An Acre Plus: Invitation to a Growing Life
Peg Moran, a flower farmer from coastal Connecicut, leads you though a season of flowers.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Organic farming: ridicule, discussion, adoption
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Organic Gardening and Farming , packed with practical advice about compost heaps, chicken manure, and earthworms, languished in the early ...
Monday, April 21, 2014
J.I. Rodale
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Rodale stumbled upon Sir Howard’s book in 1941. By 1942, Rodale had Organic Gardening and Farming up and running. The new magazine held ...
Friday, April 18, 2014
The Soil and Health
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A second movement, organic agriculture, also has roots in the 1940s. Instead of finding its beginning in repurposing army munitions, howeve...
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Nitrates for bombs become nitrates for industrial agriculture
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In the United States today, two completely different agriculture systems exist side by side: industrial agriculture, typified by the almond ...
Friday, March 28, 2014
Bees work a longer season
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Modern industrial beekeepers keep their charges hard at work pollinating and discourage honey production. As a substitute for honey, an art...
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Too busy to care
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As Interstate 5 passes through almond orchards near Bakersfield, I watch carefully for hive-boxes. I easily spot the squat white forms, abo...
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Bees turn almond flowers into nuts
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Almond trees require an insect intermediary to pollinate its flowers. An almond flower is only an inch and a half across. Only a bee ca...
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