Nutrient Density Crop Production Workshop Series for 2010

Nutrient Density Crop Production Workshop Series for 2010 This is designed to give the farmer/gardener all of the information, techniques, tools, and support necessary to become a producer of cutting edge maximum quality crops in the North. Led by Real Food Campaign Director Dan Kittredge. Western Massachusetts: Jan-17-2010, Mar-14-2010, May-02-2010, Jul-11-2010, Sep-12-2010 & Nov-14-2010 Connecticut: Jan-24-2010, Mar-21-2010, May-16-2010, Jul-18-2010, Sep-19-2010 & Nov-21-2010 New York: Jan-10-2010, Mar-07-2010, May-08-2010, Jul-10-2010, Sep-11-2010 ...

CETEM sponsors Agrominerals for Biofuels

CETEM sponsors Agrominerals for Biofuels March 12, 2010 CETEM, the mineral industry association in Brazil, is following up on another symposium on March 12th in Rio de Janeiro with workshops on agrominerals for biofuels. The workshops are free and open to the public. The project Agrominerals for biofuels is sponsored by the fund CT-Mineral, Ministry of Science and Technology, run by CETEM and financed with resources of FINEP. Those interested in participating can register with Ms. Gisele Rose by e-mail: silva@cetem.gov.br, or by phone: (21) 3865-7214. Address: Rio de ...

RTE partners with Trees for Clean Energy Network in Kenya

RTE partners with Trees for Clean Energy Network in Kenya Trees for Clean Energy Network (TCEN) empowers youth and women to produce clean energy biofuel to light households and power small enterprises. Joanna Campe, Executive Director of RTE, and Zablon Wagalla met each other at the World International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) vowing to partner at some time in the future growing jatropha on marginal soils with rock dust. Jatropha produces sustainable biofuel from the seeds at the same time that it restores soils and makes them arable within a few years. ...

Increasing Nutrients in the Food We Grow

Increasing Nutrients in the Food We Grow *Growing Highly Nutritious Food* Workshop Series These workshops draw on cutting-edge research and long-proven techniques to build the ideal soil environment for crop growth and production. This series will take farmers and gardeners step-by-step through the principles, practices and materials to optimize crop health and growth. The Pioneer Valley workshop series will start this Sunday, January 17, from 9 AM to 4 PM at Enterprise Farm: 72 River Road, Whately, MA. Contact: David Paysnick, 413-475-3392, email: davepays@gmail...

John Todd- Ecology From 40,000 Feet

“When we’re flying at 40,000 feet and we look down, we see a marvelous amount of innovation in agriculture, environmental restoration, green architecture, in systems design and in renewable energy development,” Dr. John Todd tells Organic Connections. “The news on the ground has never been richer, more diverse or in some respects more global. There probably isn’t a continent on which we don’t have something happening, and that just wasn’t the case 20 years ago.” (more…)

Transforming Barren Land Into Fertile

If you were to choose a place to plant your dream vegetable garden, it would probably not be in the foothills of the Grampian Mountains in Strathardle, Perthshire, Scotland. The upland site is infertile, acidic and exposed to severe weather. Around 85 percent of Scotland is classified by the European Union as a “less-favoured area” for farming, and this region, plagued by lifeless, silty soil and boulders, falls right into that category. Yet it was exactly here that Cameron and Moira Thomson settled and decided to become self-sufficient by creating their own garden, ...

Additional Dan Kittredge Workshop Opportunities

Dan Kittredge 2010 Workshop Series In addition to the previously mentioned workshops, Dan Kittredge will be teaching a series of workshops throughout 2010 covering the topic of nutrient dense crop production. These workshops draw from cutting edge research and long proven techniques that build the ideal soil environment for crop growth and production. Dates- Sunderland, MA: Jan-17, Mar-14, May-2, July-11, Sept-12, Nov-14Hartford, CT: Jan-1, Mar-21, May-16, Jul-18, Sep-19, Nov-21Columbia County, NY: Jan-10, Mar-07, May-08, Jul-10, Sep-11, Nov-07Montpelier, VT: Feb-7, ...

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