Thursday, April 21, 2011

Organic News 04-21-11


Solar Energy Trumps Traditional Recycling: Searches on Yahoo! Green Indicate ...
TradersHuddle.com
Consumers are more interested in solar energy and organic green living this year with searches for “solar energy” spiking 208% and “wind power” up 1307% this month on Yahoo!. Wind & Sun, The New Green. Women may be more interested in organic food and ...
St. Pete boutique gives moms a break
Tbo.com
What she came up with is both a shop – whimsical blabla dolls, soft organic clothing, candy-colored cloth diapers – and a wellness center that promotes healthy living and connects moms and dads to resources available in their community. ...

Tbo.com
Organic farming: A labor of love proves profitable
Medill Reports: Chicago
Brockman admitted that the labor-intensive lifestyle necessary to generate a comfortable living from organic farming is not for everyone. Recently, a fellow organic farmer in Brockman's county had to sell his land because the income did not justify the ...
Garden for your life
Garner News
A memoirist, magazine and book editor, and freelance writer, Ellen LaConte has been published in numerous magazines and trade journals on subjects ranging from organic gardening and alternative technologies to the evolution of consciousness, ...
A Visit to My Kitchen: Jamie Oliver
Huffington Post (blog)
Living organic is a tricky thing. I want people to buy the best they can get access to. Sometimes that's local, sometimes organic. I want to make sure all people have access to fresh food--and that your government does a better job in making the best ...
Mother Earth News Fair Draws Eco-Experts to Puyallup
PR Web (press release)
The Fair is sponsored by Bon Ami, Organic Valley, Mitsubishi, Ball Jar, Backwoods Home and Pangreen. Mother Earth News is the Original Guide to Living Wisely. Topics include organic gardening, do-it-yourself projects, cutting energy costs, ...
Organic Grocer To Open New Store In Oklahoma City
News On 6
The store will feature fresh local produce, all-natural meats and seafood, a deli, and natural living health and wellness products. Sunflower's executives promise the market will offer Oklahoma City customers these all natural and organic groceries at ...
The miracle of biochar
Chinook Observer
Pyrolysis is the process of using high temperatures – 390 to 570 F – to decompose organic material in the absence of oxygen. (The word is from the Greek “pyr” for fire and “lysis” for separating.) Extreme pyrolysis of organic substances – producing gas ...
Certified organic coffee not always best deal for farmers
Vancouver Sun
Munroe said that over the past decade, he has seen real improvements in the standard of living of farmers due to higher prices for beans and a policy of mixed farming that provides both food for local families and cash crops. ...
Reflections of a gardening realist
Daily Astorian
One might expect an article about organic gardening to have household remedies as substitutes for noxious pesticides. Sojourner Smith's approach, in her organic garden tucked away on the edge of Willapa Bay, begins instead with a philosophy, ...