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Energy Efficiency v. Renewables: Where Should We Start
30 July 2012 11:02 PM | No Comments
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Garbage in the Ocean
20 July 2012 7:09 PM | No CommentsEver heard of Garbage Island, also known as the Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch? This beautiful infographic explains the impact of our waste on oceans across the globe.
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Farmhand Diaries: An Early End to a Promising Harvest
09 July 2012 10:57 PM | 1 Comment
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Goodbye Bees, Goodbye Humanity
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Sustainable Food Apps: Using Smartphones to Make Green Choices
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Farmhand Diaries: Room to Grow
Posted on March 1, 2012 | No CommentsRoom to grow: It’s time to transplant our berries More than one person has asked: “Why don’t you put your plants in the ground?” Under the right conditions, that would... -
Farmhand Diaries: Weed Control and Sprays Revisited
Posted on February 10, 2012 | No CommentsAs I scrape my shovel into the mass of weeds rising up and around our grow bags, I see earthworms slither away from exposure to sun and burrow down deeper... -
Farmhand Diaries: Wind, Frost and Rain
Posted on January 5, 2012 | No CommentsUnwelcome weather events hit us hard this year and closed out 2011 with a battering in early December of fierce winds—and later—biting frost and rain. Weather challenges from sudden spikes... -
Seafood: Watch!
Posted on January 4, 2012 | No CommentsWhat is alright to eat and what simply is not alright to eat? Simplistic as it may seem, this is a question that has vexed more than its fair share... -
Farmhand Diaries: Water Woes
Posted on November 15, 2011 | No CommentsBy Stacey Warde. Three days of dry heat, wind and no water. Rain is forecast for next week but won’t arrive quickly enough to matter. I need water now. Again,... -
Farmhand Diaries: To Spray, or Not to Spray
Posted on October 26, 2011 | No CommentsBy Stacey Warde. For three years, I’ve managed to control the weeds on our two-acre blueberry enclosure mostly by hand, without the use of herbicides. I’ve learned that a shovel,... -
Farmhand Diaries: Cutting Away The Old Growth
Posted on September 30, 2011 | No CommentsBy Stacey Warde. With the harvest completed, we scratched our heads and wondered: “Now what?” It didn’t take long to come up with an answer. A profusion of growth from... -
Farmhand Diaries: My ‘little hobby’
Posted on September 14, 2011 | No CommentsBy Staff Writer Stacey Warde. It’s been a long haul since we began the harvest of what one customer called my “little hobby.” Two acres of blueberries really isn’t a... -
Agritourism: Defining the “New” Vacation
Posted on August 3, 2011 | No CommentsBy Staff Writer Brendan Pringle. As a “starving student” studying abroad in Italy, I unfortunately discovered agritourism just a little too late. I heard of this type of accommodations on... -
Farmhand Diaries: In Defense of Soil
Posted on December 27, 2010 | No CommentsFarmhand Diaries by Staff Writer Stacey Warde. Whenever someone discovers that I’m growing blueberries, the first question they usually ask is, “Are they organic?” As much as I wish they...