Thursday, April 14, 2011

Organic News 04-14-11

Flowers Come to Life in Talk by Nationally-Known Garden Writer
Patch.com
"The Seed Library is a way for the library to promote sustainable living." Beth Bradley, a volunteer with the Fairfield Organic Teaching Farm, explained how easy it was to extract the seeds of a ripe heirloom Brandywine red tomato, her favorite. ...
Crazy, Sexy Skin Care
PR Newswire (press release)
Followers to Carr's Web site visit for tips and advice on the natural and organic lifestyle. On her acclaimed 'Love List,' Carr reveals her favorite organic products, as well as the things in life for which she is grateful. ...
Green Guide 2011
Weekly Volcano
Organic, local, sustainable, fair trade, eco-friendly, recycled and natural are all terms that fall under the big green umbrella of living what we call a conscious lifestyle. To stop and think about the environmental impact of each of our actions ...
Township resident spreads the word about going green
NorthJersey.com
A self-proclaimed homesteading expert and garden building specialist, Alfieri owns his own local farm with his wife and has six organic gardens. He believes that living a greener, more sustainable life will not only help promote a stronger community ...
Award Winning Author Shannon Kring Buset Joins EarthRise at IONS Conscious ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Workshop participants will indulge in exceptional world class cuisine from the retreat center's permaculture garden featuring organic offerings along with complementary wine pairings. In addition, participants will enjoy dining alfresco among the ...
The Organic Pharmacy's Margo Marrone on Toxins to Avoid
BellaSugar Australia
What are your top tips for living a greener lifestyle? Choose locally grown seasonal organic food — you reduce your exposure to pesticides, you don't develop intolerances because you are eating seasonal and you support the environment through organic ...
Organic love vs. Contract theory
The Yorker
A real relationship to me should be organic. And yes, there are compromises, but these should be effortless and done without thought, because that's what love is. Love is living, happily without questioning the way you feel. ...
If you build it, plants will grow
West Hartford News
... is...inhabited by a prodigious number of living organisms, leading lives of which we can form only the haziest conception yet somehow linked up with our lives.” This micro-herd or soil animals break down organic matter which produces nutrients for ...
GCC to launch agriculture program; classes would address issues of food ...
GazetteNET
Tonight's talk is by Tom Stearns of Vermont-based Center for Agricultural Economy, who is also president of High Mowing Organic Seed Co., and is featured in the recent book, "The Town that Food Saved." He will speak at 6:30 pm at the GCC Downtown ...