Hoping to start composting but not sure where to begin?
Already composting but not getting the results you want?
Want answers to your composting questions?
Come to Cymple Gardens (formerly Gardener’s Edge) Sunday May 19 for an intimate, 1-hour workshop led by Compost Experience Officer Chris Cano of Gainesville Compost.
You’ll learn in one hour what has taken us [...]
Come join Forage Farm to celebrate what’s great about our community! Live music geared toward kids from great local bands, local food, arts and crafts, nature walks, food and garden workshops, kids activities, and more! All proceeds from event benefit Forage outreach programs and the Gainesville Seed Library! Tickets sold at the door $15. Kids [...]
The Florida Coalition for Peace and Justice is developing a Sustainable Living Center in Hampton, about 20 miles north of Gainesville toward Starke. They have built a Peace Education Center and two eco-homes.
Their board recently approved a project that would harvest the pine trees on the property in order to establish a longleaf pine ecosystem demonstration project. When the harvest occurs [...]
By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN
for the NY Times
Published: May 11, 2013
DEL AIRE, Calif. — Fruit looms large in the California psyche. Since the 1800s, dewy images of oranges, lemons and other fruits have been a lure for seekers of the state’s postcard essence, symbols of fertile land, felicitous climate and the possibilities of pleasure.
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Spend a relaxing afternoon with tours of the farm, food and craft demos, and an Eat Local Challenge garden tea party with local and seasonal refreshments. Co-sponsored by Forage Farm, Blue Oven Kitchens and Hogtown HomeGrown. Pre-registration required, fee of $40 to cover costs. Contact Stefanie for more info: hogtownhomegrown@gmail.com
Join your fellow community members at Highlands Community Garden (1001 Northeast 16th Ave) every Sunday at noon for good company and work (fun) in the garden. They currently have 14 vegetable beds and are working to create more. They hope that this site will become a hub for the varied groups in Gainesville working to [...]
Pattie Baker has a goal:
I’m trying to encourage the creation of 50 new food pantry gardens by my 50th birthday (around August 1). I offer tips and shout-outs. It doesn’t have to be big–a pot of herbs or a 4×8 raised bed counts (and then just see what grows from there!). See here for my [...]
The Alachua County Extension Office will be holding a Florida-Friendly landscaping class. Perennial plants can be low maintenance, add color, and attract butterflies and hummingbirds to the yard. Attendees will learn how to create a perennial garden that is beautiful and Florida-Friendly. There is no cost to attend these classes, space is limited, so pre-register [...]
This class, offered by the Alachua County Cooperative Extension Office, will cover growing traditional herbs such as parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme and venture into a few more exotic types. This event will take place at the Alachua County Public Library Headquarters, 401 East University Avenue, Gainesville. There is no cost to attend these classes, but [...]
Tom Henry of the Toledo Blade profiles God’s work through a nun’s hands:
BRYAN — As she sticks her hands into topsoil, Sister Rita Wienken is oblivious to the chill that lingers after months of frost.
She feels the warmth of God’s love.
“Soil is the skin of Earth and is alive with thousands of species whose relationships [...]
The Alachua County Cooperative Extension Office will be offering a Florida friendly landscaping class at the Extension Office, 2800 NE 39 Avenue, Gainesville. Attendees will learn how to put the right plant in the right place with native shrubs and trees. This class will cover selecting and using native plants in the landscape. There is [...]
The Student Compost Cooperative will be hosting an open house this
friday April 12th from 4pm to 6pm at the UF Energy Research and
Education Park. The address is 2610 SW 23rd Terrace Gainesville, FL.
This time around we are showcasing home gardening of the potted,
vertical, and hydroponic varieties. We will be building a hydroponic
window farm, a potato [...]
Chris Cano and Steven Kanner cycle through Gainesville regularly, collecting garbage that they turn into gold.
Black gold, that is.
It’s a term some gardeners use when referring to compost, and it’s created by mixing the right amount of brown material, such as dried leaves, with green material, such as plant-based food scraps.
The result is nutrient-rich, dark, [...]
Eternally Edible Landscaping Club is will be hosting a potluck for gardeners at the Student Agricultural Gardens off Museum Road on campus. Though gardeners with a plot at this location are strongly encouraged to attend, the event is open to any local gardener growing edibles. Participants should provide a dish prepared with produce from their [...]
The 2013 Spring Plant Sale will be held on Saturday, March 16 and Sunday, March 17 from 9AM – 4PM in theGreenhouse complex, next to Fifield Hall off Hull Road. The Spring Plant Sale will offer landscape plants, bedding plants, trees, ornamentals, foliage plants, and dorm room plants, all for sale thanks to the donations [...]
Growing your own vegetables is rewarding and fun. Learn what crops to grow in your spring garden and about the efficient technique of growing your vegetables in raised beds. This event will be repeated on Wednesday, February 13. Both events will take place at the Alachua County Cooperative Extension Office, 2800 NE 39 Avenue, Gainesville. There is no cost for this class, pre-register [...]
THE CLEAN WATER ACT
Because Everybody Lives Downstream
In June 1969, Cleveland’s Cuyahoga River caught fire. A few weeks later, a Time magazine report described the river as “Chocolate-brown, oily, bubbling with subsurface gases, it oozes rather than flows.” This was a dramatic illustration of the state of the nation’s waterways. At that time, industrial waste and [...]
Michael Pollan writes on labeling GMOs and California’s Prop 37:
One of the more interesting things we will learn on Nov. 6 is whether or not there is a “food movement” in America worthy of the name — that is, an organized force in our politics capable of demanding change in the food system. People like [...]
Mother Jones takes a look at California’s Prop 37:
You’d be forgiven for not noticing—unless you live in California, where you’ve likely been bombarded by geotargeted web ads and TV spots—but this election could spur a revolution in the way our food is made. Proposition 37, a popular Golden State ballot initiative, would require the labeling [...]
Care2 Make a difference reports:
Remember the Farm Aid concerts from the 1980s? Did you know this year’s concert took place last weekend in Hershey, Pennsylvania, where Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews gathered to perform? Farm Aid is the longest running benefit concert series in America, but they’re not getting the press [...]
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