Thank You Chicago!

...ce article about me. Bayne’s also the force behind Soup and Bread, a pot luck which takes place during the winter at a tavern. Folks bring soup and everybody chips in a donation that benefits a Chicago food bank. It’s a Depression 2.0 idea that needs to be cloned in other cities. And, of course, thanks to the Green Roof Growers, who prove that you can grow food without a yard....

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Saturday Linkages: Sidewalk Koi, Papercrete, Jaywalking and How to Grow Fresh Air

...to-grow-fresh-air/ … Secret Garden of Survival – How to Grow a Camouflaged Food Forest http://www.naturalbuildingblog.com/secret-garden-of-survival-how-to-grow-a-camouflaged-food-forest/ … How Flora Grubb and an Airport DJ Saved My Soul by Allen Bush http://gardenrant.com/2013/07/how-flora-grubb-and-an-airport-dj-saved-my-soul.html?utm_source=feedly … Troubles On Rooftops, a Rival for Utilities http://nyti.ms/15luRcD The Invention of Jaywalking Wa...

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Saturday Linkages: Don’t seek the truth – just drop your opinions

...… Thoughtstylings Heirloom Apples, Heritage Orchards & Cideries Bring Back Food Diversity and Jobs to Our Communities http://j.mp/VkvZvh World Food Day: A Franciscan Prayer Service on Behalf of Farmers, Farmworkers & Fishers in a Year of Drought http://j.mp/VkvRfl Zen saying: Don’t seek the truth – just drop your opinions. Health and Fitness Fencing may help improve some cognitive functions in older people – Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.co...

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Seeds are from Mars

...exico based company back in 1989, launched a series of organic convenience foods in Europe in 1996 and was purchased by Mars Incorporated, a family owned snack food company in 1997. Last year Mars partnered with Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway (check out that retro B-H website!) to buy Wrigley and create a ginormous financial candy bar. Mmmm, cashy nougats! One of the founders of Seeds of Change, Howard-Yana Shapiro, now serves as director of p...

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