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NJ students to help Michelle Obama harvest garden
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24.5.2013 |
Seattle Times: Politics |
| Schoolchildren from New Jersey shore communities battered by Superstorm Sandy will join Michelle Obama for a garden harvest next week. |
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23.5.2013 |
Durango Herald |
| La Plata quilters will meet todayThe La Plata Quilters Guild will meet at 530 p.m. today at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 495 Florida Road. The program is x201cHandmade and quilted items for our kitchens and dining rooms.x201d The guild invites people who are interested in quilting to visit or become a member. |
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23.5.2013 |
Durango Herald |
| La Plata quilters will meet todayThe La Plata Quilters Guild will meet at 530 p.m. today at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 495 Florida Road. The program is x201cHandmade and quilted items for our kitchens and dining rooms.x201d The guild invites people who are interested in quilting to visit or become a member. |
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In the Garden: The Hard Road to a Vegetable Plot
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23.5.2013 |
NY Times: Real Estate |
| In the Garden: The Hard Road to a Vegetable Plot |
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Reimagining a Point Breeze basketball court
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22.5.2013 |
Philly.com News |
| The Ralph Brooks Tot Lot is supposed to be a safe haven for kids in Point Breeze who want to get exercise and stay out of trouble |
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Most expensive house ever hits market at $190M
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22.5.2013 |
MSNBC |
| Most expensive house ever hits market at $190M |
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Program urges gardeners to grow an extra row for the food pantry
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22.5.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| by Cathy Mckitrick The Salt Lake Tribune
Published May 21, 2013 01:48PM MDT
As budgets tighten, nutrient-rich fresh fruits and vegetables often get ejected from the grocery cart in favor of cheaper, more filling food choices. With one in seven Utah households grappling with food insecurity, Utahns Against Hunger devised a way for community and backyard gardeners to routinely share the wealth of their harvests. Aptly dubbed Grow A Row, the initiative encourages planting an extra row of produce for donation purposes. Utahns Against Hunger, an advocacy group focused on cre... ... |
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Ordinary Woodbury lawn will soon become a work of art
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21.5.2013 |
Twincities.com: News |
| A humble lawn in Woodbury is about to become a celebrity. |
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Dark Rye: The Garden Pool: A Sustainable Oasis in a Suburban Desert
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20.5.2013 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| From an empty swimming pool to a movement. |
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Summer food and garden camps for kids
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20.5.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| by Heather May The Salt Lake Tribune
Published May 20, 2013 11:31AM MDT
Keep your kids busy this summer with these food-related camps: Petersen Family Farm • Children ages 6 to 12 can learn to plant seeds, harvest vegetables and feed animals at this Riverton farm. Camps held Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon in June and July. Tuition is $80 a week. Call 801-999-8548 or visit petersenfamilyfarm.com. Wasatch Community Gardens • Full-day and half-day camps are offered June through mid-August for children ages 4 to 10 at Salt Lake City’s Grateful Tomato Garden. Full... ... |
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20.5.2013 |
Durango Herald |
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Growing Vegetables From Seeds Take Root For Many Gardeners
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20.5.2013 |
NPR: Morning Edition |
| More and more gardeners are bypassing the local nursery and instead starting their veggies from seed. Seeds are often cheaper and they give growers a bigger choice of varieties. At a community garden in Venice, Calif., students learn the ins and outs of gardening from scratch. |
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Rant & Rave: Cheers for duckling wranglers, jeers for untidy gardens
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19.5.2013 |
Seattle Times: Top stories |
| Seattle Times readers praise gracious strangers and scold tuned-out pedestrians. |
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Chinese spooked by food scandals take action - by growing it themselves
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19.5.2013 |
MSNBC |
| Chinese spooked by food scandals take action - by growing it themselves |
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Aurora Public Schools open first community garden
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19.5.2013 |
Headlines: All Headlines |
| Students and neighborhood residents joined together Saturday to dig in Aurora Public Schools' first community garden. |
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18.5.2013 |
Durango Herald |
| Meetings and EventsDurango Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, First National Bank parking lot, www.durangofarmersmarket.org.La Plata Conservation District outreach informational booth for youth and landowners, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Breen Community Center, 15300 Colorado Highway 140 in Breen, wwww.laplatacd.org,... |
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18.5.2013 |
Durango Herald |
| Durango receives recognition in report Durango was featured in a report highlighting promising city efforts to improve the lives of children, youths and families in communities with populations below 75,000.Published by the National League of Cities, x201cMunicipal Leadership for Children and Families in Small and Mid-Sized... |
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The IRS targeted tea party groups. Did liberal groups get better treatment?
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17.5.2013 |
Yahoo: Politics |
| Today marks the one-week anniversary of the Internal Revenue Service's disclosure that it improperly scrutinized certain conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status. As an inspector general report on the practice found, groups with phrases like "tea party," "patriots" and "9/12 project" were targeted for the "Be On the Look Out" or "BOLO" list, and often [...] |
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Congregations Tend The Soil And The Soul With Vegetable Gardens
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16.5.2013 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| By Debra Rubin Religion News Service (RNS) The Rev. Morris G. Henderson wasn’t sure what do with a vacant city block of land behind his... |
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