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Life on The Farm

Life on The Farm

12. Apr, 2010 2 Comments

The Farm is arguably America’s most successful commune. How have they succeeded, and what’s it really like out there?

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Summertown, community, ecovillages, education, featured, places to stay
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Travel Days: Asheville to Nashville to Summertown, Tennessee

Travel Days: Asheville to Nashville to Summertown, Tennessee

25. Mar, 2010 1 Comment

A series of bus rides and colorful characters and unlikely interactions, arriving finally at the middle of nowhere.

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Summertown, community, travel days
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Try This at Home: Get Yer Veggies Delivered

Try This at Home: Get Yer Veggies Delivered

CSAs make your laziness eco-friendly!

12. Feb, 2010 2 Comments

It’s convenient, it’s good for the environment and delicious to your tummy. Here’s why (and how) to join a CSA this year.

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Virginia, featured, food, try this at home
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Little Farm on the Subdivision

Little Farm on the Subdivision

Potomac Vegetable Farm is being eaten by McMansions

10. Feb, 2010 2 Comments

In Northern Virginia, one badass family farm fights the tide of suburban sprawl.

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Virginia, agriculture, community, dirt, featured, food, things to do
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How Polyface brought my oomph back

How Polyface brought my oomph back

In which I meet Joel Salatin and rediscover my inspiration

28. Jan, 2010 4 Comments

The Universe kicks me down a spot of amazing luck: a personal visit with a brilliant agriculturalist who reminds me why I’m on this trip in the first place.

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FUN, Polyface Farm, agriculture, food, ruminations, things to do, travel days
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Joel Salatin and the Future of Food

Joel Salatin and the Future of Food

America's favorite farmer expounds on sustainability, grass, pigs and protoplasm!

26. Jan, 2010 3 Comments

In Virginia, I meet Joel Salatin for a rare personal sermon/tour of Polyface, the farm that’s changing agriculture in the 21st century.

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Polyface Farm, dirt, education, fauna, featured, food, things to do, video
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August in New Hampshire

August in New Hampshire

21. Jan, 2010 1 Comment

Rest, relaxation, fire, dead things, art, chickens and big scary dogs.

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Dover, FUN, fire, photography, travel days, under the radar
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Farming on Sand

Farming on Sand

The trouble with eating local on Cape Cod

18. Jan, 2010 1 Comment

The soil on the Cape is more sand than dirt. So how can local farmers grow enough food to feed the community?

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Provincetown, community, dirt, featured, food
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