Tag: food
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Indonesia and the Netherlands have agreed to cooperate in the development of greenhouse-based horticulture as a strategic move to enhance food security and promote sustainable agriculture. The commitment was reaffirmed during a meeting between Indonesia’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Sudaryono, and Guido…
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From The Ground Up is a CBC series in collaboration with Food Producers Forum, looking at how small-scale growers are digging and dreaming up agricultural innovations in Newfoundland and Labrador. Kingfisher Farm is a surprisingly prolific scrap of Gambo ground. There are a few usual suspects growing in its raised beds — garlic, lettuce, tomatoes — but most are more unusual,…
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The food, creativity and ecology centre tucked away behind Townsend Yard has replaced its old greenhouses with a new seed library, barn, exhibition space, cafe and plant nursery. Around 300 people roamed the site exploring the vegetable and ‘sky garden’, ponds, wildflower meadow, willow circle and indoor spaces including the exhibition Into Seeds of Time by OmVed artist in residence Vivienne…
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Zooey Deschanel’s hydroponic Lettuce Grow farmstand is the easiest way to grow vegetables in your backyard. It’s highly user-friendly, design-led, and effective. In a consumerist culture, where we want everything more and faster, there is something undeniably appealing about the idea of vegetable gardening. There is a strong allure in the slowness of the process,…
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In the remote Southeast Alaska village of Angoon, high school students are learning how to grow their own produce using hydroponic technology. The classroom facility gives students a hands-on learning experience and increases food sovereignty in a community of about 300 people, where fresh vegetables are hard to come by. In the classroom, the desks…
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– 30 HEIRLOOM SEED VARIETIES – Complete heirloom seed vault kit with 18,500+ easy-to-grow non-GMO vegetable, herb and fruit seeds for planting a home or victory garden; includes beans, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, cole crops, melons, carrots, beets, radishes, greens, okra, squash, cucumbers, and moreREADY TO GROW IN ALL REGIONS – Cool and warm-weather crops thrive…
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Take a step towards growing your own food on World Plant A Vegetable Garden Day (Getty Images) It’s May 19th, which in addition to being a fine summer day is also World Plant a Vegetable Garden Day. If you’ve never heard of this momentous occasion, don’t worry. The holiday is relatively young, sprouting as recently…
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Every time I visit my friends Libby and Clark’s house, they’re growing a new kind of lettuce or fresh herbs under a sleek hydroponic system with timed lights and self-watering trays. They say it’s relaxing, saves them money, and helps them eat healthier. They swear their homegrown greens taste better, too. They’re not the only…