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January 29, 2010
It’s a smaller world than before

Just this month the front cover of Forbes called Monsanto “Seed Heroes”.

(hack, cough, cough) Balderdash.

I may buy a copy just so I can frame that cover as evidence that Forbes has abandoned even the pretext of journalistic integrity and cannot be trusted to be truthful in any matter whatsoever.

The linked video, about the effects of chemical farming in India, is instructive. I know that your time is valuable. I’m asking for 30 minutes of it with the promise that I will not waste even a single minute. Start by viewing the video for the first 26 minutes.

Read on, my gardening friend. Read on …

Filed under: Chemical Farming,Farming,Food Law,Food Politics,Food Safety,Food Science,Recycling,Soil Science,
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February 7, 2009
Welcome, New Gardener

With the economic situation what it is, likely there are many first-time or returning gardeners searching the internet for tips this year. That is good. But there are many sites that are long on eye-candy and conjecture and short on facts.

1) Many sites will refer to compost as ‘fertilizer’. While most of my readers know better, new gardeners might get hood-winked. With an NPK macro-nutrient rating of 1-1-1, “fertilizer” is the worst of all possible reasons for using compost. Read on, my gardening friend. Read on …

Filed under: Composting,Doo-dads,Motivation,NoKontera,Recycling,Tools & Devices,
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September 9, 2008
That’s a lot of chicken ‘stuff’

I just now Stumbled upon this posting from a fellow in Europe. Does anyone know what they do with the biomass left over after the methane digester is done with it?

http://conceptpop.com/80000-homes-powered-by-chicken-manure#comment-1387
Read on, my gardening friend. Read on …

Filed under: Economics,Methane,Recycling,
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