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If one mayor represented all of Alameda and Contra Costa counties, that person's 2.5 million constituents would live in the country's fourth-largest city. And just as these East Bay counties are very different from the rest of the San Francisco...
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Four Season Growing: A Garden Cornucopianew
Now that you are either tending or contemplating a fall garden for freshly grown, organic crops, you might consider four-season farming for year-round food.
Jackson Free Press |
Jim Pathfinder Ewing |
10-01-2012 |
Gardening
Tags: Growing Vegetables
Soil Test This Fallnew
Testing the soil in a vegetable garden is quickly done, and the benefits are long-term. University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator Richard Hentschel said that if the soil is right, gardeners should be able to produce fresh vegetables all season long.
Illinois Times |
Staff |
09-25-2012 |
Environment
Sowing the Future: International Seed Saving Daynew
Just as farmers in the developing world are facing challenges to their old way of cultivation, so are those in the developed world. With more and more of the seed for our major food crops being developed and sold by fewer and larger companies, the loss of diversity is just as troublesome here.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Virginia Hayes |
02-02-2009 |
Gardening
School Garden Programs Hope to Change Kids' Relationship with Foodnew
If there's a downside to teaching children how to nurture a green, nutritious school garden, it's hard to fathom. The list of touted benefits is lengthy: students reap fresh air and physical exercise, hands-on participation, awareness of the natural environment, so called "school bonding," and an unprecedented taste for raw spinach.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dina Maccabee |
04-16-2008 |
Food+Drink
Resourceful Home Brewers Grow Their Own Ingredientsnew
Growing some of the plants needed for that five-gallon batch of beer will bring new meaning to the term hand-crafted. Plus, growing your own beer ingredients is a great way to brew green.
Isthmus |
Robin Shepard |
04-14-2008 |
Food+Drink
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CSAs 2.0new
Community-supported agriculture doesn't have to stop at fruits and vegetables.
East Bay Express |
Ellen Cushing |
04-07-2013 |
Food+Drink
B.A.D. Girls Work Out to Wreck Itnew
Put away your fishnets and break out your weights — it's the new era of roller derby.
East Bay Express |
Azeen Ghorayshi |
02-28-2013 |
Recreation
Cracking Oakland's Codenew
Can a group of hackers figure out new answers to the city's old problems?
East Bay Express |
Azeen Ghorayshi |
01-02-2013 |
Tech
The Year Oakland Explodednew
For the first time in recent memory, Oakland's being noticed for its culture, not its crime rate. Is that a good thing?
East Bay Express |
Ellen Cushing |
12-19-2012 |
Art
Tags: Oakland, Occupy Oakland
Alameda County Courts the Hackersnew
A nationwide open-data initiative is coming to the East Bay.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
12-07-2012 |
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