A garden that looks like a meth amphetamine lab

...ne not employing slave labor. Forget about creating a mini Versailles–it’s time to get down to business and grow stuff you can eat. Our new criteria for success in gardens is this–a garden must simultaneously provide food for our table and habitat for beneficial wildlife, and it must take care of itself with a minimum amount of human intervention. We also need to start growing food everywhere we can. There’s an ugly concrete patio just off our bac...

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Post Petroleum Lecture – a reminder

...hich human communities relate to nature. Place: Audubon Center at Debs Park 4700 Griffin Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90031 Time:10:00 AM Cost:$10 on-line $15 at the door Instructions for payment: RSVP and pay on-line using PayPal www.sustainablehabitats.org Should you not be able to make it, Bates will be appearing the next day at the Los Angeles Eco-Village on Sunday March 25th at 8 pm. There is a suggested donation of $10 for the lecture. The Los Angel...

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Notes on Mark Bittman’s “Behind the Scenes of What We Eat”

...ee change at that level for twenty years–and that’s the best case scenario timeline. Change at the local level (city, state, school district, etc.) is much easier and is a good place to focus. Erik and I have seen that over and over again around here. It is possible for us all to take action on the local level to support the sale and distribution of healthy food. Here’s a few of his recommendations for policy change: Transparency in labeling, in a...

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