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Blogs about: Organic Agriculture

Convolvulaceae, Ipomoea aquatica, water spinach, bwere-mlungu (Chonyl), balanbal (Somali), chamarirobia (Sanya)

anthromes wrote 5 days ago: The prostrate, much-branched Ipomoea aquatica is a plant associated with wetlands, as the latin spec … more →

Tags: East Africa, Edible, Flora, Leaves, Southeast Asia, Africa, Agroforestry, animal fodder, Aquaculture

IN GOOD HEALTH AND IN BAD1 comment

walkingwithwolf wrote 1 week ago: The leaves, having attended their annual costume party,  have been whipping around, making that inev … more →

Tags: Social commentary, Cancer, development, finding solutions, Guatemala, health of the planet, Information, Lake Atitlan, leaves

SIA Schedule in Witzenhausen

corywhitney wrote 2 weeks ago: Witzenhausen is a small town with a satellite campus for the study of Agriculture and has been a cen … more →

Tags: witzenhausen, Göttingen, international organic agriculture, Sustainable International Agriculture, Qype, DITSL, FiBL, Hessen, Kassel

Fall for Garlic, Surprise Spring

shadowphenyx wrote 2 weeks ago: (Photo via Shepherd’s Notebook) Les amis, you’re all invited to come and plant garlic wi … more →

Tags: Food, Urban Agriculture, urban gardening, local agriculture, Food sovereignty, Health and Wellness, Conferences and Events.., Toronto, Food Security

FoodCycles for "A" Soil Education

shadowphenyx wrote 2 weeks ago: Vince McDermott did a short video on what FoodCycles does! Wow, he got a whole tour down to the … more →

Tags: Food, Agriculture, Urban Agriculture, Environment / Sustainability, urban gardening, Compost, local agriculture, Soil Management, Food sovereignty

Jamaican Natural and Organic Agriculture Policy Being Planned

Trudy Prevost wrote 3 weeks ago: “There is scope for the development and growth of natural and organic agriculture in Jamaica t … more →

Tags: Healthy Living, Natural Living, ecological living, Sustainable living, Caribbean, West Indies, natural foods, organic farming, eco-living

Putting the last first

Trudy Prevost wrote 3 weeks ago: On the occasion of the World Food Day, agro-industry proposes a second green revolution based on gen … more →

Tags: Healthy Living, eco-farm, eco-living, ecological living, Food Security, Green Living, organic farming, rural poor, Sustainable living

Marketing US Organic Foods

Trudy Prevost wrote 3 weeks ago: “The marketing boom pushed retail sales of organic foods up to $21.1 billion in 2008 from $3.6 … more →

Tags: organic farming, organic food, marketing organic products, handling organic products, organic supply chain, producing organic products, organic price premiums, USDA

Organic farm offers internships to students

purdueorganicandalternative wrote 3 weeks ago: from: dailybeacon.utk.edu “The UT Department of Agriculture is looking for five interns intere … more →

Tags: Marketing, Tennessee, Production, Scholarship, Intership

World Food Day (16 October): superfood in Provence8 comments

Minnie wrote 1 month ago: Dried, powdered spirulina Have you heard of spirulina? If you – like me – hadn’t, spirul … more →

Tags: Jean-Bernard Simian, Life in France, provence, spirulina, SuperFoods, World Hunger

China Organic Agriculture’s Green Future

purdueorganicandalternative wrote 1 month ago: from: sumfolio.com “China Organic Agriculture, Inc. (CNOA) is growing like a weed after enteri … more →

Tags: China

Organic demand outstrips supply

purdueorganicandalternative wrote 1 month ago: from: capitalpress.com “Although the economic downturn may have squeezed some consumers out of … more →

Tags: Demand, Economics, Livestock, Marketing, organic food, organic industry, Supply, USDA

Eat This Recession for Breakfast

shadowphenyx wrote 1 month ago: How can city and country farming be the key to fixing the economy? How can it give a real alternativ … more →

Tags: Agriculture, Economics, Food, Food sovereignty, gardening, Green Business, local agriculture, Urban Agriculture, urban gardening

How to Screw Your Food Supply ...

shadowphenyx wrote 1 month ago: What’s fascinating is that we’ve grown the same 3 crops (corn, wheat and rice) over and … more →

Tags: Food, Agriculture, Environment / Sustainability, Soil Management, Food sovereignty, climate change, Society, sustainability, technology

Throw a Local Food Party within 30 km.

shadowphenyx wrote 1 month ago: FoodCycles prepares coleslaw, kale salad, the veggies platters, roasted vegetables and pumpkin and c … more →

Tags: Food, Agriculture, Urban Agriculture, local agriculture, Conferences and Events.., Videófilm, sustainability, Youth, cooking

Miles McEvoy named National Organic Program deputy administrator

purdueorganicandalternative wrote 1 month ago: from: thepacker.com “The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s organic program will have a new depu … more →

Tags: organic food, USDA, National Organic Program, Miles McEvoy, deputy

OTA Member Becomes Head of USDA's National Organic Program

purdueorganicandalternative wrote 1 month ago: from: gourmetretailer.com Miles McEvoy, a member of the Organic Trade Association (OTA), has been ch … more →

Tags: organic farming, Organic Trade Association, Standards, labels, National Organic Program, Mile McEvoy

How to Build Your Own FoodCycles Farm!

shadowphenyx wrote 2 months ago: FoodCycles is holding a last minute September strategy-work bee-”say hello” meeting Satu … more →

Tags: Urban Agriculture, urban gardening, organizational, Vermicomposting, Food sovereignty, social enterprise, Food Security, Videófilm, Community Development

"Sustainability quest"

klokk wrote 2 months ago: American Indina Child in tradtional dress (http://www.erenlai.com/media/articles/ma_indians01_en.jpg … more →

Tags: american indians, 'International Conference on Building Healthy, Cultural Preservation, Indian Country Today, renewable energy, Sustainable American Indian Communities', Sustainable communites through meditation, Sustainablity


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