Picture this: You’re in a grove of tropical fruit trees, eating oranges, lemons, and figs straight from their source. Where are you? Thailand? Sicily? Florida? Chances are that the Midwest was not among your guesses. But Russ Finch, a mail-carrier-turned-farmer, is growing these tropical fruits in Alliance, Nebraska — in a greenhouse, of course. The […]
by Kris De Decker, originally published by Low-tech Magazine | JAN 6, 2016 We are being told to eat local and seasonal food, either because other crops have been tranported over long distances, or because they are grown in energy-intensive greenhouses. But it wasn’t always like that. From the sixteenth to the twentieth century, […]
By Dr. Mercola http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2016/01/23/saving-seeds-movement.aspx Seeds are essential to maintain future food supplies. They are the foundation of life, from fruits and vegetables to grain and livestock feed — without them, we have no food. It’s estimated that upwards of 90 percent of our caloric intake comes from seeds, directly or indirectly. Seeds represent hope and […]
Dear First Detectors and All, Attached please find the WPDN Fall 2015 News. The news covers: – The bacterium, Xylella fastidiosa, the causal agent of Pierce’s disease in grapes, now found in pear in Oregon and in olive in Apulia, in southeastern Italy. The article discusses the various subspecies of the bacterium, their origin, and […]
Dear Interested Parties: In October 2015, the District began working jointly with Jefferson County Environmental Health to monitor 31 stations in the Chimacum Watershed as part of the Hood Canal Priority Basins Project. So far we have monitored in the months of October, November, and December. The attached map shows the location of the monitoring […]
Posted by Roger M. Our food system is the most unhealthy system in the world because of subsidies that benefit major corporations, not farmers – and certainly not the American population. We could use those subsidies to raise healthy food, which in turn would raise healthy children. http://action.ucsusa.org/site/Ecard?ecard_id=3161&autologin=true
By Dr. Mercola One of the most important strategies for improving your health is to grow your own food. However, that may not be so easy if you’re unaware of the importance of soil microbes. Wendy Taheri is a research microbiologist, to whom I was introduced via Gabe Brown, a farmer in North Dakota, […]
Written by Sarah F. The bug in question is a regular old stink bug. The one we are concerned about is the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug or Halyomorpha halys . The specimen does have banded legs and no banding on the abdomen or antannae. It does have positive notches on the pronotum. You can see it […]
GOD to ST. FRANCIS: by Anonomous Frank , you know all about gardens and nature. What in the world is going on down there on the planet? What happened to the dandelions, violets, milkweeds and stuff I started eons ago? I had a perfect no-maintenance garden plan. Those plants grow in any type of soil, withstand drought and multiply with […]
