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Pamm Larry heads the Good Food Brigade.

Podcast: Good Food Brigade and GMOs with Pamm Larry

If you don't already know Pamm Larry, you'll want to. She's the fearless leader of Good Food Brigade, fighting for safe, just, healthy, and regenerative food for all. In our latest podcast, we chat with Pamm about her battle against GMO food production, and we discuss what we can all do to take back control of our food system--one garden at a time. Pamm spearheaded the citizen-backed campaign to label GMO ingredients in California through Prop 37 back in 2012.…

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Post published:December 13, 2018
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March Against Monsanto 2014

Recently Vermont became the first state to pass a GMO labeling law. That means that genetically engineered ingredients must be labeled as such on packaged foods sold in Vermont beginning July 1, 2016. It's a landmark victory against Monsanto and Big Food, and IMHO the start of something big. Vermont now has the right to know. Shouldn't everyone? (March with me on May 24th if you answered yes!) However, word on the street this week is that the Grocery Manufacturers…

Post author:Christy
Post published:May 13, 2014
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Seed Library: Check it Out!

In the quest for self-reliance, seed saving plays a big part. After all, in a "zombie apocalypse" situation you wouldn't be able to run to the store to buy seeds for your garden. You would need to produce your own supply. This is where a seed library comes in very handy. A seed library is a local endeavor, when you and your fellow gardeners gather seeds and share them in an orderly fashion. Seeds are catalogued and counted and made…

Post author:Christy
Post published:October 8, 2013
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March Against Monsanto – This Saturday

We garden for many reasons, but whether it's a hobby, habit or homesteading way of life, gardening has a purpose. It feeds us. What's more, it gives us the opportunity to control where some of our food comes from. I do it to avoid pesticides, to assure that the methods used to grow my food are sustainable, and to reduce my carbon footprint (fewer miles from farm to table, less pollution from chemicals, lower water usage through bio-intensive planting methods).…

Post author:Christy
Post published:May 21, 2013
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Heirloom Expo 2012 - Giant Pile of Squash

Heirloom Expo 2012 Review

Last year when the first Heirloom Expo took place, I was not able to attend but swore that I would next year, come what may. Fast forward to year two, and it was looking like I wasn't going to be able to go again. Curses. Then the free media passes showed up in the mail. I had no choice. Heirloom Expo 2012 went beyond expectation. Not only was it a gardener's heaven, but every lecture, every seed company, every food…

Post author:Christy
Post published:September 18, 2012
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