Hey - someone posted to a Farm Life/Local Harvest canning blog this
question... Is anyone offering classes on how to make your own baby
food? I don't know of any, but hoped someone here might! Luci

If you haven't signed up for a CSA yet, the Farm2ForkFresh CSA is accepting members, and has half-shares available this year for single folks and/or smaller families! You can even sign up online at www.farm2forkfresh.com.
Just scroll down to the bottom of the page where there's a PDF document-- you can fill in your name, pickup location, payment info, etc. ONLINE and just email it

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To dowlnoad this pdf click: Calendar_2010.pdf



Here's a great resource for gardeners that lists dates and events for
the below partners:

Five Rivers MetroParks (FRMP): for more information, call (937) 275-7… Continue

There are a few job openings at Five Rivers MetroParks for those who don't mind getting their hands dirty:

Part-Time Program Assistant (Education)
Five Rivers MetroParks
Dayton, Ohio

This job reports to the GWYN Manager

Relocation is not provided and travel is not required.

This is a Part-Time position, working 1st Shift, 2nd Shift, Weekends.

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CURRICULUM VITAE/RESUME

NAPHTALI L. BENKPONEAKPO
910 SANDPIPER CT, DAYTON, OH-45424. TEL;937-236-1722
Lambert5050@yahoo.com

PERSONAL PROFILE

Date of birth : 07/14/1982
Home country: Ghana
Home town: Jugboi
Marital status: Single
Languages spoken: English, Mo, Ashanti twi.
Hobbies: Reading, soccer, music
Sex: Male

Recent Summa Cum Laude graduate with Bsc in Agric. Technology (Economics & Extension option), with 3.3 GPA, possessing Agriculture & farm business and Rural community develo… Continue

A new paradigm for social health care with positive benefits for the entire community.
(from the Jan/Feb 2010 issue of Resurgence)

The Japanese visionary and environmentalist Masanobu Fukuoka once stated that “the ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings”. This sentiment is at the heart of ‘care farms’ which aim to combine care and meaningful work in the supportive natural environment of farms, woodlands and market ga… Continue

(from a Kansas City Center for Urban Ag Newsletter)
Urban Agriculture Seen as Integral to Portland's Strategy for Sustainability
City responds to residents' calls for a more localized food system.

Steve Cohen manages food policy and programs for the City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability. He focuses on all aspects of a sustainable food system including land use planning, urban agriculture, food security, economic development, purchasing, composting and climate change. Steve has… Continue

Mile Creek Farm now has fresh brown eggs from our pastured flock of hens for $3.50 /dz. Our hens get organic feed to supplement the grass and bugs they eat. We are working on our Organic Certification and so the eggs are raised in accordance to all the rules. We will be certified in the Spring. Email info@milecreekfarm.com for more info

Hey, I want a hoop house too! How about a first time hoop house tax credit? Still, I think it's great MObama is promoting healthy eating right from the start-- the garden!

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/12/16/planting-winter-garden

If more Americans grew a little food — instead of so much grass — our savings on grocery bills would be astounding.

Check out this great article from a recent issue of Mother Earth News By Rosalind Creasy with Cathy Wikinson Barash:… Continue