. Transfer tacos to plates. Open tacos; sprinkle with chopped cilantro, crumbled feta or Cotija cheese, and toppings.
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2. White Kidney Beans with Roasted Peppers and Olives
Posted by: “~*Piper*~”
White Kidney Beans with Roasted Peppers and Olives
1 19 oz. can white kidney beans, rinsed, and drained well
2 green onions, finely diced
2 medium roasted red peppers, halved and sliced
1/2 cup black olives
2 tbsps. olive oil
1 garlic clove, crushed
pinch cayenne pepper and sugar
1 tsp. herbes de Provence
1 tsp. ground cumin
2 tbsps. lemon juice
salt and black pepper, to taste
Place beans, onions, peppers and olives in a bowl and gently mix to combine.
Combine olive oil, garlic and seasonings in a bowl.
Gently toss dressing into salad. Cover and allow flavours to meld in the fridge for 20 minutes, or longer if possible.
Makes 4 servings.
This is another great group owned by *~Tamara~*
To visit group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Simply-Spicy/
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Police said the suspect, a Hispanic man believed to be in his late 20s, knocked on the woman’s door asking about a lost dog. She was punched at least 40 times and robbed of her car keys.
The woman is expected to recover.
Anyone with information about the attack is urged to call Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555 or Metro’s Robbery Section at 702-828-3591.