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Local FOOD BANKS need you - Part 1
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Please see Links below to Ending Hunger, child education, child health, training for women, sustainable technology, organic gardening-farming, recycling, reducing water usuage and good books to read.
Local FOOD BANKS need your help. Luke 10:29 Isaiah 1:17; 1:19
Please grow food in your garden for your Local Food Bank.
We need your help.
WHERE IS MY LOCAL FOOD BANK
To find local groups in your community, consider using various search engines and internet yellow pages directories; using key words: food bank, soup kitchen, hunger group, Union Gospel Missions and the Salvation Army.
Also, consider phoning local churches, social services agencies, and similar organizations. Many local groups helping the poor may be informally organized, and they may not have a phone number or a web site.
If all else fails, consider setting up your own informal group to assist local food banks and others with feeding the poor and the homeless.
Thank you for your help.
HOW TO HELP in your LOCAL Community
GROW A ROW of fresh organic food for your LOCAL Food Bank
http://www.cnh.bc.ca/foodsecurity/grows
http://www.lifecyclesproject.ca/initiat
http://www.stcatharines.ca/recreation/p
http://www.gov.pe.ca/news/getrelease.ph
http://www.compost.org/growarowpressrel
Anyone with a backyard garden can plant extra row and contact your local Gleaners Group for help harvesting or delivering the vegetables from your garden to your Local Food Bank.
SEATTLE P-PATCH PROGRAM for helping Food Banks and the poor
You can copy the Seattle Method, and use it in your LOCAL Neighborhood.
http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/pp
http://www.seattletilth.org
GARDEN-RAISED BOUNTY (GRUB)
You can duplicate their methods in your city.
http://goodgrub.org/youth/index.htm
http://goodgrub.org
http://communitygarden.org
SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY TRAINING FOR WOMEN
http://sarahteach.livejournal.com
FOOD SECURITY links
http://www.foodsecurity.org/links.html
FOOD FOR EVERYONE FOUNDATION
http://foodforeveryone.org
HOW TO: ORGANIC GARDENING
http://wasatchgardens.org/gardenresourc
http://www.howtoorganicgarden.com
ORGANIC GARDENING
Free Organic Gardening Catalog http://www.acresusa.com/other/freesampl
book: How to Grow World Record Tomatoes; by Charles Wilber http://www.acresusa.com
book: Square Foot Gardening; by Mel Bartholomew http://www.squarefootgardening.com
book: Soul of Soil, book; by Joseph Smillie
book: Worms Eat My Garbage; by Mary Appelhof http://www.wormwoman.com http://www.wormdigest.org
book: Compost Tea Manual, 5th edition; by Elaine Ingham http://www.soilsoup.com http://www.soilfoodweb.com http://www.vermico.com/compost_tea_brew
book: An Earth Saving Revolution; by Teruo Higa http://www.effectivemicro-organism
book: Four-Season Harvest; by Eliot Coleman http://www.fourseasonfarm.com http://www.led-grow-master.com http://www.fifthseasongardening.co
book: Bread from Stones; by Michael Olson http://www.acresusa.com http://www.remineralize.org http://www.stonebread.co.nz http://www.uoguelph.ca/rocks http://www.seercentre.org.uk
http://www.gaiagreen.com http://www.soilandhealth.org http://www.wewantrealfood.com http://www.canhealyourself.com/trees.ht
books: Food Not Lawns; by Heather C. Flores
book: Organic Lawn Care Manual; by Paul Tukey http://www.aggrand.guarding-our-earth.c
books: Complete Book of Edible Landscaping; by Rosalind Creasy
books: Edible Flower Garden; by Rosalind Creasy
book: Preventing Deer Damage; by Robert Juhre
Organic insect repellant - Garlic Barrier: http://www.garlicbarrier.com http://www.ghorganics.com http://www.biconet.com http://www.organiclandscape.com http://www.foxfarmfertilizer.com
Organic Weed Killer - 25% Acetic Acid eliminates Weeds: http://www.gardensalive.com/articl
http://www.milkyspore.com/burnout.h
http://india.indymedia.org/en/2005/12/2
Worm Tea: http://www.vermico.com/castings.ht
Sustainable Technology for your community:
Seattle Tilth: http://www.seattletilth.org
http://www.seedsavers.org http://www.wwoof.org http://rswr.org
Microgardens: http://www.carbon.org http://www.echonet.org http://www.neemfoundation.org http://www.moringatrees.org http://www.permaculture.org.uk
For more information, please contact local gardeners and farmers who specialize in Organic gardening, Permaculture gardening, Biodynamic gardening, Japanese Kyusei Nature gardening - Shizen Nouhou, Biointensive gardening, Heirloom gardening-Heritage Seeds, Agroforestry gardening, Organic Hydroponics gardening and Gardening Therapy.
Gardening is micro-climate specific. These means that local gardeners might know of gardening techniques and resources which are helpful for the location you live in. Keep researching, reading, refining your gardening methods and experimenting with different growing techniques.
Eco Gardening technology is changing and improving all the time.
Also, as the climate changes, you may need to learn other gardening techniques for various climates.
http://www.localharvest.org
ORGANIC TECHNOLOGY: FARMING - GARDENING
http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/20
http://india.indymedia.org/en/2005/12/2
http://gamle.indymedia.no/newswire/disp
VOLUNTEER to WORK on ORGANIC FARMS all over the World
http://www.wwoof.org http://www.wwoof.it http://www.wwoof.dk http://www.wwoof.de http://www.wwoof.com.au http://www.wwoof.ca
GLEANER GROUPS IN YOUR COMMUNITY
Please set up a Gleaners Group in your community to pick excess Fresh Organic vegetables and organic fruits from your neighbors' gardens, from local farms and from Farmers Markets for use by your local food bank. Thank you.
http://www.localharvest.org
http://www.gleanerscoalition.org
http://www.gcfb.org/site/News2?page=New
VICTORY GARDENS
International Movement to feed the hungry
http://www.earthlypursuits.com/VictoryG
http://www.cityfarmer.org/grandpasVG.ht
http://sidewalksprouts.wordpress.com/hi
http://www.archive.org/details/victory_
http://www.ezonemag.net/dig
http://www.victoryseeds.com
http://www.fenwayvictorygardens.co
Student James Hardebeck normally spends the summer on vacation, reading or lazing about.
But this summer, he and 10 other Komachin Middle School students are volunteering to tend 18 vegetable beds they're planting for low-income families.
"We have this garden, and we're not using it very much," he said. "There's nothing planted in here but weeds, so it was just a waste. There are people who need what we have."
The students aren't alone this planting season.
Farmers, backyard gardeners and groups across the county have begun planting seeds and tilling land in a unified effort to keep the Thurston County Food Bank's shelves stocked. Farm land that would normally lie fallow and surplus vegetables that would otherwise go to waste have found a new purpose.
The food bank had a record 58,055 client visits last year, said Robert Coit, executive director at the food bank. The number has increased 30 percent a month during the past seven months, in part because higher gasoline prices have forced people to funnel more of their paychecks into fueling their cars to drive to work. At the same time, the food bank has opened satellite sites at two large low-income apartment complexes.
The food bank gets donated produce from growers, but donations ebb in the cold months. So Coit uses cash donations and reserves to buy produce.
In February, Garden-Raised Bounty began pulling local growers together. Some, like GRuB and The Kiwanis Club, had grown for the food bank before. Others were newcomers. Fourteen groups or individual growers are now on board, with the combined goal of growing 30,000 pounds of food this year, said Blue Peetz, GRuB coordinator. The Gleaners Coalition, which dispatches volunteers to help farms harvest excess food, is also a partner.
Planting has begun at GRuB's greenhouse on Elliot Avenue and at The Kiwanis Club's half-acre farm near Mud Bay Road. The Kiwanis Club is the food bank's single largest donor, delivering 15,000 pounds of produce last year. They hope to match or surpass that amount this year, he said.
"It's a fairly productive small patch," said Don Leaf of The Kiwanis Club. "We've been producing fresh produce for the food bank for several years. We try to harvest when things are ripe and not overripe, and try to deliver it immediately."
In Rochester, the Helsing Junction Farm has set aside two acres for the food bank where they've planted carrots, beets, fennel and chard, said Susan Ujcic, co-owner. The Gleaners and H.E.A.R.T. Alternative High School students will help harvest.
The food bank also will benefit from the farm's community-supported agriculture program. Under CSA, members pay monthly for a full or half share and, in return, get weekly produce and flowers, often getting more food than the cost of their share. The farm is matching every $1 that CSA members donate, and the money is used to provide shares to food bank clients.
The Gleaners are organizing a giving garden, where they'll grow herbs and vegetables, at the Olympia Community Gardens and Bentley Farms, said Barry Cannon, who heads the group. The Gleaners will organize work parties to run the garden, its volunteers will keep any harvest they need and the rest will be donated to the food bank and other area emergency food and meal programs.
In addition, the Gleaners will launch a food preparation display starting May 24, where they'll prepare dishes at the food bank using the vegetables and herbs clients receive. They'll serve samples and hand out recipe kits, especially for vegetables people might not be familiar with, like kohlrabi, which is a cabbage that resembles a turnip.
"You give it to somebody and it's a weird-looking thing and people might not know what to do with it," Cannon said. "It's also nutritional teaching. Greens can be cooked so much they turn brown and limp. We'll teach them how to hold the nutrition in the vegetables."
Kiwanis Club member Don Leaf tills the soil Thursday morning as he and other members get ready for planting on their half-acre garden on 11th Avenue.
QUADRUPLING FOOD PRODUCTION - ORGANIC FARMING AND GARDENING
Per a report from Malaysia, crops grown with Volcanic Rock Dust ( http://www.remineralize.org ) and Eeffective Micro-organisms (EM http://www.effectivemicro-organism
References: Permaculture Magazine, #51, Spring 2007; article: Stone Age Science; by Dylan Keating
http://remineral.livejournal.com
http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk
http://www.squarefootgardening.co
book: An Earth Saving Revolution, Vol. 1, Vol 2; by Teruo Higa http://www.emshop.co.nz/em-products-boo
book: Bread from Stones; by Michael Olson http://www.acresusa.com
book: Eco-Farm; by Charles Walters http://www.acresusa.com
book: Worms Eat My Garbage; by Mary Appelhof http://www.wormwoman.com http://www.vermico.com
book: Recycle With Earthworms; by Shelley Grossman http://www.wormbooks.com/all.books.htm
book: The Farmer's Earthworm Handbook; by David Ernst http://www.acresusa.com
Eeffective Micro-organisms: http://www.eminfo.info http://www.emnz.com http://www.emrochina.com http://www.agriton.nl http://www.emro.co.jp http://www.bmecology.com http://www.embiotech.org http://emiko.de
Free organic gardening-farming Catalog: http://www.acresusa.com/other/freesampl
utilizing ORGANIC COMMUNITY GARDENS to feed the hungry
http://www.communitygarden.org.au
http://growinghope.net http://commgardens.meetup.com http://www.communitygarden.org
http://www.ssawg.org/cfs-resource
http://www.hmk.on.ca/plantarow.ht
http://www.seedinternational.com.au/com
http://www.cityfarmer.org/booksales.htm
http://www.longbeachorganic.org/Site/en
http://celosangeles.ucdavis.edu/g
http://www.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/sp
http://news.ucanr.org/newsstoryma
http://www.vegparadise.com/24carrot4.ht
http://www.lta.org/resources/inde
http://www.lta.org/publicpolicy/advocat
Free book: http://www.wasatchgardens.org/Library/C
book: Growing Communities: How to Build Community Through Community Gardening; by Jeanette Abi-Nader
book: Cultivating Community: Principles and Practices for Community Gardening as a Community-Building Tool; by Karen Payne
book: Community Planning Handbook; by N. Wates http://www.eco-logicbooks.com
book: Sustainable Communities; by H. Barton http://www.eco-logicbooks.com
book: Sustainable Community - A Practical Guide http://www.eco-logicbooks.com
book: Common Sense of Community; by D. Atkinson http://www.eco-logicbooks.com
book: Conservation Finance Handbook; by Kim Hopper http://www.chelseagreen.com/2004/i
book: Doing Deals: A Guide to Buying Land for Conservation
book: In Gardens We Trust http://www.tpl.org/tier2_kad.cfm?folder
STARTING a FARMERS MARKET
At your School, Church and Elsewhere
book: New Farmers Market; by Vance Corum
book: Legal Guide for Direct Farm Marketing; by Neil Hamilton
book: Grassroots Marketing; by Shel Horowitz
book: Backyard Market Gardening; by Andrew Lee
book: MetroFarm; by Michael Olson http://www.metrofarm.com
book: Micro Eco-Farming; by Barbara Berst Adams http://www.microecofarming.com
book: Growing and Selling Fresh-Cut Herbs; by Sandie Shores
book: Sharing the Harvest; by Elizabeth Henderson
FOOD COOPS
~How to Set Up a Food Coop at schools, churches etc
book: Food Co-Ops for Small Groups; by Tony Vellela
book: How to Start a Food Co-op; by Karen Zimbelman
http://www.cooperativegrocer.coop/cg_sp
http://www.vegfamily.com/articles/c
http://www.foodcoop500.coop
http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu
http://www.coopdirectory.org/bp003.htm
http://www.flatbushfoodcoop.com/wtsacoo
http://www.foodcoop.coop
http://www.go.coop
http://www.flatbushfoodcoop.com/coops.h
http://www.coopdirectory.org/#Wha
book: Consumer Food Cooperatives; by Ronald Cotterill
~Coop Directory
http://www.coopdirectory.org
http://www.localharvest.org
http://www.cooperativegrocer.coop
~Help Book Online: Common Ground Food Co-op helpbook.prairienet.org/fs010235aa.php
~Journals:
Cooperative Grocer http://www.cooperativegrocer.coop
New Sector, Community and Co-operative Enterprise http://www.newsector.co.uk
Cooperative Business Journal http://www.ncba.coop
~Food Securtiy
http://www.copac.coop/idc/fao-idc2000.h
~Food Share Programs
http://www.sacfoodcoop.com/pages/commun
http://www.sacfoodcoop.com/pages/commun
~School Tours to Food Coops
http://www.foodcoop.coop/index.ph
~Cooperative Development Services
http://www.cdsfood.coop/food/faq
~Federal Grants for Community Food Project, Food Coops
http://www.foodsecurity.org/funding.htm
http://www.davisfood.coop/dccf.ht
http://www.cooperativegrocer.coop/artic
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/nea/food/in_
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/community
BUYERS CLUBS
Creating Buyyers Clubs at schools, churches and communities
http://www.unitedbuyingclubs.com
ORGANIC INSECT CONTROL
~Compost Tea fights plant diseases, insects and increases plant growth http://www.effectivemicro-organis
http://www.vermico.com/compost_tea_brew
~Worm Tea fights plant diseases, organic fertilizers http://www.ourvitalearth.com/worm-tea.h
~book: Soul of Soil; by Grace Gershuny - This book shows that one of the main reason plants are attacked by insects and disease is due to unhealthy soils and growing conditions, and using chemical fertilizers. Please make sure your plants are growing healthy soil. Healthy Plants create their own insect repellents and disease killers.
Healthy Soil: http://soilsoup.com http://www.remineralize.org http://www.eprida.com http://www.effectivemicro-organis
book: How to Grow World Record Tomatoes; by Charles Wilber - The methods in this book apply to all plants.
~Organic Control Systems
Neem http://www.plasmaneem.com http://www.ozonebiotech.com http://www.fortunebiotech.com
Garlic Barrier http://www.garlicbarrier.com
Extremely Green http://www.extremelygreen.com
Biocontrol Network http://www.biconet.com
Milky Spore http://www.milkyspore.com
Planet Natural http://www.planetnatural.com
Nixalite http://www.nixalite.com
Hot Pepper Wax http://www.hotpepperwax.com
Orange Guard http://www.orangeguard.com
Renaissance Herbs http://www.renaissanceherbs.com.a
Greenfire http://www.greenfire.net
ARBICO Organics http://www.arbico-organics.com
Beneficial Insectary http://www.insectary.com
Beneficial Insects http://www.thebeneficialinsectco.c
A-1 Unique Insect Control http://www.a-1unique.com
Rincon-Vitova http://www.rinconvitova.com
Bethurum Insect Control http://www.bethurum.com
Eradicate Rodents http://www.eradi-products.com
Certified Organics Bio Control http://www.certifiedorganics.info
Enviro-Guard organic lawn http://www.aggrand.guarding-our-earth.c
Hunkin Garden http://www.hunkin.co.nz
book: Manual of Biocontrol Agents; by Leonard G. Copping
book: Carrots Love Tomatoes, Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening; by Louise Riotte
book: Great Garden Companions; by Sally Jean Cunningham
ESSENTIAL OILS
insect and pests repellents, disease control
http://www.eonseed.com/catalog501.h
Eucalyptus Oil
Tea Tree Oil
Lavender Oil
Peppermint Oil
Lemon Oil
Virginia Cedarwood Oil
Citronella Oil
Jojoba Oil
Lavandin Oil
Lemongrass Oil
Wintergreen Oil
Thyme Oil
Cinnamon Oil
Clove Oil
Orange Oil
Caraway Oil
RECIPES FOR MAKING YOUR OWN PEST DETERRENTS
http://peststop.livejournal.com
RECIPES FOR MAKING YOUR OWN WEED CONTROL
http://stopweeds.livejournal.com
OTHER BIO CONTROLS
http://www.cleanairgardening.com/insect
http://www.cleanairgardening.com/pestco
Organic Natural Fire Ant Killer
Organic Insecticidal Soap
Buji Poison Ivy Blocker
Spinosad Organic Lawn Insect Killer
Diatomaceous Earth Insect Killer
Electronic Slug and Snail Fence
Grub Beater Insect Control
Bug-a-Tak Organic Insecticide
Solar Insect and Pest Killer
No-See-Um Organic Insect Repellent
Beetle Trap Bags
Organic Mole and Gopher Repellent
Ant-a-Tak Organic Ant Insecticide
http://www.gardenersnet.com/organicgard
http://www.organicgardeninfo.com/i
http://www.stretcher.com/stories/04/04a
http://www.tyratech.com
http://www.crocodile-insectrepellent.co
http://www.naturesgift.com/skeeter.htm
http://bugmace.com/
http://www.biopesticide.net.cn
http://www.liquidfence.com
http://www.oddanchatrammarket.com/biope
MASS DEATH OF BEES - PESTICIDE APPROVALS SUSPENDED
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2008/0
http://www.cbgnetwork.org
GLOBAL WARMING and FOOD CHOICES
http://foodchoice.livejournal.com
LINKS TO LOCAL SUSTAINABLE GROUPS
http://solarlink.livejournal.com
ORGANIC GARDENING THERAPY and DISABLED PEOPLE
Do an internet search on Gardening Theraphy or Horticultural Therapy
There are many excellent books and research papers on the subject.
http://www.growingcenter.org http://www.plants-for-people.org/e
http://www.kurisu.com/kurisu-restorativ
http://www.sustland.umn.edu/design/heal
http://www.kinghorngardens.com/he
http://www.djc.com/special/landsc
http://www.socialworktoday.com/ar
http://www.mhtachapter.org/resources.ht
http://www.healthdesign.org/resources/p
book: Starting a Horticultural Therapy Program; by Cathedne Drew
book: Healing Gardens, Therapeutic Benefits and Design Recommendations; by Clare Cooper Marcus http://www.alibris.com
book: Healing Through Working; by D. Ketelaars http://www.fellowshipcommunity.org/inde
book: Accessible Gardening: Tips and Techniques for Seniors and the Disabled; by Joann Woy
book: Restorative Gardens; by Nancy Gerlach-Spriggs
book: Horticultural Therapy and the Older Adult Population; by Suzanne Wells
book: Horticulture As Therapy, A Practical Guide to Using Horticulture As a Therapeutic Tool; by Mitchell Hewson
ORGANIC GARDENING TECHNOLOGIES
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/200
http://adelaide.indymedia.org/new
http://beirut.indymedia.org/ar/20
see below PART 2 OF 3
GENERAL LINKS
http://vegcar.livejournal.com/25537.htm
Be a bringer of the LIGHT.
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Please see Links below to Ending Hunger, child education, child health, training for women, sustainable technology, organic gardening-farming, recycling, reducing water usuage and good books to read.
Local FOOD BANKS need your help. Luke 10:29 Isaiah 1:17; 1:19
Please grow food in your garden for your Local Food Bank.
We need your help.
WHERE IS MY LOCAL FOOD BANK
To find local groups in your community, consider using various search engines and internet yellow pages directories; using key words: food bank, soup kitchen, hunger group, Union Gospel Missions and the Salvation Army.
Also, consider phoning local churches, social services agencies, and similar organizations. Many local groups helping the poor may be informally organized, and they may not have a phone number or a web site.
If all else fails, consider setting up your own informal group to assist local food banks and others with feeding the poor and the homeless.
Thank you for your help.
HOW TO HELP in your LOCAL Community
GROW A ROW of fresh organic food for your LOCAL Food Bank
http://www.cnh.bc.ca/foodsecurity/grows
http://www.lifecyclesproject.ca/initiat
http://www.stcatharines.ca/recreation/p
http://www.gov.pe.ca/news/getrelease.ph
http://www.compost.org/growarowpressrel
Anyone with a backyard garden can plant extra row and contact your local Gleaners Group for help harvesting or delivering the vegetables from your garden to your Local Food Bank.
SEATTLE P-PATCH PROGRAM for helping Food Banks and the poor
You can copy the Seattle Method, and use it in your LOCAL Neighborhood.
http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/pp
http://www.seattletilth.org
GARDEN-RAISED BOUNTY (GRUB)
You can duplicate their methods in your city.
http://goodgrub.org/youth/index.htm
http://goodgrub.org
http://communitygarden.org
SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY TRAINING FOR WOMEN
http://sarahteach.livejournal.com
FOOD SECURITY links
http://www.foodsecurity.org/links.html
FOOD FOR EVERYONE FOUNDATION
http://foodforeveryone.org
HOW TO: ORGANIC GARDENING
http://wasatchgardens.org/gardenresourc
http://www.howtoorganicgarden.com
ORGANIC GARDENING
Free Organic Gardening Catalog http://www.acresusa.com/other/freesampl
book: How to Grow World Record Tomatoes; by Charles Wilber http://www.acresusa.com
book: Square Foot Gardening; by Mel Bartholomew http://www.squarefootgardening.com
book: Soul of Soil, book; by Joseph Smillie
book: Worms Eat My Garbage; by Mary Appelhof http://www.wormwoman.com http://www.wormdigest.org
book: Compost Tea Manual, 5th edition; by Elaine Ingham http://www.soilsoup.com http://www.soilfoodweb.com http://www.vermico.com/compost_tea_brew
book: An Earth Saving Revolution; by Teruo Higa http://www.effectivemicro-organism
book: Four-Season Harvest; by Eliot Coleman http://www.fourseasonfarm.com http://www.led-grow-master.com http://www.fifthseasongardening.co
book: Bread from Stones; by Michael Olson http://www.acresusa.com http://www.remineralize.org http://www.stonebread.co.nz http://www.uoguelph.ca/rocks http://www.seercentre.org.uk
http://www.gaiagreen.com http://www.soilandhealth.org http://www.wewantrealfood.com http://www.canhealyourself.com/trees.ht
books: Food Not Lawns; by Heather C. Flores
book: Organic Lawn Care Manual; by Paul Tukey http://www.aggrand.guarding-our-earth.c
books: Complete Book of Edible Landscaping; by Rosalind Creasy
books: Edible Flower Garden; by Rosalind Creasy
book: Preventing Deer Damage; by Robert Juhre
Organic insect repellant - Garlic Barrier: http://www.garlicbarrier.com http://www.ghorganics.com http://www.biconet.com http://www.organiclandscape.com http://www.foxfarmfertilizer.com
Organic Weed Killer - 25% Acetic Acid eliminates Weeds: http://www.gardensalive.com/articl
http://www.milkyspore.com/burnout.h
http://india.indymedia.org/en/2005/12/2
Worm Tea: http://www.vermico.com/castings.ht
Sustainable Technology for your community:
Seattle Tilth: http://www.seattletilth.org
http://www.seedsavers.org http://www.wwoof.org http://rswr.org
Microgardens: http://www.carbon.org http://www.echonet.org http://www.neemfoundation.org http://www.moringatrees.org http://www.permaculture.org.uk
For more information, please contact local gardeners and farmers who specialize in Organic gardening, Permaculture gardening, Biodynamic gardening, Japanese Kyusei Nature gardening - Shizen Nouhou, Biointensive gardening, Heirloom gardening-Heritage Seeds, Agroforestry gardening, Organic Hydroponics gardening and Gardening Therapy.
Gardening is micro-climate specific. These means that local gardeners might know of gardening techniques and resources which are helpful for the location you live in. Keep researching, reading, refining your gardening methods and experimenting with different growing techniques.
Eco Gardening technology is changing and improving all the time.
Also, as the climate changes, you may need to learn other gardening techniques for various climates.
http://www.localharvest.org
ORGANIC TECHNOLOGY: FARMING - GARDENING
http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/20
http://india.indymedia.org/en/2005/12/2
http://gamle.indymedia.no/newswire/disp
VOLUNTEER to WORK on ORGANIC FARMS all over the World
http://www.wwoof.org http://www.wwoof.it http://www.wwoof.dk http://www.wwoof.de http://www.wwoof.com.au http://www.wwoof.ca
GLEANER GROUPS IN YOUR COMMUNITY
Please set up a Gleaners Group in your community to pick excess Fresh Organic vegetables and organic fruits from your neighbors' gardens, from local farms and from Farmers Markets for use by your local food bank. Thank you.
http://www.localharvest.org
http://www.gleanerscoalition.org
http://www.gcfb.org/site/News2?page=New
VICTORY GARDENS
International Movement to feed the hungry
http://www.earthlypursuits.com/VictoryG
http://www.cityfarmer.org/grandpasVG.ht
http://sidewalksprouts.wordpress.com/hi
http://www.archive.org/details/victory_
http://www.ezonemag.net/dig
http://www.victoryseeds.com
http://www.fenwayvictorygardens.co
Student James Hardebeck normally spends the summer on vacation, reading or lazing about.
But this summer, he and 10 other Komachin Middle School students are volunteering to tend 18 vegetable beds they're planting for low-income families.
"We have this garden, and we're not using it very much," he said. "There's nothing planted in here but weeds, so it was just a waste. There are people who need what we have."
The students aren't alone this planting season.
Farmers, backyard gardeners and groups across the county have begun planting seeds and tilling land in a unified effort to keep the Thurston County Food Bank's shelves stocked. Farm land that would normally lie fallow and surplus vegetables that would otherwise go to waste have found a new purpose.
The food bank had a record 58,055 client visits last year, said Robert Coit, executive director at the food bank. The number has increased 30 percent a month during the past seven months, in part because higher gasoline prices have forced people to funnel more of their paychecks into fueling their cars to drive to work. At the same time, the food bank has opened satellite sites at two large low-income apartment complexes.
The food bank gets donated produce from growers, but donations ebb in the cold months. So Coit uses cash donations and reserves to buy produce.
In February, Garden-Raised Bounty began pulling local growers together. Some, like GRuB and The Kiwanis Club, had grown for the food bank before. Others were newcomers. Fourteen groups or individual growers are now on board, with the combined goal of growing 30,000 pounds of food this year, said Blue Peetz, GRuB coordinator. The Gleaners Coalition, which dispatches volunteers to help farms harvest excess food, is also a partner.
Planting has begun at GRuB's greenhouse on Elliot Avenue and at The Kiwanis Club's half-acre farm near Mud Bay Road. The Kiwanis Club is the food bank's single largest donor, delivering 15,000 pounds of produce last year. They hope to match or surpass that amount this year, he said.
"It's a fairly productive small patch," said Don Leaf of The Kiwanis Club. "We've been producing fresh produce for the food bank for several years. We try to harvest when things are ripe and not overripe, and try to deliver it immediately."
In Rochester, the Helsing Junction Farm has set aside two acres for the food bank where they've planted carrots, beets, fennel and chard, said Susan Ujcic, co-owner. The Gleaners and H.E.A.R.T. Alternative High School students will help harvest.
The food bank also will benefit from the farm's community-supported agriculture program. Under CSA, members pay monthly for a full or half share and, in return, get weekly produce and flowers, often getting more food than the cost of their share. The farm is matching every $1 that CSA members donate, and the money is used to provide shares to food bank clients.
The Gleaners are organizing a giving garden, where they'll grow herbs and vegetables, at the Olympia Community Gardens and Bentley Farms, said Barry Cannon, who heads the group. The Gleaners will organize work parties to run the garden, its volunteers will keep any harvest they need and the rest will be donated to the food bank and other area emergency food and meal programs.
In addition, the Gleaners will launch a food preparation display starting May 24, where they'll prepare dishes at the food bank using the vegetables and herbs clients receive. They'll serve samples and hand out recipe kits, especially for vegetables people might not be familiar with, like kohlrabi, which is a cabbage that resembles a turnip.
"You give it to somebody and it's a weird-looking thing and people might not know what to do with it," Cannon said. "It's also nutritional teaching. Greens can be cooked so much they turn brown and limp. We'll teach them how to hold the nutrition in the vegetables."
Kiwanis Club member Don Leaf tills the soil Thursday morning as he and other members get ready for planting on their half-acre garden on 11th Avenue.
QUADRUPLING FOOD PRODUCTION - ORGANIC FARMING AND GARDENING
Per a report from Malaysia, crops grown with Volcanic Rock Dust ( http://www.remineralize.org ) and Eeffective Micro-organisms (EM http://www.effectivemicro-organism
References: Permaculture Magazine, #51, Spring 2007; article: Stone Age Science; by Dylan Keating
http://remineral.livejournal.com
http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk
http://www.squarefootgardening.co
book: An Earth Saving Revolution, Vol. 1, Vol 2; by Teruo Higa http://www.emshop.co.nz/em-products-boo
book: Bread from Stones; by Michael Olson http://www.acresusa.com
book: Eco-Farm; by Charles Walters http://www.acresusa.com
book: Worms Eat My Garbage; by Mary Appelhof http://www.wormwoman.com http://www.vermico.com
book: Recycle With Earthworms; by Shelley Grossman http://www.wormbooks.com/all.books.htm
book: The Farmer's Earthworm Handbook; by David Ernst http://www.acresusa.com
Eeffective Micro-organisms: http://www.eminfo.info http://www.emnz.com http://www.emrochina.com http://www.agriton.nl http://www.emro.co.jp http://www.bmecology.com http://www.embiotech.org http://emiko.de
Free organic gardening-farming Catalog: http://www.acresusa.com/other/freesampl
utilizing ORGANIC COMMUNITY GARDENS to feed the hungry
http://www.communitygarden.org.au
http://growinghope.net http://commgardens.meetup.com http://www.communitygarden.org
http://www.ssawg.org/cfs-resource
http://www.hmk.on.ca/plantarow.ht
http://www.seedinternational.com.au/com
http://www.cityfarmer.org/booksales.htm
http://www.longbeachorganic.org/Site/en
http://celosangeles.ucdavis.edu/g
http://www.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/sp
http://news.ucanr.org/newsstoryma
http://www.vegparadise.com/24carrot4.ht
http://www.lta.org/resources/inde
http://www.lta.org/publicpolicy/advocat
Free book: http://www.wasatchgardens.org/Library/C
book: Growing Communities: How to Build Community Through Community Gardening; by Jeanette Abi-Nader
book: Cultivating Community: Principles and Practices for Community Gardening as a Community-Building Tool; by Karen Payne
book: Community Planning Handbook; by N. Wates http://www.eco-logicbooks.com
book: Sustainable Communities; by H. Barton http://www.eco-logicbooks.com
book: Sustainable Community - A Practical Guide http://www.eco-logicbooks.com
book: Common Sense of Community; by D. Atkinson http://www.eco-logicbooks.com
book: Conservation Finance Handbook; by Kim Hopper http://www.chelseagreen.com/2004/i
book: Doing Deals: A Guide to Buying Land for Conservation
book: In Gardens We Trust http://www.tpl.org/tier2_kad.cfm?folder
STARTING a FARMERS MARKET
At your School, Church and Elsewhere
book: New Farmers Market; by Vance Corum
book: Legal Guide for Direct Farm Marketing; by Neil Hamilton
book: Grassroots Marketing; by Shel Horowitz
book: Backyard Market Gardening; by Andrew Lee
book: MetroFarm; by Michael Olson http://www.metrofarm.com
book: Micro Eco-Farming; by Barbara Berst Adams http://www.microecofarming.com
book: Growing and Selling Fresh-Cut Herbs; by Sandie Shores
book: Sharing the Harvest; by Elizabeth Henderson
FOOD COOPS
~How to Set Up a Food Coop at schools, churches etc
book: Food Co-Ops for Small Groups; by Tony Vellela
book: How to Start a Food Co-op; by Karen Zimbelman
http://www.cooperativegrocer.coop/cg_sp
http://www.vegfamily.com/articles/c
http://www.foodcoop500.coop
http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu
http://www.coopdirectory.org/bp003.htm
http://www.flatbushfoodcoop.com/wtsacoo
http://www.foodcoop.coop
http://www.go.coop
http://www.flatbushfoodcoop.com/coops.h
http://www.coopdirectory.org/#Wha
book: Consumer Food Cooperatives; by Ronald Cotterill
~Coop Directory
http://www.coopdirectory.org
http://www.localharvest.org
http://www.cooperativegrocer.coop
~Help Book Online: Common Ground Food Co-op helpbook.prairienet.org/fs010235aa.php
~Journals:
Cooperative Grocer http://www.cooperativegrocer.coop
New Sector, Community and Co-operative Enterprise http://www.newsector.co.uk
Cooperative Business Journal http://www.ncba.coop
~Food Securtiy
http://www.copac.coop/idc/fao-idc2000.h
~Food Share Programs
http://www.sacfoodcoop.com/pages/commun
http://www.sacfoodcoop.com/pages/commun
~School Tours to Food Coops
http://www.foodcoop.coop/index.ph
~Cooperative Development Services
http://www.cdsfood.coop/food/faq
~Federal Grants for Community Food Project, Food Coops
http://www.foodsecurity.org/funding.htm
http://www.davisfood.coop/dccf.ht
http://www.cooperativegrocer.coop/artic
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/nea/food/in_
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/community
BUYERS CLUBS
Creating Buyyers Clubs at schools, churches and communities
http://www.unitedbuyingclubs.com
ORGANIC INSECT CONTROL
~Compost Tea fights plant diseases, insects and increases plant growth http://www.effectivemicro-organis
http://www.vermico.com/compost_tea_brew
~Worm Tea fights plant diseases, organic fertilizers http://www.ourvitalearth.com/worm-tea.h
~book: Soul of Soil; by Grace Gershuny - This book shows that one of the main reason plants are attacked by insects and disease is due to unhealthy soils and growing conditions, and using chemical fertilizers. Please make sure your plants are growing healthy soil. Healthy Plants create their own insect repellents and disease killers.
Healthy Soil: http://soilsoup.com http://www.remineralize.org http://www.eprida.com http://www.effectivemicro-organis
book: How to Grow World Record Tomatoes; by Charles Wilber - The methods in this book apply to all plants.
~Organic Control Systems
Neem http://www.plasmaneem.com http://www.ozonebiotech.com http://www.fortunebiotech.com
Garlic Barrier http://www.garlicbarrier.com
Extremely Green http://www.extremelygreen.com
Biocontrol Network http://www.biconet.com
Milky Spore http://www.milkyspore.com
Planet Natural http://www.planetnatural.com
Nixalite http://www.nixalite.com
Hot Pepper Wax http://www.hotpepperwax.com
Orange Guard http://www.orangeguard.com
Renaissance Herbs http://www.renaissanceherbs.com.a
Greenfire http://www.greenfire.net
ARBICO Organics http://www.arbico-organics.com
Beneficial Insectary http://www.insectary.com
Beneficial Insects http://www.thebeneficialinsectco.c
A-1 Unique Insect Control http://www.a-1unique.com
Rincon-Vitova http://www.rinconvitova.com
Bethurum Insect Control http://www.bethurum.com
Eradicate Rodents http://www.eradi-products.com
Certified Organics Bio Control http://www.certifiedorganics.info
Enviro-Guard organic lawn http://www.aggrand.guarding-our-earth.c
Hunkin Garden http://www.hunkin.co.nz
book: Manual of Biocontrol Agents; by Leonard G. Copping
book: Carrots Love Tomatoes, Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening; by Louise Riotte
book: Great Garden Companions; by Sally Jean Cunningham
ESSENTIAL OILS
insect and pests repellents, disease control
http://www.eonseed.com/catalog501.h
Eucalyptus Oil
Tea Tree Oil
Lavender Oil
Peppermint Oil
Lemon Oil
Virginia Cedarwood Oil
Citronella Oil
Jojoba Oil
Lavandin Oil
Lemongrass Oil
Wintergreen Oil
Thyme Oil
Cinnamon Oil
Clove Oil
Orange Oil
Caraway Oil
RECIPES FOR MAKING YOUR OWN PEST DETERRENTS
http://peststop.livejournal.com
RECIPES FOR MAKING YOUR OWN WEED CONTROL
http://stopweeds.livejournal.com
OTHER BIO CONTROLS
http://www.cleanairgardening.com/insect
http://www.cleanairgardening.com/pestco
Organic Natural Fire Ant Killer
Organic Insecticidal Soap
Buji Poison Ivy Blocker
Spinosad Organic Lawn Insect Killer
Diatomaceous Earth Insect Killer
Electronic Slug and Snail Fence
Grub Beater Insect Control
Bug-a-Tak Organic Insecticide
Solar Insect and Pest Killer
No-See-Um Organic Insect Repellent
Beetle Trap Bags
Organic Mole and Gopher Repellent
Ant-a-Tak Organic Ant Insecticide
http://www.gardenersnet.com/organicgard
http://www.organicgardeninfo.com/i
http://www.stretcher.com/stories/04/04a
http://www.tyratech.com
http://www.crocodile-insectrepellent.co
http://www.naturesgift.com/skeeter.htm
http://bugmace.com/
http://www.biopesticide.net.cn
http://www.liquidfence.com
http://www.oddanchatrammarket.com/biope
MASS DEATH OF BEES - PESTICIDE APPROVALS SUSPENDED
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2008/0
http://www.cbgnetwork.org
GLOBAL WARMING and FOOD CHOICES
http://foodchoice.livejournal.com
LINKS TO LOCAL SUSTAINABLE GROUPS
http://solarlink.livejournal.com
ORGANIC GARDENING THERAPY and DISABLED PEOPLE
Do an internet search on Gardening Theraphy or Horticultural Therapy
There are many excellent books and research papers on the subject.
http://www.growingcenter.org http://www.plants-for-people.org/e
http://www.kurisu.com/kurisu-restorativ
http://www.sustland.umn.edu/design/heal
http://www.kinghorngardens.com/he
http://www.djc.com/special/landsc
http://www.socialworktoday.com/ar
http://www.mhtachapter.org/resources.ht
http://www.healthdesign.org/resources/p
book: Starting a Horticultural Therapy Program; by Cathedne Drew
book: Healing Gardens, Therapeutic Benefits and Design Recommendations; by Clare Cooper Marcus http://www.alibris.com
book: Healing Through Working; by D. Ketelaars http://www.fellowshipcommunity.org/inde
book: Accessible Gardening: Tips and Techniques for Seniors and the Disabled; by Joann Woy
book: Restorative Gardens; by Nancy Gerlach-Spriggs
book: Horticultural Therapy and the Older Adult Population; by Suzanne Wells
book: Horticulture As Therapy, A Practical Guide to Using Horticulture As a Therapeutic Tool; by Mitchell Hewson
ORGANIC GARDENING TECHNOLOGIES
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/200
http://adelaide.indymedia.org/new
http://beirut.indymedia.org/ar/20
see below PART 2 OF 3
GENERAL LINKS
http://vegcar.livejournal.com/25537.htm
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