Victory Garden

A New Generation of Victory Gardens: NRDC's Sustainable Food Awards Show Emergence of Urban Farming

Jonathan Kaplan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nrdc Growing Green Awards, Growing Green Awards, Garden, Gardening, Sustainable Food, Victory Gardens, Victory Garden, Green News
Jonathan Kaplan

During World War II, Americans planted over 20 million victory gardens, producing 8 million tons of food. With a 21st century revolution in urban farming, the victory garden may be making a comeback

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Get Your Shovels Ready! Join the 350 Garden Challenge

Naomi Starkman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sonoma County, Local Food, 350.Org, Water Conservation, Community Organizing, Gardening, Victory Garden, Food Security, Green News
Naomi Starkman

All across the nation people are converting their front and backyards, vacant lots, and other spaces into thriving and productive food gardens. To hel...

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Can DIY Become Tradition or is Canning Just the New Sewing?

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: faircompanies.com, Canning, Organic Farm, Spain, Diy, Gardening, Local Food, Green News, Transition Town, Victory Garden, Green News
Kirsten Dirksen

Maybe re-learning to make things and grow things needs to be done for the acts themselves. Maybe we'd actually be happier being a bit more connected, even at the price of convenience.

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Lawns Versus Gardens In Beverly Hills

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: La, Organic Farming, Farming, Sustainable Food, White House Garden, Michelle Obama, Sustainable Agriculture, Lawn, Beverly Hills, Gardening, White House Vegetable Garden, Victory Garden, Healthy Living News
Susan Smalley, Ph.D.

I have something in common with Michelle Obama, a brand new vegetable garden in my back yard. Mine was started by my 21 year old son, home from colle...

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What's With Our Obsession with Michelle's Clothes?

Linda Buzzell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ecotherapy, White House Garden, Michelle Obama, Michelle Obama Style, Victory Garden, Style News
Linda Buzzell

Today's news includes a great picture of Michelle working up a sweat in her garden as she tends her veggies. But folks still insist on commenting mostly on what she's wearing.

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Can Artists Save The World?

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Tom Stoppard, Toni Beatty, White House, Michael Pollan, Grassroots, New Radicals, Garden, Careers, Mexico, Artists, Obama, Julia Moulden, Victory Garden, The Giving Life, Healthy Living News
Julia Moulden

A photograph of me circa 1977 hangs over my desk. It was taken by Toni Beatty, an American photographer I met when we shared adjoining villas and a g...

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Claim Your Land: Start A Kitchen Garden With Free Seeds

Hillary Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sowing the Seeds, Michelle Obama, Ferry Morse, Earth Day, Gardening, Barack Obama, Wal-Mart, Victory Garden, Eating Matters, Environment, Green Living, Giy, Green News
Hillary Newman

To help spread the message, Wal-Mart and Ferry-Morse Seed Company have teamed up to send the first 500 readers of this article three packets of starter seeds. Be one of them!

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A Food Revolution in the Making, from Victory Gardens to the White House Lawn

Michael Pollan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nrdc, Michelle Obama, Michael Pollan, Local Food, White House Garden, Sustainable Food, In Defense of Food, Agriculture, Sustainable Agriculture, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Gardening, Local Farmers, Victory Garden, Victory Gardens, Green News
Michael Pollan

If we want to make significant progress in reducing global warming we will need to wean the American food system off its heavy diet of fossil fuel and put it back on a diet of solar energy.

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Grow A Lot Of Potatoes In Very Little Space

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farming, Gardening, Green Living, Potatoes, Growing Potatoes, Giy, Victory Garden, Green News

Who says you need a huge garden to grow a whole lot of potatoes? Nobody--at least not anymore. Turns out you can grow up to 100 lbs of potatoes, and a...

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Obama Garden Watch II: 8 Culinary Herbs To Revitalize Your Health And Palate

Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Herbs in White House Garden, White House Garden List, Herbs, White House Kitchen Garden, Health Benefits Herbs, Michelle Obama, Michelle Obama Garden, Victory Garden, White House Garden, Wellness, Healthy Living News
Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald

It seems that our culture's most popular flavorings are sugar, salt, pepper, ketchup, and mustard. A common attempt we see at using a fresh culinary h...

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Michelle Obama Gardens With Kids Again, Plants Seedlings

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michelle Obama, White House Garden, Kitchen Garden, Victory Garden, Urban Farming, Eating Matters, Green News

WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama planted the first fruit and vegetable seedlings in the new White House garden Thursday, assisted by a gro...

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The 10 Easiest Vegetables To Grow At Home

EcoSalon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food, Farming, Vegetable Garden, Urban Gardening, Giy, Victory Garden, Green News

Gardening is hot, hot, hot. And why not? Planting a few seeds on your deck or in your backyard yields delicious, organic results - and money savings, ...

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The Obamas Get Their Hands Dirty

Dr. Brent Ridge | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: White House, Kitchen Gardeners International, Landreth Seed Company, Heirloom Vegetables, Eleanor Roosevelt, Obama, Sharon Springs, Gardening, Dr. Brent, Beekman 1802, Victory Garden, Healthy Living News
Dr. Brent Ridge

The Obamas' garden is victoriously symbolic; gardening is about more than better health, safer foods, and environmental stewardship.

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The Michelle Touch That Floored A Kitchen Garden Advocate

The Atlantic Food Channel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michelle Obama, Alice Waters, White House Kitchen Garden, Eating Matters, Victory Garden, Green News

Part of the reason she had "spent all day long in this exhilarated place," she told me, was seeing the children in the pictures. The other cause she w...

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How To Grow An Edible Garden (VIDEO)

msn.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kitchen Garden, Video, Eating Matters, Food, Today Show Vegetable Garden, Green Living, Giy, Victory Garden, Green News

The first lady plants a vegetable garden at the White House and the country hops-to -- that's the idea, right? Well, the media isn't going to get in...

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Waters-gate? Alice Waters' Controversial Role in the Obama Vegetable Garden

Alison Stein Wellner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Media Criticism, New York Times, Alice Waters, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, Gourmet Magazine, Victory Garden, Style News
Alison Stein Wellner

Alice Waters is a polarizing figure; in foodie circles, people seem to either revere her or think she's a ruthless hack. And she's definitely been embroiled in the eating politics of the Obamas.

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White House Kitchen Garden Starts Friday

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, White House, White House Kitchen Garden, Victory Garden, Urban Farming, Obama Garden, Green Living, White House Garden, Green News

WASHINGTON — The White House is getting a new garden. First lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to break ground Friday on a new garden near the fo...

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The "White House Organic Vegetables Brand"?

A. Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Organic Gardening, Gardening, White House Garden, Michelle Obama, Victory Garden, Green News
A. Siegel

Michelle will be digging up part of the White House lawn for an organic vegetable garden. While the food from the garden will help feed the first family, the savings on the grocery bill isn't the driving force.

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White House Veggie Garden On The Way

blogs.abcnews.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farming, White House Veggie Garden, Eating Matters, Obama Garden, Food, Green Living, White House Victory Garden, Victory Garden, Green News

ABC News' Brian Hartman Reports: President Obama's latest shovel-ready project is close to home -- in fact, right in his own yard. In an effort to pro...

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5 Things To Do Post-Vote (No Matter Who Is Winning)

Graham Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eco-Party, Composting, Green Living, Biking, Tree Planting, Farmers Markets, Victory Garden, Green News
Graham Hill

There are alternatives to this anticipation marathon of watching and waiting. Here are a few things you can do today for the planet after you've done your bit for the country.

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Seed Sales Rise As Americans Turn To Victory Gardens

Home & Garden | Erik Lacitis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Money Garden, Economy, Victory Garden, Food, Green Living, Recession, Giy, Green News

The economy is the only topic of conversation nowadays. Maybe not intentionally, but it's hard not to picture dollar amounts next to every event, meal...

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After the Green Economy, Green Security

Chip Ward | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Natural Disasters, Homeland Security, Victory Gardens, Hurricane Katrina, Victory Garden, Green Homeland Security, Green News
Chip Ward

Isn't it time that we green-ed homeland security? I'm not talking about cops wearing recycled Kevlar recharging their Tasers via solar panels.

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My Foodie Idol Anthony Bourdain Gives My Green Foodie Idol Alice Waters the Foie Gras Bird

Waylon Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farmers' Market, Slow Food, Whole Foods, Local Food, Foie Gras, Green, Environment, Alice Waters, Foodie, Poor, Eco, Anthony Bourdain, Rich, Victory Garden, Video, Green News
Waylon Lewis

Don't denigrate our Alice Waters, Tony -- she is the real thing.

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Landshare: Got A Garden? Need A Garden?

Treehugger.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Local Food, Landsharing, Environment, Eco Garden, Landfit, Gardening, Landshare, Victory Garden, Green News

It is a simple and optimistic idea. People register their interest as a grower, a spotter --someone who has seen land in their area that may be suitab...

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An Obama Victory Garden

Isabel Cowles | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama White House, White House Garden, Obama Garden, Victory Garden, Economy, Green, Sustainability, Food, Green Living, Barack Obama, Green News
Isabel Cowles

After he saves the economy, begins timely withdrawals from Iraq and negotiates with unruly world leaders, Mr. Obama ought to get his hands dirty by planting a White House vegetable garden.

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