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By Pia Hinckle While damage varied from state to state and even within the same county, Tropical Storm Irene hit many farms from North Carolina to Vermont hard. Growers reported everything from flooded fields and broken trees to collapsed sheds and damaged fruit. Unrepaired roads, washed out bridges and power outages still occurring in some [...]
EAST Night Hike & Campfire for Adults Sep 16 Philadelphia, PA Tasting Fest – Locally Grown September 21 New York, NY Fall Butterflies at Confluence of Potomac and Occoquan September 25 Woodbridge, VA WEST Helping Businesses Grow Healthy September 7 San Jose, CA Butterflies and Bulldozers – film screening September 28 San Francisco, CA Learn [...]
WEST Dr. Vandana Shiva Talk Sep 14 San Rafael, CA Heirloom Tomato Festival Sep 10 Santa Rosa, CA Cool+Cloudy Herbs: Growing Herbs in San Francisco Aug 31 San Francisco, CA EAST Fair Food Farm Tour Sep 17 Philadelphia, PA Tomato Peak Party Sep 3 Camden-Wyoming, DE National Honeybee Awareness Day Aug 20 Plumsteadville, PA CENTRAL [...]
By Judith Redmond of Full Belly Farm, courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop The 24th annual Hoes Down Harvest Festival falls on Saturday October 1st this year. Folks up and down the Capay Valley organize this extravaganza as a way of showcasing and celebrating all the elements that make our rural Capay Valley extra special. [...]
WEST EatReal LA Jul 16-17 Los Angeles, CA Basics of Back Yard Pruning Jul 23 San Francisco, CA Nicasio History Talk & Reservoir Hike Jul 16 Nicasio, CA SOUTHWEST Desert Botanical Garden Flashlight Tours Saturdays thru Sep Phoenix, AZ Dance Day Fundraiser Jul 30 Phoenix, AZ Splash Mob 5K Jul 23 Tempe, AZ CENTRAL Homemade [...]
High Line gets high marks By Pia Hinckle New York has become a leader in urban green renewal. On a visit in June, I found that most of Broadway is now a bicycle path, Times Square is a pedestrian mall, and on the West Side, an abandoned elevated train track has become a garden. The [...]
WEST Watermelon Spitting & Tug of War Ardenwood Farm, Fremont CA July 4th 1900′s style celebration at Ardenwood Historic Farm with fiddle music, and contests and games like nail-driving, bucket brigade and watermelon seed spitting. SOUTHWEST 4th of July Celebration Schnepf Farm, Queen Creek AZ July 4th Celebrate the good old fashioned way! CENTRAL Last Day [...]
House cuts will hurt farmers By Judith Redmond, courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop On June 17th, the House of Representatives passed its proposal for fiscal year 2012 agriculture spending. In the agricultural ‘discretionary’ budget, the House voted to cut nearly $3 billion from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the FDA. Combined with [...]
NATIONAL National Trails Day June 5 EAST Culinary Historians: Food of Spain June 8 New York, NY Homegrown – Bands, Preserves, Bumblebee Costumes June 11 Brooklyn, NY TechMUNCH June 11 New York, NY Fore! The Planet thru Sept 25 Philadelphia, PA CENTRAL Landscape Designer Piet Oudolf June 7 Chicago, IL Father’s Day Overnight on the [...]
NATIONAL Bike to Work Day May 12 WEST Making Food Fun – DooF-a-Palooza May 22 Oakland, CA Tofu Treats and Other Stories May 15 Los Angeles Wildlife Science Seminar May 16 Seattle, WA CENTRAL Green Festival May 14-15 Chicago, IL Night of Ideas May 12 Evanston, IL Pollinator Garden Design May 21 Columbus, OH EAST [...]
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