Self-sufficiency on a balcony

Self-sufficiency on a balcony

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The term “sustainability” has become something of a catch-all word for any activity that is lower impact than conventional activity. But in certain rarefied circles (and in my thoughts) there are the questions of “What is Sustainability?” and “What are we Sustaining?”
from the visualize whirled peas blog
Wonderful questions to ask oneself & the answers [...]

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The history of genetically modified food

If you suffer from allergies– not just to plants but to things like nutri-sweet, you will want to watch this. Seriously.

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Interview with Gayla Trail

who runs the ever useful yougrowgirl.com:
Read here

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More on the FDA

Just a link to a continuation of the common sense blog I linked to yesterday. I don’t mean to stand on a soap box here, but if you care about what you may be eating, this might be a valuable read for you:
part 4
& you can find all the other parts at the [...]

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It’s bubbly!

Or at least, I bet it will be in a few days when I decant it: rosemary scented, olive oil & coconut milk soap.
This is going to be a just loverly batch. I can tell already!

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The breakdown of inspections by the FDA & the Dept. of Agriculture

Readers,
The Herb Girl takes no partisan sides in linking to this essay and asks that you not infer The Herb Girl’s political point of view.
I do find the facts presented here to be *very disturbing* and they support some suppositions I’ve been holding for a while.
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From :
common [...]

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This is a long video, but absolutely a must see.

97% of the varieties of vegetables grown at the beginning of the 20th century are now extinct.
The future of food

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Brits growing it for themselves

article here

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Health freedom action alert: FDA attempting to regulate supplements, herbs and juices as “drugs”

read more here

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