Maximizing Nutrition in Backyard Gardens
Maximizing Nutrition in Backyard Gardens
by Ben Grosscup
(forthcoming) Massachusetts Organic Food Guide, 2009-10
Is it possible to grow food with exquisite flavor, beautiful shine, extraordinary nutrition, and extended shelf-life? According to growers who have done it, not only can farm-sized growing operations do it, but with the right tools and knowledge, people can do it in their own backyards. Practitioners of this kind of growing say their goal is to maximize crop nutrient density - the amount of nutrition per volume of crop - and that this can be done in a manner ...
Don Weaver’s Letter to President Obama
Don Weaver's Letter to President Obama
Don Weaver of RTE has written a letter to President Obama, highlighting several ecological issues and explaining the importance of soil remineralization.
"This letter is intended to share lesser-known ideas and insights which may be of great value to the Obama administration and the citizens of America and the world. Offered are some foundational solutions to malnutrition, soil degradation, deforestation, climate change, and other interconnected problems of failing ecosystems and failing economies. If you, too, wish to help create ...
Moira and Cameron Thomson of the Seer Centre on YouTube
Moira and Cameron Thomson of the Seer Centre on YouTube
RTE just found these wonderful YouTube videos and we would like to share them with you! Originally filmed by BBC Television, the Seer Centre in Scotland has received enormous media coverage through the years in newspapers and on the radio and television in the UK. Their center attracts many visitors every year and has been supported by the actor Sean Connery. They now have a product in the UK distributed by Angus Horticulture Ltd.
Rock Dust Organic Remineralisation
Rock Dust
Rock Dust in Scotland
Chef Dan Barber and the Culinary Art of Real Food
Chef Dan Barber and the Culinary Art of Real Food
The March-April issue of Organic Connections magazine has a great article on Chef Dan Barber, an outstanding proponent of the Real Food movement. He is co-owner and renowned chef of the famed Blue Hill Restaurant in Manhattan as well as Blue Hill Stone Farms in Pocantico Hills, NY. His culinary acumen is legendary. He has found that crops dense with nutrients have the best flavor. Barber and his growers are all firm believers in remineralization of the soil - that is, the restoration of the broad spectrum of nutrients to ...
Brazil Conference on Remineralization
Brasilia Conference on Remineralization
From September 21-24, 2009, the Brazilian Conference of Rochagem will be taking place in Brasília. With the help of various Brazilian Institutions, the congress will cover topics on the most recent cutting edge research, as well as regulation and mineral production for soil remineralization to form a coherent policy making strategy. The conference will be attended by Carlos Cristan and Alberto Machado, our international coordinator in Brazil as well as many agrogeologists from Canada and South America. The conference is being ...
Eco Farm Conference in California
The 29th Annual Ecological Farming Conference January 21 - 24, 2009 Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, California on the shores of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Real Food Campaign director Dan Kittredge will be giving a presentation on Saturday, January 24th. For more detailed information, visit http://eco-farm.org/index.php/efc/detailed_saturday_schedule. (more…)
NOFA Winter Conference
22nd NOFA/Mass Annual Winter Conference
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE:The Roots of a Sustainable Community
Online Registration Closed
Saturday, January 17th, 2009 - 9.00am-5.30pm
Worcester Vocational Technical High School, Skyline Drive, Worcester, MA
http://www.nofamass.org/conferences/w2009/index.php
Real Food Campaign director Dan Kittredge will be giving two workshops.
Workshop #1 Description:
A PARADIGM SHIFT: CONCEPTS NECESSARY FOR THE PRODUCTION OF NUTRIENT DENSE CROPS (NDC), AND THEIR POTENTIAL*** Dan Kittredge
Maximizing crop nutrition and yield ...
Dr. Arden Andersen and Dan Kittredge Giving Workshops at the NOFA Winter Conference
Dr. Arden Andersen and Dan Kittredge Giving Workshops at the NOFA Winter Conference
Barre, MA – When more than 100 farmers converge this February in Barre for a 3 day seminar, they'll be focusing on a topic of serious concern to a growing number of consumers: the nutrition and taste of our food. The Northeast Organic Farming Association, Massachusetts Chapter has arranged for the worldwide farmer consultant, Dr. Arden Andersen, to give this intensive seminar to farmers on how they can increase the nutrient density, taste, and yield of their crops.
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