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Field Trips February 2013

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WEST Food Crafting with Citrus San Francisco, CA Feb 23 Green Living Workshop  Santa Monica, CA begins March 12 Quest for Sustainable Oceans Berkeley, CA March 21 EAST New Year Chinatown Walking Tour New York, NY Feb 23 Intro to Rain Gardens Glenside, PA Feb 23 Citizen Tree-Planter Qualifying Course Washington, DC March 2 CENTRAL/MIDWEST [...]

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Where does my fruit come from?

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The FruitGuys buys the best produce we can find from small and local farms whenever possible. Our regional hubs (San Francisco, Chicago, Phoenix, Philadelphia) allow us to create local networks of farms and produce wholesalers so that we can deliver produce that is grown as local as possible. The farms that participate in our Farm [...]

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Hold on to Your Hat! Seeking Rhythm in Transition

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By Andrew Brait of Full Belly Farm, courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop My son’s 8th grade class recently celebrated graduation from middle school with a trip to an amusement park. When asked about the day, he remarked, “It was wild, Dad, kind of like our life on the farm.” If farming and seasonal production [...]

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The Lemon Lady

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Karen Morss Traded Silicon and Lemons By Heidi Lewis Karen Morss is called the Lemon Lady. She started her suburban Emerald Hills, CA (San Mateo County), organic citrus farm, Lemon Ladies Orchard, in 2004. She has done her part breaking glass ceilings in boardrooms and the wild blue yonder with careers as a software entrepreneur [...]

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Field Trips

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WEST Heirloom Apple Tasting – Passport Style Nov 7 Santa Cruz, CA Culinary Historians Lecture Nov 13 Los Angeles, CA Green Seattle Day Nov 6 Seattle, WA EAST Tree Walk – Brooklyn Botanic Nov 20 Brooklyn, NY How to Grow Fresh Air Nov 13 Storrs, CT Green Government Expo Nov 9-10 Washington, DC CENTRAL Sustainable [...]

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GoodWorks in Action

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Join us for our first Farm Steward Project of 2010 on the west coast at E&M Farm, growers of sweet and delicious nectarines and peaches, in beautiful Vernalis, CA. Come help us install six owl boxes while you learn about the owls in the area and the important role they play in rodent control. If you [...]

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Spring Hopes Eternal

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Will winter ever end? Baby blossoms have just emerged yet we are pelted with yet another cold rain shower. California is often accused of having two seasons – wet and dry. In truth there is a huge grey scale when you survey all the microclimates of the state. As there is no balmy vegetable Shangri-La, [...]

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Events

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EAST Natural Ornaments “Critter” Sale Dec 5 & 6 Chadds Ford, PA Kamishibai (Paper Dramas) Workshop Dec 6 Washington, DC Sustainable MTA Uses of Groundwater Dec 9 New York, NY CENTRAL Winter Farmer’s Market Dec 6 & 20 Chicago, IL Holiday Crafts from the Farm for Kids Dec 12 Caledonia, IL Evanston Food Policy Council [...]

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