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- 03/10/12 - Peru hits back at Monsanto - decade ban
- 03/08/12 - Shut Down Monsanto! Global Actions March 2012
- 03/07/12 - Update - Connecticut Legislation for Our Right to Know About GMOs
- 03/07/12 - California Ballot Initiative to Require Labeling of Genetically Engineered Food Signature Gathering Efforts Gains Serious Momentum
- 03/07/12 - Genetically Modified Labeling is Topic of Petition
- 03/07/12 - Update - California Ballot Initiative to Label GMOs
- 03/07/12 - If the Biotech Industry is So Proud of GMOs, Why Don't They Tout GMOs on Food Packaging Labels?
- 03/06/12 - Atrazine, 2,4-D, and the Pitchfork Rebellion Against Pesticides
- 03/06/12 - Heartfelt Letter to the OSGATA Farmers, Seed Growers and Farm Groups
- 03/06/12 - GMO Food Labeling Measure Draws Early Cash; Initiative Would Label Genetically Modified Foods
- 03/05/12 - Anonymous Targets Biotech Giant Monsanto with Database Raid
- 03/04/12 - Another View: Genetically Modified Foods Should be Labeled
- 03/04/12 - GM Food Labeling Advocates Attacking Issue from All Sides
- 03/03/12 - Push to Label Genetically Modified Food Gains Traction
- 03/02/12 - Connecticut Legislators Push for GMO Labeling Law
- 03/02/12 - Genetic Crimes Unit to Investigate Expo West Trade Show
- 03/01/12 - Who is the Biggest "Corporate Fool" of 2012?
- 02/29/12 - Occupy DC Protesters Arrested Outside Monsanto
- 02/29/12 - Stop Monsanto's Harassment of Non-GMO Farmers! Support the Farmer Protection Act!
- 02/28/12 - Organics Under Threat? : Oregon County Weighs GMO Ban
- 02/28/12 - Judge Sides With Monsanto: Ridicules Farmers' Right to Grow Food Without Fear, Contamination and Economic Harm
- 02/28/12 - GMOs with 'Stacked Traits' Exponentially More Harmful to Humans Due to Synergistic Toxicity
- 02/27/12 - Monsanto's Glyphosate Kills Rat Testis Cells
- 02/26/12 - It's Signature Time: Label GMOs Initiative Inches Closer To 2012 Ballot
- 02/26/12 - USDA Wants to Fast-Track Approvals Of GMOs
- 02/26/12 - Monsanto Tumbles Down
- 02/26/12 - Forewarned is Forearmed: Veggies Owned by Monsanto
- 02/25/12 - Monsanto Vows $93M to Nitro Residents
- 02/23/12 - How To Occupy Cargill
- 02/23/12 - Dow and Monsanto Join Forces to Poison America's Heartland
- 02/23/12 - Bill Gates: We Need Genetically Modified Seeds & OCA's Response: We Need Organic, Not GMO Crops
- 02/22/12 - GMO-Labeling Game Plan: California or Bust!
- 02/22/12 - Sitting in Starbucks, Eating GMOs
- 02/21/12 - France to EU: Stop Monsanto's Corn
- 02/21/12 - White House Refuses to Release Email From Monsanto-Linked Lobbyist
- 02/21/12 - Debate: Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods
- 02/20/12 - Monsanto's Minions Attack CA's Right to Know About GMOs
- 02/20/12 - Stand with Farmers vs Monsanto
- 02/20/12 - Unspinning the Web of Spider-Goat
- 02/20/12 - California State Grange Supports GMO Labeling for November Ballot
- 02/20/12 - CSPI Urges Moveon.org to Revise Michael Taylor Petition
- 02/17/12 - The Spark Behind the California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act of 2012
- 02/17/12 - Correction: Boulder County Agrees To Allow Some GMOs On Public Land
- 02/16/12 - GMO Crops Remain a Global Failure
- 02/14/12 - Farmers Sue Monsanto Over GMO Patents
- 02/14/12 - University of Florida Should Denounce Biotech Company Monsanto
- 02/14/12 - White House, US Courts & EPA Shaft Veterans to Protect Monsanto
- 02/13/12 - Monsanto Court Case Stirs French Pesticide Debate
- 02/12/12 - Boulder, Colorado Bans Growing of GMO Crops
- 02/12/12 - Dow AgroSciences' New GM Corn: The Return of Agent Orange?
- 02/10/12 - Elliott Negin: Monsanto's Great Expectations (and Not-So-Great Results)
- 02/10/12 - GM Crops: Follow the Money
- 02/10/12 - Testing Expert Says Labeling GMOs Does Not Increase Food Costs
- 02/08/12 - Genetically Modified Crops had Bumper Year in 2011
- 02/08/12 - Vermont Introduces Monumental GMO Labeling Legislation
- 02/08/12 - Ask Congress to Support the Just Label It FDA Petition
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14 good reasons why I choose Not to Dig
Started by gael.bage. Last reply by Peter Donahue Jun 12, 2012. 7 Replies 5 Likes
I don't dig, I have raised beds with sloping sides and I cover the beds with a layer of home made compost topped with a thick natural mulch, usually straw, dried weeds that have not seeded, and plant residue after harvesting. I leave roots in the soil to add nutrition, decompose naturally and open drainage channels. I avoid walking on the beds to avoid compaction of the soil. In my experience this method has many advantages....1 Helps moderate the soil temperature2 Enhances the growth of fruit…Continue
Euorpean One Straw Revolution
Started by Andy McLellan Feb 18, 2012. 0 Replies 1 Like
This short video is a great example of how to use Fukuoka's One Straw Revolution principles in a European setting. I will be using this in my new cottage garden in the UK.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugFd1JdFaE0&feature=g-vrec&context=G28d3e2dRVAAAAAAAADQContinue
Tags: dig, no, revolution, straw, one
Euorpean One Straw Revolution
Started by Andy McLellan Feb 18, 2012. 0 Replies 0 Likes
This short video is a great example of how to use Fukuoka's One Straw Revolution principles in a European setting. I will be using this in my new cottage garden in the UK.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugFd1JdFaE0&feature=g-vrec&context=G28d3e2dRVAAAAAAAADQContinue
Tags: dig, no, revolution, straw, one
Organic in a City
Started by Jeffrey Lynn Damon. Last reply by sonsofkong Feb 17, 2012. 11 Replies 2 Likes
Solutions, Idea's, and way's to grow and produce your own food in a city setting? Especially in apartment settings where you cannot have your own garden.Any Solutions?Grocery stores or Farmers markets that sell organic food?Continue
Permaculture/Polyculture - growing a variety of plants together in one space
Started by pqxzyvr. Last reply by Occupixie Feb 7, 2012. 10 Replies 2 Likes
I'm really interested in this type of gardening it seems most like what happens in untouched nature. And, from what I understand, it improves the yield and nutritional quality of whatever you're growing and can be done in a way to provide a natural defense against plant diseases or insect predators making pesticides unnecessary. I'm just starting out learning about this so don't have much to offer myself right now but if anyone knows more and can suggest books, etc. that would be great! :)Continue
Healthy soil = healthy plants = healthy people
Started by gael.bage Jan 5, 2012. 0 Replies 0 Likes
healthy soil is the basis of a healthy tree of life, it means working closely with the natural systemhttp://www.soilfoodweb.com/sfi_approach1.htmla fukoaka inspired garden which allows the natural soil food web processes to increase your soils fertility and adds depth nutrients and structure to your soil. This method also makes weeding much easier and supresses them. The thick mulch conserves moisture in times of drought and prevents…Continue
Hydroponics & Aquaponics
Started by Occupixie. Last reply by Occupixie Jan 5, 2012. 1 Reply 1 Like
Post any info/vids/articles etc on hydro&aquaponics, here's a nice vid on DIY aquaponic greenhouses:Continue
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Comment by Andy McLellan on February 20, 2012 at 22:21 -
Good guide to companion planting. From Australia but crop plants are pretty common.
http://deepgreenpermaculture.com/companion-planting/companion-plant...
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Comment by rick todd on February 10, 2012 at 22:07 -
Hi, i've done some urban gardening. but, what is needed now is for people to organize urban peraculture. it is a collective task; if we try to keep the illusion of individualism and just ad on "sustainability" the revolution will fail and we will perish alone. our competitive advantage is our instinct for cooperation; we must need stop cooperating in our own enslavement, delivering ourselves dailly into the hands of those who can not love us.
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Comment by tc on February 8, 2012 at 4:15
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that vid is cool, tho i wish it showed more of what a see bomb is and how to make them, what seeds to use in your area...etc, great start. the biggest thing to me is get the right plants in the right stops and don't forget about them, go back and water them :)
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Comment by tc on February 8, 2012 at 4:12
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who cares what ads are on the side, they are helping to get seeds into the ground them i'm happy about that. the fact is that many companies are doing good thing to help off set the damage they do, the shit side is that the work in a $ $$$ world where they feel like they have to do some bad to do some good which altho is stupid, it's what $ tends to do to people
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Comment by Ksainz Wildernightsbooks on February 8, 2012 at 3:35 -
interesting - just saw this in the FB OcTheDirt http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kQdhvQsVdG4
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Comment by gael.bage on February 3, 2012 at 14:13 -
inauguration of natural farming training centre in tanil nadu
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Comment by Occupixie on January 31, 2012 at 23:26 -
thanks for the link amali will add it to the videos page :):)
btw guys also added loads more to the guides/pdf books section check it out :) x
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Comment by Amali on January 26, 2012 at 7:11 -
a great film i think you'll appreciate and enjoy watching.
see link below for more info.
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Comment by Occupixie on January 25, 2012 at 16:50
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violet those pics are lovely!! amazing job :) gna brighten up liverpool one allotment at a time ;P
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Comment by violet maze on January 25, 2012 at 13:04 -
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2180445505215.122079.1069... here are facebook photos of our community allotment in Liverpool UK
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Nature Isn't Silly
Posted by Barb Dwyer on May 16, 2013 at 2:30 3 Comments 0 Likes
Where to begin…first - I apologize for this being so LONG everyone knows I hate wordy drawn out blogs so ... karma? Who knows.
There’s a small retaining pond behind the college apartments. I go back there several times a day; it’s a good area that forces me to have a bit of a walk. …
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15th Official Toronto Marijuana March
Posted by TerryX on May 11, 2013 at 14:26 0 Comments 0 Likes
The Importance Of Reverse Phone Lookup.
Posted by Valentin Stokes on May 3, 2013 at 13:27 0 Comments 0 Likes
The first three digits of the phone number would also help them locate the owner of the phone number. The thing is that if they had just run a phone number lookup, they could have found each other! Before you get any ideas, let me tell you that these sites are perfectly legal and also offer their services free of cost. This happens to many different people all over the world and many of them don't know how they can identify these pranksters. It's extremely… Continue
We are supposed to be in this together!
Posted by Nette Mom on April 26, 2013 at 20:55 0 Comments 0 Likes
I was just endiing a campaign in Michigan against our Governor, and wondered what more was out there, what more can I do to help make my country the place I used to love, when I stumbled across a thing called Livestream, where people with the same purpose (supposedly) or like mindness could come together, chat, discuss, plan, and act and I was to say the least, excited. I started chatting and made so many friends and it was then I realized, that I had been wrapped up in my own small…
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