Talk and Vermicomposting Workshop With Nance Klehm Sunday March 8th!

February 15, 2020

Events, Gardening, Permaculture, Vermiculture

...the world. What: A talk by ecological wizard Nance Klehm PLUS an optional vermicomposting workshop Where: St. John’s Cathedral, Los Angeles –514 W. Adams Blvd When: Sunday March 8, 2020 12:30 PM Nance Klehm (socialecologies.net, spontaneousvegetation.net) is a an ecological systems designer who has worked to heal degraded soil around the world, from her home neighborhood of Little Village, Chicago to the rain forests of Ecuador. Join her at St. J...

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Urban Homestead Trademarks Cancelled!

Mr. Homegrown

March 31, 2017

Urban Homestead Trademark Dispute

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After six years of legal wrangling, “urban homestead” and “urban homesteading” belong to us all. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has cancelled the trademarks thanks to the hard work of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the law firm of Winston & Strawn. Here’s the press release from the Electronic Frontier Foundation: Urban Homesteaders Win Cancellation of Bogus Trademarks Global Community Had Faced Baseless Legal Claims and Content Remo...

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Free Vermicomposting Workshop in Pasadena

Mrs. Homegrown

November 28, 2013

Events

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...anings from you individual experimenting, and problems and questions about vermicomposting. 10:30am/Failures. Then I’ll walk everyone through the various worm contraptions that I’ve developed over the last two years and how each failed miserably (I’ve killed a lot of worms!) 10:45am/My Current Method. Then we’ll break into groups and work step-by-step through my current method, which is currently producing 50 gals of casitings/mo. 11:30 am/Smokey...

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Looking for the Union Label

Mr. Homegrown

September 12, 2007

Domesticus

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...d a highly catchy ad jingle from the roller disco era, “Look for the Union Label” (youngsters can watch it on youtube here). We looked for the union label and we were surprised to find it via a company called Union House which carries a functional, if unexciting line of apparel. Unless hipsters take to golf shirts in an ironic fashion judo move, these offerings will never be cool like the domestically made clothes made by the union busting folks o...

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The Urban Homestead

Mrs. Homegrown

June 1, 2010

Publications

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...and your local indie bookstore This celebrated, essential handbook for the urban homesteading movement shows how to grow and preserve your own food, clean your house without toxins, raise chickens, gain energy independence, and more. Step-by-step projects, tips, and anecdotes will help get you started homesteading immediately. The Urban Homestead is also a guidebook to the larger movement and will point you to the best books and internet resources...

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