Posted in Environment, News, Way Off Topic on Monday, April 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’ve been trying not to blog about politics but every now and then I succumb to the odd irresistible headline. Today’s NYT science blog, Dot Earth, headlines with this jewel that nearly made me choke on my tea: “President Appears to Seek a Warming Legacy.” (registration might be required for the NYT.)
Wait, wait….as in GLOBAL [...]
Posted in News on Sunday, February 17, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Yet another reason to plan a road trip to Washington, DC. I haven’t been in at least 15 years, and I’ve been meaning to go visit the museums. Now there’s one more to add to the list: the Smithsonian is opening a $3million butterfly exhibit! The exhibit “Butterflies + Plants: Partners in Evolution” features a [...]
Posted in Environment, News on Thursday, May 3, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Although my yoga teacher is laboring to impress upon me the concept of ahimsa, which means non-violence in thoughts as well as deeds, I am unable to control my gloating and self-satisfaction over Julie MacDonald’s recent resignation as public enemy of wildlife #1 deputy assistant secretary of the Department of Fish & Wildlife Service. Bwaa [...]
Posted in News, Sustainable Farming on Monday, July 3, 2006 | 1 Comment »
A tip of the hat to the organic supermarket chain Whole Foods Market, which recently took a big step towards supporting the local food movement.
It started when food journalist extraordinaire Michael Pollan, who I greatly admire (or is that whom?), recently took Whole Foods to task for supporting what he calls the “industrial organic” movement. [...]
Posted in News, Sustainable Farming on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 | 4 Comments »
I'm back to the blog after several days absence…I had a visitor from California and no time to blog. Checking the news as I return to my PC, it looks like the long arm of the LA police has finally caught up with the local farmers at South Central Farm in Los Angeles.
Posted in Corporate Farming & GMO, Food, Garden Reading, News on Friday, June 9, 2006 | 2 Comments »
If any of you have ever read anything by Michael Pollan, you’ll appreciate his recent article in the New York Times on the organic food that’s now available at Wal-Mart. Michael is nothing if not fair–in his inimitable style, he discusses the good, the bad, & the ugly.
Posted in General, News on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 | 2 Comments »
A story from earlier this month that I came across on HealthDay confirms that gardening is good for the body and spirit:
There are oodles of benefits — both physical and mental — that come from the range of activities associated with gardening.
See? Oodles. That's real science.
Posted in News on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Calling all fellow Ro Dilandahs…Rhode Island has new source for information about nature & the environment: Natural News Network–Rhode Island's "only fresh, local, all-natural news source." RI's green community is growing and this is a great way for us all to stay connected.
Posted in General, News on Friday, April 28, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Sunscreen is (or should be) a really important to gardeners and other outdoors-people. A couple of bloggers and readers yakked about it this topic this week on this and other blogs, and it was so interesting that I thought I'd summarize for others. It started because Veggie Guy was wondering about organic and/or natural sunscreens [...]
Posted in Environment, News on Monday, April 24, 2006 | 17 Comments »
An interesting article in today's New York Times discusses the efforts of a small engine manufacturer and their Congressional patron to keep from having to make changes to lawn mower engines that will decrease air pollution. This link allows you to read the article without registering–it's the same article reprinted in a Gainesville, Fla. newspaper.
Posted in General, News on Sunday, April 23, 2006 | 2 Comments »
I spent a few hours pruning trees and planting perennials at Cumberland Public Library, a beautiful old building that's a former Trappist monastery. The URI master gardeners maintain a small garden there. Then I spent the afternoon in Hope Valley at the offices of the Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association. URI has a program called Watershed Watch [...]
Posted in General, News on Saturday, April 22, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Have you hugged your planet today?
Image courtesy of NASA/National Space Science Data Center
Posted in Corporate Farming & GMO, News, Sustainable Farming on Saturday, April 15, 2006 | No Comments »
Tom Philpott at the Gristmill blog wrote a few days ago about the implications of the 2007 Farm Bill for small-scale farmers. He discusses two reports recently released by the USDA's Economic Research Service. I haven't read either of the reports yet, but Economic Well-Being of Farm Households and Growing Farm Size and the Distribution [...]
Posted in Corporate Farming & GMO, Environment, News on Monday, April 10, 2006 | No Comments »
Reuters reported last week that the Delaware Audubon Society, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and the Center for Food Safety have banded together and sued the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and its parent department, the U.S. Department of the Interior, for illegally growing genetically modified crops in a national wildlife refuge located in [...]
Posted in Environment, News on Sunday, April 9, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Three cheers for our northern neighbors! Last week the final phase of Quebec's Pesticide Management Code went into effect. The code bans the use in Quebec of 20 chemicals that are commonly used in home pesticides. The result is that 210 (!!) lawn care products that use harmful synthetic chemicals are now OFF THE MARKET [...]
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