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International food system and climate crisis (GRAIN / Seedling)
Read at : GRAIN / Seedling http://www.grain.org/seedling/?id=642 The international food system and the climate crisis “Small-scale family farming should become the cornerstone of food producti… more →
Desertification
Good start to the new decade
wrote 5 days ago: This is our first lamb of the new year and of the new decade. We aim to begin lambing January 1st, … more →
SAY CHEESE!!
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Last weekend i went up to visit family in Olympia for a pre-christmas romp through the streets of my … more →
snow storm
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Most of the storm was east of us. We only got about 6 inches. Friday, December 18, 2009 Saturday, … more →
International food system and climate crisis (GRAIN / Seedling)
wrote 2 weeks ago: Read at : GRAIN / Seedling http://www.grain.org/seedling/?id=642 The international food system and … more →
Merry Christmas chickens
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wrote 3 weeks ago: The new chicken coop arrived today. It should have been a quick and easy delivery, but it wasn … more →
The development of family farm production (AfricaFiles / GRAIN)
wrote 1 month ago: Read at : AfricaFiles Title: Agricultural policies and the development of family farm production Aut … more →
A Feeling of History & Innovation, Independence & Community
wrote 1 month ago: Steve Chapman talks to Janice about his life as a farmer. The landscape differences never strike me … more →
Lamb chops
wrote 1 month ago: lamb chops with feta cheese … more →
Pumpkin pie from scratch
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wrote 1 month ago: lard rendered from our pigs- lard makes the best crusts- AND its from our farm! … more →
Mint and tomatillo sauce
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Lamb, for Thanksgiving?
wrote 1 month ago: Why not! When that is what you have, that is what you eat. Tonight we had a wonderful leg of lamb … more →
What is keeping us from laying out community gardens or kitchen gardens in all the refugee camps ? (Willem VAN COTTHEM)
wrote 1 month ago: My heart bleeds when reading the preceding article on the malnourished children in that refugee camp … more →
To fast or not to fast, that may be the question (Willem VAN COTTHEM)
wrote 1 month ago: Did you too get FAO’s message on Wednesday Nov. 11, 2009 ? “The UN Food and Agriculture … more →
Sustained investment in smallholder agriculture key to food security (UNNews / FAO / IDB / Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brasil)
wrote 1 month ago: Read at : UNNews NEW AGREEMENTS WILL DELIVER FUNDS, EXPERTISE TO HELP UN COMBAT HUNGER New York, Nov … more →
We can also have food security with small kitchen gardens (Willem VAN COTTHEM)
wrote 1 month ago: After reading the preceding article on the excellent publications of FAO and IFPRI, commented by Afr … more →
I've only got eyes for ewe
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MALNUTRITION AND THE HEARTBEAT FOR SCHOOL GARDENS (Willem VAN COTTHEM)
wrote 2 months ago: Every now and then we read about the huge problem of malnourished children being at great risk of co … more →
SENEGAL: Youth who refuse to farm (IRINNews)
wrote 2 months ago: Read at : IRINNews SENEGAL: Youth who refuse to farm ZIGUINCHOR, 4 November 2009 (IRIN) – Land … more →
Community gardens or kitchen gardens to combat hunger (Willem Van Cotthem)
wrote 2 months ago: Saving families from chronic lack of vitamins and mineral elements : installing a small kitchen gard … more →
