Harvesting

Rooftop Farm Report: Winter Is Not Bee Season

Dave Snyder | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Healthy Eating, Urban Beekeeping, Honey, Local Food, Urban Farming, Restaurants, Agriculture, Chicago, Rooftop Farms, Sustainability, Oganic-Food, Gardening, Honeybees, Harvesting, Chicago News
Dave Snyder

Honeybees are hardy, and given good conditions, such as a large population and plenty of honey storage, they generally make it through the winter. At least that's how it's supposed to go.

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Bountiful Ocean Requires Conservation Plan

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dr. Reese Halter

Each of us can make a huge difference with our buying habits. As voters and consumers, we can exercise a unanimous voice for the conservation of all wild fish stocks and life within the ocean.

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Certified Organic: The Inspection

Dave Snyder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dining Out, Certified-Organic, Urban Farming, Farmers Markets, Sustainability, Buying Local, Urban Agriculture, Harvesting, Chicago News
Dave Snyder

Mary I. Wilson, Accredited Organic Inspector, showed up this morning at ten minutes to 9:00 AM. Being up there with a farm inspector made me see the space with new eyes.

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Summer Growing

Dave Snyder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rain, Organic Farming, Organic Food, Sustainable Food, Summer, Urban Farming, Farmers Markets, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainability, Rooftop Gardens, Sustainable Farming, Organic Eating, Harvesting, Chicago News
Dave Snyder

Farmers will tell you there's a weird quiet time in the summer. Between the manic planting schedule of the spring and the busy harvest time lies a pacific period in the early summer.

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Beer Prices: Steady Despite Hops Surplus

oregonlive.com | John Foyston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farming, Beer, Agriculture, Washington, Crop Shortage, Oregon, Hops, Harvesting, Business News

The hops shortage of 2007 is over, buried in a glut of unsold hops. Don't expect craft beer prices to follow -- the $5 pint and $9 six-pack are likely...

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Amazing Pumpkins To Prepare For Halloween! (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jack-O-Lantern, Slidepoll, Biggest Pumpkin, Big Pumpkin Competition, Pick-Your-Own, Food, Pumpkin, Fall, Pumpkins, Harvesting, Green News

Hooray! Fall is here and Halloween is just around the corner! HuffPost Green gathered these awesome pumpkin photos in order to celebrate the beautiful...

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Thanksgiving: Celebrating The Harvest

Donna Henes | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Native Americans, Festivals, Giving Thanks, Pilgrims, Children, Harvesting, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Games, Healthy Living News
Donna Henes

Ultimately, all harvest festivities celebrate one more season of our tenuous survival. We have managed to live through another year. Another fertile period has passed in our favor.

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Autumn Harvests From Around The World

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fall Equinox, India, Lake Constance, France, Bulgaria, Slidehuge, Slidepoll, Agriculture, Autumn, First Day of Fall, Grapes, Wheat, Fall Starts, Germany, Middle America, September 22 2009, Pumpkins, Sugar-Beets, Tobacco, Fall September 22 2009, September 22 First Day of Fall, Radishes, What's the First Day of Fall, Farming, Afghanistan, Crops, Corn, Apples, Fall 2009, Harvesting, Maine, Rice, Local Food, Green News, Autumn Equinox, Food, Vietnam, Belarus, Slideshow, Green News

With the first day of fall upon us, we put together a tribute to the autumn harvest. From grapes and tobacco found in Bulgaria to coconuts from India...

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The Giving Garden

Bridget Mason and Kayomi Wada | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Helping the Needy, Children, Sustainable Food, Economy, Sustainable Agriculture, Community, Obama Service, Mlk, Mlk Day Service Day, Call to Service, Obama Call to Service, Giving Back to the Community, University of Washington Tacoma, Obama Canvassing, Farms, Volunteering, Kids, Service, Giving Back, Vegetables, Financial Crisis, Community Organizing, Poor, Gardening, Teaching, Learning, Volunteering for Obama, Farming, Community Service, Low-Income, Economic Crisis, War, Martin Luther King Jr., Science, Washington State, Barack Obama, MLK Day of Service, Harvesting, Helping the Poor, Tacoma, Organic Food, Martin Luther King, Fruit, Homelessness, Environment, Food, Sustainability, Mlk Day Community Service, Japanese, Donations, Gardens, Canvassing, Healthy Living News
Bridget Mason and Kayomi Wada

Judging by the almost 80 volunteers who came out to build a garden in Downtown Tacoma, I would have to say there are a lot of Americans out there just waiting for an opportunity to give back!

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40,000 Pick Free Vegetables At Colorado Farm

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gleaning, Farming, Food Matters, Politics of Food, Eating Matters, Economic Crisis, Green News, Agriculture, Vegetables, Environment, Colorado, Harvesting, Food, Green News

A farm couple got a huge surprise when they opened their fields to anyone who wanted to pick up free vegetables left over after the harvest -- 40,000 ...

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Natural Misconceptions

Haley Alexander van Oosten | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Rose Perfume, Organic Perfume, Perfume Plant Cultivation, Pure Essences, Fragrance Market, Perfume, Natural Perfume, Rose, Fruit Fragrances, Lab, Rose Oil, Chemists, Grasse, Synthetic Fragrance, Harvesting, Healthy Living News
Haley Alexander van Oosten

Over the last century, perfumery has transitioned from its 4,000 year old history of relying solely on natural raw material usage to an almost entirely man-made, synthetic chemical palette.

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