The Food and Flowers Freedom Act

...out flowers? According to the California Cut Flower Commission, 80% of the flowers we buy are imported from overseas. Imported flowers are not tested for pesticide residues. Let urban farmers meet the rising demand for fresh, organic flowers! Urban farmers can meet the needs of people for more locally grown, sustainably raised, pesticide-free food and flowers. We have the climate; we have the space. ACTION: Please take a moment to support the Food...

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Flowers from Vegetables

...l periwinkle blue flowers which are about 2″ (5cm) across– classic chicory flowers. The bees adore these flowers. What’s more, this plant has been blossoming continuously for months now–at least 3 months. Unfortunately I didn’t mark down when it started, but it’s been at least 3 months by now, maybe 4. It’s given me lots of joy. In our yard the flower stalks have interwoven with grape and bean vines, adding a lot of color to a corner of our patio....

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Making It

...ctions for a wide range of projects, from building a 99-cent solar oven to making your own laundry soap to instructions for brewing beer. Making It is the go-to source for post-consumer living activities that are fun, inexpensive and eminently doable. Our goal in this book was to provide really stripped down, simple projects that use only inexpensive, easy to source materials. We also tried to use the same materials and ingredients over and over a...

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Putting Your Civic House in Order: How the Young Members of the Family Help

...ant lot by four little girls who are growing wise in the practical lore of making flowers bloom where weeds once flourished: Their efforts won a prize in the Los Angeles campaign for civic beauty. Officially the Los Angeles City and County Improvement Contest began with Planting Day in September, nineteen hundred and fourteen. However, in the city during the fall and winter of nineteen hundred and thirteen and fourteen the schools had organized th...

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035 Local Flowers with Tara Kolla of Silver Lake Farms

...ses why you should care where your flowers come from. Tara grows and sells flowers right in the heart of Los Angeles. You can find her flowers at the Hollywood Farmers Market and at a pop-up that will take place at Valerie in Echo Park on February 13th and 14th. During the podcast we discuss: Marsala, the Official Pantone color of 2015 Andean Free Trade Agreement The Fifty Mile Bouquet by Debra Prinzing Sue Keating and sweet peas Hashtags: #losang...

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