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Organic Farms Win at Potato Pest Control
By Daniel Cressey, Posted August 9th, 2010Organic agriculture promotes more balanced communities of natural predators
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Peak Phosphorus: German recycler to mine phosphorus from sewage
By Hilmar Schmundt, Posted April 26th, 2010With the advent of ‘urban mining’, a new source of phosphorus, essential to farming and gardening, is now being tapped.
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How to build a raised garden bed on sloping, uneven ground
By Greg Seaman, Eartheasy.com, Posted April 9th, 2010Building a raised garden bed over sloping ground is simple if you build it ‘in place’. Here’s the easiest way to build a level bed over uneven ground.
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Wheelchair Gardening Tips
By Eartheasy, Posted February 25th, 2010The simple pleasures which gardening offers can have added value for those with limited access to nature…
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Organic Mulches and Compost – good for your plants and even better for the soil
By Jonathan Yaakobi, Posted June 1st, 2009The former head gardener of the Jerusalem Botanical Garden explains the benefits of using organic mulches and compost.
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Organic Seeds Basics
By Marcie Snyder, Posted May 18th, 2009How do you know that the seeds you are buying are organically grown and where is the best place to buy organic seeds?
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Growing potatoes is easy …and so rewarding
By Shirley Eppler, Posted April 8th, 2009Potatoes are low in fat, packed with vitamins and minerals and make you feel full so you are less tempted to nibble on sugary desserts.
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8 Ways to Join the Local Food Movement
By Sarah VanGelder, Posted April 3rd, 2009How to turn a lawn into lunch, swap preserves, glean, boost your food security and live the good life.
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Vermiculite and Asbestos: how to minimize the risks
By James O'Shea, Posted April 3rd, 2009Vermiculite which is accompanied by a great deal of dust likely has residual asbestos in its contents and should be used with caution
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The New Rules of Food
By Alan Mammoser, Posted March 26th, 2009Concerned citizens, farmers and others are starting to work on a new set of rules for the food system.
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Glacial rock dust boosts vegetable growth, and helps to mitigate global warming
By Paul Kelbie, The Independent, Posted March 2nd, 2009Belief is growing that an answer to some of the earth’s problems are not only at hand, but under our feet…
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Peak Phosphorus
By Greg Seaman, Posted January 28th, 2009Our ability to provide enough food to feed the human population is dependent on the availability of phosphorus.
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Feeding Our Future
By Michael Ableman, Posted January 28th, 2009Imagine a world where students could plant, harvest and cultivate the foods they eat in their school cafeterias.
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Organic produce may soon be cheaper than conventional produce
By Greg Seaman, Posted January 28th, 2009The inexorable rise in oil prices leads to higher costs for chemical fertilizers.
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Using composts to improve turf ecology
By F. Dan Dinelli, CGCS, Posted January 28th, 2009As the Superintendent at North Shore Country Club in Glenview, IL, I became interested in applying compost as a soil amendment after reading about research suggesting it’s many agricultural benefits…
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