Community and Environment Meetups in Dallas Metroplex this Week
Anyone who says the folks in the Dallas Metroplex aren't waking up to the power and potential of urban farming obviously hasn't heard of these events. If you are really interested in seeing aquaponic...
View ArticleFOOD AND HEALTH REPORT: What our mothers told us about carrots is even better.
This morning the Nation of Change reports that carrots, beta-carotene are found to reduce heart attack risk and boost heart health. Several epidemiological studies have linked beta-carotene levels with...
View ArticleExperiments in Creating Natural Pesticides
My small little corner of the world has been a pesticide-free zone for four years now--except of course for the recent spraying this past year for mosquitoes by the Garland government which I and the...
View ArticleMore about the Monsanto Protection Act and why the march at 1pm today in Dallas.
The Food Democracy Now and the Center for Food Safety are directing blame at the Senate Appropriations Committee and its chairman, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md. According to reports, many members of...
View ArticleForget the corporate hype about Monsanto and corporate mono-crops “feeding...
For at least the past 20 years if not longer we been sold a line of goods from the politicians in Washington who support industrialized farming techniques and heavy use of pesticides and genetically...
View ArticleVery excited about my food forest! Crazy excited! I can hardly wait until...
It may not look like much of a forest today. . . . but you just wait until next summer! Below is a view of the walkway up to my front door. On the right you can see the raised bed boxes. They contain...
View ArticleLower your pesticide intake by avoiding a few conventionally-grown vegetables.
MORE ON LOWERING YOUR PESTICIDE INTAKE: If possible it is best for all children to be fed only organically grown produce. 1) Because they are still developing and don't yet have the sophisticated...
View ArticleWho knew? You can eat Marigolds!
My neighbor, Karen knew, but I didn't until yesterday when she told me. See! One can learn a lot merely by chatting with one's neighbors! She came over to see my expanded urban garden beside my back...
View ArticleA New Appreciation for following directions: Update on Mesquite Bread
The Mesquite Bread (cracker?) out of the oven. In the background is Sunday's Harvest from Urban Garden 1. See more detail on the Sunday harvest at EatGreen DFW...
View ArticleThe story of a successful USA Cooperative: Alvarado Street Bakery
Corporate owned mainstream media don't publish many/any stories of successful cooperatives. Thus, most of the people in the USA have the concept of a co-op as an unsuccessful business model left over...
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