Saturday Linkages: Lemon Peels, Shrub, Duct Tape and the Art of Relaxing

February 16, 2013

Air dried lemon peels from Food in Jars. Preservin’ Air-Dried Lemon Peel http://www.foodinjars.com/2013/02/air-dried-lemon-peel/ … Drinking Vinegars: The Other Kind of Shrub | Garden Rant http://gardenrant.com/2013/02/drinking-vinegars-the-other-kind-of-shrub.html … EDC Solutions for the Everyday Carry of Duct Tape | The Art of Manliness http://artofmanliness.com/2013/02/14/solutions-for-the-everyday-carry-of-duct-tape/ … Relax! Relax! You’ll Be...

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Saturday Linkages: Repair is Beautiful

Mr. Homegrown

January 19, 2013

Miscellaneous

...he-tribe-of-teenager/ … What your New Year’s Resolutions tell us about the way you think – Boing Boing http://boingboing.net/2013/01/16/what-your-new-years-resoluti.html … We’re all gonna die Cheesecake Factory pasta on list of caloric “food porn” http://reut.rs/Wc85xI Get Your S**t Together: improve your life by planning for your death: http://boingboing.net/2013/01/17/get-your-shit-together-improe.html … For these links and more, follow Root Sim...

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Saturday Linkages: Coop Plans, Moonshine and Mercury in Seafood

Mr. Homegrown

December 22, 2012

Saturday Linkages

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...e Mayan Apocalypse Cigarette company endorses apples: http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/cigarette-company-endorses-app.html … Mercury in seafood: Where does it come from? http://grist.org/food/mercury-in-seafood-where-does-it-come-from/#.UM036EuO8V8.twitter … For these links and more, follow Root Simple on Twitter: Follow @rootsimple...

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Bird Flu and Industrial Agriculture

Mr. Homegrown

July 27, 2008

Animals, Chickens

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...poultry keepers such as ourselves are a greater threat. A report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Industrial Livestock Production and Global Health Risks (pdf) lends credence to Dr. Greger’s assertion that the hazard of a bird flu outbreak comes not just from backyard flocks but from large scale livestock operations. It seems logical: pack thousands of immunosupressed birds in a shed and spew their waste into the...

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Farming: One way to try and save Detroit – Dec. 29, 2009

Homegrown Neighbor

January 1, 2010

Urban Farming

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...ss we could do a lot of farming in the city. Land is cheap and abundant. But it sounds cold and we are weak in the face of temperatures below 50 degrees. Farming: One way to try and save Detroit – Dec. 29, 2009...

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