Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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http://tamasfodor.livejournal.com/731.html
Please see Links below to Ending Hunger, child education, child health, training for women, sustainable technology,
organic gardening-farming, recycling, reducing water usuage and good books to read.
Local FOOD BANKS need your help. Luke 10:29 Isaiah 1:17; 1:19
Please grow food in your garden for your Local Food Bank.
Thank You for your help.
Also, consider phoning local churches, social services agencies, and similar organizations. Many local groups helping the
poor may be informally organized, and they may not have a phone number or a web site.
If all else fails, consider setting up your own informal group to assist local food banks and others with feeding the poor
and the homeless.
GROW A ROW of fresh organic food for your LOCAL Food Bank
http://www.cnh.bc.ca/foodsecurity/growsharearow.htm
http://growarow.org
http://www.ediblegardenproject.com
http://www.perc.ca/PEN/1999-09/s-daugherty.html
http://ourcityinagarden.org/growarow.php
http://growarow.co.nz
http://compost.org
http://www.compost.org/English/growarow.htm
http://waynecountyil.com/grow.htm
http://www.lamomsblog.com/2009/05/children-of-recession-grow-a-row.html
http://www.toronto.ca/health/plant_a_row.pdf
http://www.eisc.org/attach/gar.pdf
http://www.gov.pe.ca/news/getrelease.php3?number=4279
http://www.stcatharines.ca/recreation/pt/grow_row.asp
http://www.brucezimmerman.com/ARTICLES/PLANT_A_ROW.htm
http://www.greennexxus.com/viewproject.aspx?projectID=242
http://www.jgpress.com/archives/_free/001822.html
http://www.enjoygardening.com/?p=797
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/sanjuans/isw/community/86686557.html
http://vegetablegardens.suite101.com/article.cfm/new_year_resolutions_for_the_vegetable_gardener
http://www.kidskottage.org/forms/grow.html
http://www.mofga.org/Publications/MaineOrganicFarmerGardener/Winter20082009/Ferriss/tabid/1017/Default.aspx
Anyone with a backyard garden can plant extra and contact your local Gleaners Group for help harvesting or delivering
the vegetables from your garden to your Local Food Bank.
SEATTLE P-PATCH PROGRAM for helping Food Banks and the poor
You can copy the Seattle Method, and use it in your LOCAL Neighborhood.
http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/ppatch
http://www.seattletilth.org
VEGGIE TRADER
http://veggietrader.com
CITY FARMS
http://cityfarmer.org
http://www.cityfarmer.info
http://journeytoforever.org/cityfarm_link.html
http://gorgiecityfarm.org.uk
JOURNEY to FOREVER
http://journeytoforever.org
BOOKS:
Square Foot Gardening; by Mel Bartholomew
How to Grow World Record Tomatoes; by Wilber Charles
Food Not Lawns; by Heather C. Flores
http://worldcat.org
http://books.google.com
http://olegzunbaum.insanejournal.com/273.html
http://librarything.com
http://bookfinder4u.com
http://allbookstores.com
SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY
http://sustain2tech.insanejournal.com
http://ambazonia.indymedia.org/en/2006/01/1186.shtml
http://rogueimc.org/en/2007/05/8529.shtml
BOOKS:
Super Power Breathing For Super Energy and Longevity; by Patricia Bragg
- - http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41437619
- - http://www.librarything.com/work/9216551
- - http://www.bookfinder4u.com/IsbnSearch.aspx?isbn=0877901201
Student James Hardebeck normally spends the summer on vacation, reading or lazing about.
But this summer, he and 10 other Komachin Middle School students are volunteering to tend 18 vegetable beds they're
planting for low-income families.
"We have this garden, and we're not using it very much," he said. "There's nothing planted in here but weeds, so it was
just a waste. There are people who need what we have."
Farmers, backyard gardeners and groups across the county have begun planting seeds and tilling land in a unified effort
to keep the Thurston County Food Bank's shelves stocked. Farm land that would normally lie fallow and surplus
vegetables that would otherwise go to waste have found a new purpose.
The food bank had a record 58,055 client visits last year, said Robert Coit, executive director at the food bank. The
number has increased 30 percent a month during the past seven months, in part because higher gasoline prices have
forced people to funnel more of their paychecks into fueling their cars to drive to work. At the same time, the food bank
has opened satellite sites at two large low-income apartment complexes.
The food bank gets donated produce from growers, but donations ebb in the cold months. So Coit uses cash donations
and reserves to buy produce.
In February, Garden-Raised Bounty began pulling local growers together. Some, like GRuB and The Kiwanis Club, had
grown for the food bank before. Others were newcomers. Fourteen groups or individual growers are now on board, with
the combined goal of growing 30,000 pounds of food this year, said Blue Peetz, GRuB coordinator. The Gleaners
Coalition, which dispatches volunteers to help farms harvest excess food, is also a partner.
Planting has begun at GRuB's greenhouse on Elliot Avenue and at The Kiwanis Club's half-acre farm near Mud Bay Road.
The Kiwanis Club is the food bank's single largest donor, delivering 15,000 pounds of produce last year. They hope to
match or surpass that amount this year, he said.
"It's a fairly productive small patch," said Don Leaf of The Kiwanis Club. "We've been producing fresh produce for the
food bank for several years. We try to harvest when things are ripe and not overripe, and try to deliver it immediately."
In Rochester, the Helsing Junction Farm has set aside two acres for the food bank where they've planted carrots, beets,
fennel and chard, said Susan Ujcic, co-owner. The Gleaners and H.E.A.R.T. Alternative High School students will help
harvest.
The food bank also will benefit from the farm's community-supported agriculture program. Under CSA, members pay
monthly for a full or half share and, in return, get weekly produce and flowers, often getting more food than the cost of
their share. The farm is matching every $1 that CSA members donate, and the money is used to provide shares to food
bank clients.
The Gleaners are organizing a giving garden, where they'll grow herbs and vegetables, at the Olympia Community
Gardens and Bentley Farms, said Barry Cannon, who heads the group. The Gleaners will organize work parties to run the
garden, its volunteers will keep any harvest they need and the rest will be donated to the food bank and other area
emergency food and meal programs.
In addition, the Gleaners will launch a food preparation display starting May 24, where they'll prepare dishes at the food
bank using the vegetables and herbs clients receive. They'll serve samples and hand out recipe kits, especially for
vegetables people might not be familiar with, like kohlrabi, which is a cabbage that resembles a turnip.
"You give it to somebody and it's a weird-looking thing and people might not know what to do with it," Cannon said. "It's
also nutritional teaching. Greens can be cooked so much they turn brown and limp. We'll teach them how to hold the
nutrition in the vegetables."
Kiwanis Club member Don Leaf tills the soil Thursday morning as he and other members get ready for planting on their
half-acre garden on 11th Avenue.
Every day help someone who can never reciprocate. This is my obligation.
Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves. Be a bringer of the LIGHT.
http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk
http://www.squarefootgardening.com
http://www.carbon.org
Eeffective Micro-organisms: http://www.emnz.com http://www.emrochina.com http://www.agriton.nl
http://www.emro.co.jp http://www.bmecology.com http://www.embiotech.org http://emiko.de
BOOKS:
An Earth Saving Revolution, Vol. 1, Vol 2; by Teruo Higa http://www.emshop.co.nz
Our Future Reborn; by Teruo Higa
Bread from Stones; by Michael Olson http://acresusa.com
Eco-Farm; by Charles Walters http://acresusa.com
Worms Eat My Garbage; by Mary Appelhof http://www.wormwoman.com http://www.vermico.com
Recycle With Earthworms; by Shelley Grossman http://www.wormbooks.com/all.books.htm
The Farmer's Earthworm Handbook; by David Ernst http://acresusa.com
BOOK PREVIEWS
http://worldcat.org
http://librarything.com
http://www.loc.gov
http://books.google.com
http://bookfinder4u.com
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca
http://www.nla.gov.au
http://www.natlib.govt.nz
http://www.nli.ie
http://www.nls.uk
http://www.d-nb.de/eng/index.htm
HEATING GREEN HOUSES with SOLAR HOT WATER and radiant heating systems
(Using the floor as a Thermal Mass for Retaining Heat at Night - see THERMAL MASS)
http://www.radiantsolar.com http://www.solargenix.com http://www.radiantec.com http://www.radiantcompany.com
http://www.wirsbo.ca http://www.heliodyne.com http://www.twapanels.ca http://www.thermotechs.com
http://www.thermomax.com http://www.orange-energy.de
Free Installation Manual: http://www.radiantec.com/installation.htm
Solar Water Wall for Passive Solar Heating http://www.solar-components.com http://www.growerssupply.com
Water Wall Design Manual http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/SpaceHeating/AWaterWallIntro.pdf
Polymax Water Wall Bag http://www.growerssupply.com
Water Walls-Thermal Mass http://www.slosustainability.com
Vertical indoor Garding: http://www.vertigro.com http://www.omegagarden.com
http://www.growingedge.com/magazine/back_issues/view_article.php3?AID=170320
bring sun light indoors to grow food: http://www.sunpipe.com http://www.led-grow-master.com
BOOKS:
Energy Conservation for Commercial Greenhouses; by John Bartok http://www.growingedge.com
Biodynamic Greenhouse Management; by Heinz Grotzke
Greenhouses for Homeowners and Gardeners; by John Bartok
http://www.growingedge.com/store/books_multimedia.php
Complete Greenhouse Book, Building and Using Greenhouses from Cold-Frames to Solar Structures; by Peter Clegg
Complete book of the Greenhouse; by Ian Walls
Greener Greenhouses; http://www.growingedge.com/store/books_multimedia.php
Greenhouse Gardener's Companion; by Shane Smith
Building Your Own Greenhouse; by Mark Freeman
Gardening Under Cover: A Northwest Guide to Solar Greenhouses, Cold Frames; by William Head
Building and Using Cold Frames
Polytunnel Companion; by Jayne Neville
Gardening Under Plastic: How to Use Fleece, Films, Cloches and Polytunnels; by Bernard Salt
Starting Early Flowering and Vegetable Plants Under Glass; by Charles Nissley
ADOBE HOMES
http://adobebuilder.com http://hybridadobe.com http://adobebuilding.com
http://www.eartharchitecture.org http://adobeasw.com
STEEL HOMES
http://greensteelhomes.com
http://www.recycle-steel.org/PDFs/brochures/residenfram.pdf
http://steelcrafthomes.com/PDF/SFA_Green_Brochure_2-06-08.pdf
http://www.californiasteelframehomes.com
http://kodiaksteelhomes.com http://freedomsteelhomes.com
http://homesofdistinctionco.com http://internationalhomeexports.com
http://alfordsteelhomes.com http://riverwaysteelframehomes.com
http://tomorrowshomes.net http://homesofsteel.net
http://pacstarhomes.com http://steelvilla.com
http://force1steelhomes.com http://arcsteelhomes.com
http://champagneconstruction.com http://noelsteelhomes.com
http://steelhomes.org http://www.kithomes.net.au
http://customdesignedsteelhomes.com
http://customsteelframes.com http://steelhouseframes.com
http://steelcrafthomes.com http://nusteel.net
http://www.sunwayhomes.info http://residentialsteel.com
http://www.nash.asn.au
SOLAR COOKING
http://solarcooking.org http://solarcookers.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cooker
http://journeytoforever.org/sc.html
http://www.eg-solar.de http://solarovens.org
http://solarovens.net http://solarovenchef.blogspot.com
http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Solar_cooker_designs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_furnace
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_still
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_water_disinfection
http://cookwiththesun.com http://www.solarcookers.co.za
Cooking with Sunshine: The Complete Guide to Solar Cuisine with 150 Easy Sun-Cooked Recipes by Lorraine Anderson
bring sun light indoors to classrooms for growing food and plants:
http://sun-dome.com http://sun-tek.com http://kalwall.com http://led-grow-master.com http://www.skytube.net.nz
http://sunscope.com http://huvco.com http://tubular-skylight.com
MORE INFO
http://uruguay.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/44217.php http://ambazonia.indymedia.org/en/2006/01/1186.shtml
http://ru.indymedia.org/newswire/display/14175/index.php http://india.indymedia.org/en/2006/01/211309.shtml
http://pr.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/12625.php
To forget how to dig the earth and tend the soil is to forget ourselves. Gandhi
These means that local gardeners might know of gardening techniques and resources which are helpful for the location
you live in.
Keep researching, reading, refining your gardening methods and experimenting with different growing techniques.
Also, as the climate changes, you may need to learn other gardening techniques for various climates.
http://localharvest.org
http://www.cornucopia.org
CARBON SOILS
Adding CHARCOAL to soil ~ http://www.eprida.com ~ greatly increases crop production for very many years.
References: Solar Today journal, Nov/Dec 2006, article: Chair's Corner: Positive Charcoal equals Negative Carbon; by
Roanl Larson http://www.solartoday.org
Permaculture Magazine, #50, Winter 2006; article: The Magical Soils Of El Derado; by Terra Preta
http://www.permaculture-magazine.co.uk
http://newfarm.rodaleinstitute.org/columns/research_paul/2006/0106/charcoal.shtml
http://terrapreta.bioenergylists.org
http://iaiconference.org
http://www.carbonnegative.info
http://www.css.cornell.edu/faculty/lehmann/index.html
http://deltafarmpress.com/news/051114-terra-preta
CHARCOAL SOIL: Adaptation Strategies for Global Change:
http://www.css.cornell.edu/faculty/lehmann/publ/MitAdaptStratGlobChange%2011,%20403-427,%20Lehmann,
%202006.pdf
http://www.css.cornell.edu/faculty/lehmann/publ/Lehmann%20et%20al.,%202002,%20WCSS%20Bangkok,%20paper
%20no.0449.pdf
book: Carbon Cycle; by Leonard Ridzon http://acresusa.com
book: Lost Crops of the Incas
http://books.google.com
http://www.growingedge.com/magazine/back_issues/view_article.php3?AID=140668
Grease University
http://www.greasology.org
Biodiesel Tutorial
http://www.biodieselcommunity.org
ORGANIC GARDENING
Free Organic Gardening Catalog: http://acresusa.com/other/freesample.htm
http://www.planetnatural.com
book: How to Grow World Record Tomatoes; by Charles Wilber http://acresusa.com http://wormsway.com
book: Square Foot Gardening; by Mel Bartholomew http://www.squarefootgardening.com
book: Soul of Soil, book; by Joseph Smillie
book: Worms Eat My Garbage; by Mary Appelhof http://wormwoman.com http://wormdigest.org
book: Organic Lawn Care Manual; by Paul Tukey
book: Compost Tea Manual, 5th edition; by Elaine Ingham http://www.soilsoup.com http://soilfoodweb.com
http://vermico.com/compost_tea_brewers.htm
book: An Earth Saving Revolution; by Teruo Higa http://www.effectivemicro-organisms.co.uk http://www.emnz.com
http://www.agriton.nl
book: Four-Season Harvest; by Eliot Coleman http://www.fourseasonfarm.com http://www.led-grow-master.com
http://fifthseasongardening.com
book: Bread from Stones; by Michael Olson http://acresusa.com http://remineralize.org http://stonebread.co.nz
http://www.uoguelph.ca/rocks http://seercentre.org.uk
http://gaiagreen.com http://soilandhealth.org http://wewantrealfood.com http://www.canhealyourself.com/trees.htm
http://biobiz.ca http://rockdust.co.uk http://gaiagreen.com http://globalrepair.ca
books: Food Not Lawns by Heather C. Flores
Book of Edible Landscaping; by Rosalind Creasy- Edible Flower Garden; by Rosalind Creasy
Organic insect repellant - Garlic Barrier: http://garlicbarrier.com http://ghorganics.com http://biconet.com
http://organiclandscape.com http://foxfarmfertilizer.com
Organic Weed Killer - 25% Acetic Acid eliminates Weeds: http://www.gardensalive.com/article.asp?
ai=468&bhcd2=1162226528
http://www.milkyspore.com http://garden-ville.com http://greenergyinc.com http://groworganic.com http://ehabc.org
http://hotpepperwax.com
http://india.indymedia.org/en/2005/12/211226.shtml http://www.organiclandcare.org http://www.mcs-global.org
http://www.panna.org
Worm Tea: http://www.vermico.com/castings.htm http://soilsoup.com http://edibella.com http://gaiacollege.ca
http://gardenspout.com http://homeharvest.com
Seattle Tilth: http://www.seattletilth.org Sustainable Technology for your community: http://www.seedsavers.org
http://www.wwoof.org http://rswr.org
Microgardens: http://www.carbon.org http://echobooks.org http://www.neemfoundation.org
http://www.moringatrees.org http://www.permaculture.org.uk
WASTE NOT, WANT NOT:
http://www.zeri.org http://www.effectivemicro-organisms.co.uk http://www.oceanarks.org http://www.bokashi.co.nz
http://www.zerowastekovalam.org http://zerowaste.co.nz http://www.zerowaste.com http://www.crns.org.uk
http://www.powerefficiencycorp.com http://www.1windowquilts.com http://www.waterless.co.nz
http://waterrecycling.com http://ecoflo.ie
book: Create an Oasis With Greywater; by A. Ludwig http://www.oasisdesign.net http://www.ecological-
engineering.com http://atlantium.com
book: Safe Rainwater Collection; by Charmaine Taylor http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com
http://www.wolvertonenvironmental.com
Greywater Heat Exchangers: http://www.gfxtechnology.com
book: Worms Eat My Garbage; by Mary Appelhof http://www.wormwoman.com http://www.vermico.com
http://elementgreen.com
book: Recycle With Earthworms; by Shelley Grossman http://www.wormbooks.com/all.books.htm
http://www.growingedge.com/magazine/back_issues/view_article.php3?AID=170320
book: The Light Revolution, Health, Architecture, and the Sun; by Richard Hobday
HEALTHY SCHOOLS:
http://healthyschoolscampaign.org http://calhealthyschools.org http://pesticidereform.org http://generationgreen.org
http://healthyschools.org http://watoxics.org http://safe2use.com http://chebucto.ns.ca/Education/CASLE/casle.html
http://lifelab.org http://wastefreeschools.org http://kidsagainstpollution.org http://childenvironment.org
http://chej.org http://cehn.org http://healthy-kids.info http://pollutionfreeschools.org http://toxicsaction.org
http://masscosh.org http://nhphps.org http://njwec.org http://nycosh.org
book: The Healthy School Handbook, Conquering the Sick Building Syndrome
http://organicconsumers.org/epa6.cfm
http://www.frankolsonproject.org/Articles/Moreno.html
http://bcaction.org/index.php?page=newsletter-86e
http://www.rachel.org/en/node/5331
http://legalminds.lp.findlaw.com/list/povertylaw-l/msg00092.html
CHILDREN
book: Nurtured by Love, The Classical Approach to Talent Education; by Shinichi Suzuki http://azsuzuki.org/readlist.htm
Co-Operative Games http://familypastimes.com
The Algebra Project
http://thealgebraproject.org http://chessintheschools.org http://chesskids.com http://besome1.com
http://www.remember.org/onemove http://gokgs.com http://msgo.org http://www.gnu.org/software/gnugo
Academic Success
http://www.advancedhealthplan.com/miracleschool.html
http://www.moscowfood.coop/books/wilson.html http://organicconsumers.org http://localharvest.org
http://www.squarefootgardening.com
http://www.feingold.org/PF/wisconsin1.html
Health
http://carbs.com/articles/your-school-lunch-program-flunking-or-honor-roll.html
http://organicconsumers.org/epa6.cfm
book: The Mozart Effect for Children; by Don Campbell
LECHE LEAGUE
http://llli.org
http://laleche.org.uk
http://lalecheleague.org.nz
http://mothering.com
http://www.mothering.com/breastfeeding/pediatrics-study-concludes-breastfeeding-saves-lives
book: The Coconut Oil Miracle; by Bruce Fife
- - http://www.librarything.com/work/1140258 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54905936
MIDWIVES ASSOCIATIONS
http://midwives.net http://fistulatrust.org
http://www.jmwh.com
http://www.britishjournalofmidwifery.com
http://www.radmid.demon.co.uk http://midwiferytoday.com
http://cfmidwifery.org http://africanbirthcollective.org
http://homebirth.org.au http://homebirthaustralia.org
http://www.independentmidwives.org.uk
http://sistahmidwife.com
book: A Book for Midwives; by Susan Klein http://www.hesperian.org
book lists:
http://www.oregonmidwifery.org/books.html
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=209141
book: The Hospital by the River; by Catherine Hamlin
book: Raw Kids; by Cheryl Stoycoff
book: Children's Health Food Book; by Ron Seaborn
book: Raw Family; by Victoria Boutenko
Proverb:
Good Food is Good Medicine.
<> Garbage in, garbage out.
To preserve health is a moral and religious duty. For health is the basis for all social virtues. We can not be as useful to
God and to Others when not well.
a Self Indulgent man lives to eat. a Self-Restrained man eats to live. Gandhi
Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the royal rations of food and wine. Daniel asked to be given
vegetables to eat and water to drink. Daniel 1:8
Do you live for your stomach? Or, do you live for God?
HARVEST OF SUICIDES
http://www.foodfirst.org/node/1626/print
http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13903
http://artsci.wustl.edu/~anthro/research/biotech_suicide.html
IS GOD GREEN
http://www.creationcare.org
Books:
Care of Creation; by R. J. Berry
Serve God, Save the Planet; by J. Matthew Sleeth
Our Father's World; by Edward R Brown
Redeeming Creation; by Fred Van Dyke
Earth-Wise; by Calvin B. Dewitt
Caring for Creation; Edited by Sarah Tillett
A Moral Climate, the Ethics of Global Warming; by Michael S. Northcott
For the Beauty of the Earth; by Steven Bouma-Prediger
Saving God's Green Earth; by Tri Robinson
God Is Green; by Ian Bradley
God in Creation; by Jurgen Moltmann
Journal:
Creation Care Magazine http://www.creationcare.org
Proverb:
A good person leaves an inheritance to their children’s children.
SUCCESS Books
You Can if You Think You Can; by Norman Vincent Peale
- - http://www.librarything.com/work/125895 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/730748
Amazing Results of Positive Thinking; by Norman Vincent Peale
- - http://www.librarything.com/work/409197 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/683399
Your Best Life Now; by Joel Osteen
- - http://www.librarything.com/work/188327 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55149452
Rwanda: The Land God Forgot; by Meg Guillebaud
- - http://www.librarything.com/work/1565067 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50434318
DVD:
Facing The Giants; director Alex Kendrick
- - http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/75209377
Faith like Potatoes; director: Regardt van den Bergh
- - http://worldcat.org/oclc/314188733
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/209593045
http://www.librarything.com/work/214837
Proverb:
Part 2 http://kamilteach.livejournal.com/1516.html
http://sorezhagensen.insanejournal.com/
http://clausdindler.livejournal.com/675.html