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Turning a monoculture grass lawn into a landscape full of medicinal plants... (what "they" would have you believe are "weeds").
Do your research!

Going to let the coriander bolt, flower and seed. Then I’ll toast and grind the seeds for masala.

View only copy of a garden manual developed a while ago 2011. Happy to make a new editable copy for emerging community food needs.

Greenzona made this google doc to help anyone understand the basics of growing food here in Phoenix. Anywhere really. The next phase of planning for local food needs is to identify spaces for growing food and stocking seeds. Maybe we can add our private lots as a shared use sites for growing food? We have space for a few 40 sqft garden plots in central Phx. Anyone else?

Garden Manual Greenzona Garden Project User's Manual V1.2 1 Growing at Home: the Beauty of Local Food Home and community food production empowers individuals and communities with resilience, self-sufficiency, knowledge and nutrition. Greenzona shares ideas and offers simple, affordable solutions. The indu...

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A disturbing trend in local food news is targeting ethnic groceries for stocking unfamiliar food products. While this story is more about wildlife, even though it is said to be largely farm raised foods, I've always been afraid of this happening in the local food movement. We are not into destroying food cultures. Just a heads up

Virginia’s food fight over live animals A court case involving two store grocery managers is pitting conservationists against a Virginia market that sells live animals and caters to Asian communities.

Some good wins for childhood nutrition

Big Wins for School Food in 2011, Despite Congress This Food Revolution is about saving America's health by changing the way people eat. It's not just a TV show; it's a movement for you, your family and your community. If you care about your kids and their future, take this revolution and make it your own. Educate yourself about food and cooking, an...

Pizza as a vegetable option? I disagree. Why is congress actually pushing back on healthier school lunches? http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/tomato-sauce-pizza-a-vegetable-congress-gop-healthier-school-lunches-expensive-article-1.978339

Tomato sauce on pizza is a vegetable, says Congress; GOP says healthier school lunches are too expe Congress wants to keep pizza and french fries on school lunch lines, fighting back against an Obama administration proposal to make school lunches healthier.

Really?
http://blogs.ocweekly.com/stickaforkinit/2011/02/dervaes_family_sends_out_ridic.php

Dervaes Family Sends Out Ridiculous Press Release Claiming They're Not Trying to Shut Up Urban Homes Say what you will about the dingbat Dervaeses of Pasadena, the family that stirred a national controversy when they decided...

For those of you interested in community gardens here is a great toolkit to get you started.
http://www.nplanonline.org/nplan/products/CommunityGardenToolkit

PHLP Community gardens offer a place where residents can gather to grow fresh foods, socialize with neighbors, and get a little exercise. In many communities, individuals or other private entities (including nonprofit organizations) own land that could be used for community gardens – but landowners may b

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/04/idINIndia-54647520110204

Obesity epidemic risks heart disease tsunami By Julie Steenhuysen and Kate Kelland CHICAGO/LONDON (Reuters) - More than half a billion people, or one in 10 adults worldwide, are obese -- more than double the number in 1980 -- as the obesity

http://t4america.org/blog/2011/01/20/blaming-the-pedestrian-is-in-vogue-today/

Transportation For America » Blaming the pedestrian won’t solve the problem We noted on Twitter this morning a story in the USA Today about pedestrian deaths increasing in 2010, halting a decline that had been going on for quite a few years. The USA Today story took the angle offered from the head of a state safety association (Governors Highway Safety Association) that ped