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NATIONAL Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Day May 19th WEST Bike to Work Day After Parties Los Angeles, CA May 17th Food Revolution Day – Ferry Building San Francisco, CA May 19th Make Your Own Greek Yogurt and Kefir San Francisco, CA May 30th EAST Pier 54 Opening for Beginner Cyclists New York, NY May 12th [...]

Strawberry Fumigant Removed

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Company Pulls Methyl Iodide From U.S. Market By Heidi Lewis Raise a glass of strawberry lemonade to the defeat of the fumigant methyl iodide! A lengthy campaign by environmentalists, farmers, scientists, doctors, and farm workers to stop the use of fumigants in strawberry production has ended with a significant victory for the environment. On March [...]

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NATIONAL Earth Day April 22nd CENTRAL 5K for Earth Day April 21st Chicago, IL Going Against The Grain: A DIY Fair April 15th, noon-5pm Chicago, IL Hold a Baby Lamb Enjoy Pioneer Farm Saturdays and Sundays in April, 9am-3pm Hampshire, IL WEST Cherry Blossom Festival April 14th – 22nd San Francisco, CA Capay Valley Olive [...]

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WEST Science of Wine April 3 San Francisco, CA Economics of Happiness Conference Mar 23-25 Berkeley, CA Life Extension Conference Mar 31 – April 1 San Francisco, CA CENTRAL Designing Your Urban Rain Garden Mar 13 Chicago, IL Beekeeping Class – Chicago Honey Co-op Mar 10 Chicago, IL Sour Flour – Sourdough starter class Mar [...]

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WEST Lacto Fermentation class – 3 part series San Francisco, CA Feb 13 Exploratorium: Kid Camp Junk Food San Francisco, CA Feb 17 Re-Imagining Agriculture Los Angeles, CA Mar 7 CENTRAL Soap Making Caldonia, IL Feb 18 Greening Humboldt Park Rooftops Chicago, IL Feb 23 Native Plant Seminar Compton Hills, IL Feb 26 Hustle Up [...]

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Nationwide TEDx Changing the Way We Eat Webcast Join or host a viewing party Jan 21 WEST Emerging Land Issues in African Agriculture Palo Alto, CA Jan 12 Stinky Spoke Poker Ride Woodinville, WA Jan 14 High Design, Low Impact – LivingHomes speaker Los Angeles, CA Jan 25 CENTRAL Beekeeping Class Chicago, IL Jan 21 [...]

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EAST Farmer’s Ball NYC Brooklyn, NY Dec 15 Intro to Orienteering New York, NY Dec 17 Centerpiece Workshop Reading, PA Dec 18 WEST For Kids: The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming San Francisco, CA Dec 18 Mushroom Cooking Class at Millennium San Francisco, CA Dec 18 Primitive Firemaking Skills Los Angeles, CA Dec 17 CENTRAL [...]

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Buy Nothing Day Nov 25 Shop Local Nov 26 WEST Free Vegan Thanksgiving Day Meal – Cafe Gratitude San Francisco, CA Nov 24 Tour of Embarcardero’s Green Businesses San Francisco, CA Nov 29 Politics of Food Santa Rosa, CA Nov 30 EAST Haudenosaunee Friendship Day New York, NY Nov 19 Cities Alive – Green Roof [...]

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WEST Reskilling Fair Sebastopol, CA Oct 22 Lecture: State of Change – Early CA Ecosystems Los Angeles, CA Oct 27 Creating Ritual of Family Meals San Francisco, CA Oct 29 CENTRAL Bucktown Apple Pie Contest Chicago, IL Oct 16 Lifeways & Greenways: Connectivity Chicago, IL Oct 28 Opens: Resorting Earth Chicago, IL Nov 4 EAST Asian [...]

The Four Most Important Letters

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By Cassidy Campbell Mueller of Riverdog Farm in Guinda, courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop I bet you’ve heard it before, the big 4 letters so important to farmers, food processors, and eaters: USDA, or the United States Department of Agriculture, which is responsible for the federal government’s policies on agriculture and food. You would [...]