Brewing Demo

January 23, 2009

...eedle in a Haystack brings together an eclectic group of artists exploring community and public space, including our comrade Ari Kletzky of Islands of L.A., with whom we’ll be interacting during the course of the show. At the opening, on Saturday January 24th we’ll be demonstrating how to make a batch of beer with malt extract, a process that anyone can do in their own kitchen. The beer will ferment in the gallery and be served on February 28th at...

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Transition Founder Rob Hopkins in Los Angeles

Mr. Homegrown

September 28, 2013

Events

...ransition-related displays and interaction in the beautiful Emerson Avenue Community Garden, at 80th Place, Westchester 90045 Festival is free. “Just Doing Stuff” Panel 5:00–7:00pm Rob Hopkins’ talk and conversation with friends: Andy Lipkis, founder and director of TreePeople D’artagnan Scorza, executive director of the Social Justice Learning Institute Meghan Sahli-Wells, Culver City Vice-Mayor and core member Transition Culver City Joanne Poyou...

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Shamelessly Tooting Our Own Horn

Mr. Homegrown

October 8, 2006

Fitness

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...i. We’re proud to announce that today one of the SurviveLA clan took second place in the slightly-over-the-hill division with a time of 12:09 (missing the gold by two seconds). Our reward is the ugly medal you see here, the fact that the race proceeds benefited the community programs of the YMCA, and the knowledge that should the shit hit the fan in downtown LA, we can beat the crowds to the heliport. SurviveLA was too obsessed with winning to doc...

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Craig Ponsford Bakes Whole Wheat Ciabatta

Mr. Homegrown

November 22, 2013

Bread, Food

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http://vimeo.com/16189340 Via Community Grains a mini-class by whole wheat baker Craig Ponsford. In this video you’ll see him make a whole wheat ciabatta. Some tips to point out: Ponsford doesn’t knead. Even though you’ll see him use a spiral mixer in this video, he’s incorporating the ingredients with water not kneading them. Developing the flour takes place not through kneading, but instead due to a long fermentation, a wet dough and the foldin...

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Make Magazine: Online and Free

Mr. Homegrown

July 19, 2019

Gardening, Vegetable Gardening, Water and Power

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...Dougherty tells me he’s been overwhelmed by the support shown by the Maker community. For now, licensed Maker Faire events around the world will proceed as planned. Dougherty also says he’s aware of Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey’s interest in funding the company, and a GoFundMe page started for it.] I wrote an article on drip irrigation for Issue 18 and have to say that it was a pleasure to work with the Make editorial team. Unlike other publica...

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