NYT comments on us Carhartt-wearers

A MUST-READ about our generation's interest in farming, what what!

check out their sweatshirts! burning kumquat patch reenactment!!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/fashion/16farmer.html?

ex=1206504000&en=3e74905409f1e43b&ei=5070&emc=eta1

IRRIGATION!

Irrigation information from IrrigationTutorials.com


From http://www.irrigationtutorials.com/dripguide.htm


Oregon State University - components and some manufacturer spec's

MPR Supply Company (map) - St Louis distributer

Eating locally grows new roots-- StL Post-Dispatch

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/FE96AFD73FCF759F862573F300111539?OpenDocument

Local Food, is it always best?

Check out is article. It says local food is not necessarily better for the environment than food that's traveled thousands of miles. What do you think?

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/06/opinion/edmcwilliams.php

Two more resources

American Community Gardening Association:

www.communitygarden.org/index.php

check out learn -> resources-> articles for old school pdfs full of info

Urban Gardening Help:

urbangardeinghelp.com

Good overview and links from there

Agroecology In Action

http://www.agroeco.org/ - a scientific discipline that uses ecological theory to study, design, manage and evaluate agricultural systems that are productive but also resource conserving

Site with online courses and other resources

America's only cuisine?

"So many great souls have passed off the scene. The world has changed. We are now faced with picking up the pieces and trying to put them into shape, document them so the present-day young generation can see what southern food was like. The foundation on which it rested was pure ingredients, open-pollinated seed--planted and replanted for generations--natural fertilizers. We grew the seeds of what we ate, we worked with love and care."
-from Edna Lewis' essay about southern food featured in Gourmet magazine's Januray issue