A few weeks ago, I had the occasion to lead a seed bomb making workshop at the downtown Ypsilanti library, where, by the way, there happens to be a pretty awesome seed library. And, after we’d finished making the seed bombs, and talking about where and how they might be deployed, we watched a documentary […]
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The Ann Arbor Seed Company’s Eric Kampe on the importance of seed saving, the threat of the “Big Seed” industry, and how proud he is of his biennial root vegetables
Posted in Agriculture, Ann Arbor, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Uncategorized Also tagged Abbondanza Organic Seeds & Produce, Ann Arbor Seed Company, Colorado, Eric Kampe, factory farming, heirloom seeds, kale, monocrops, open pollinated, Open Sesame: The Story of Seeds, seed bombing, Seed Savers Exchange, seed saving, seeds 3 Comments
The campaign to get Eden Foods products off our local co-op shelves
Presently there are movements afoot, both in Ann Arbor and in Ypsilanti, to pull products by Eden Foods off the shelves of our respective food co-ops. Following is a conversation with Georgina Hickey, who is leading the charge in Ypsilanti, and Ann Rogers, who is doing the same in Ann Arbor, explaining why, in their […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, Ypsilanti Also tagged ACA, Affordable Care Act, Ann Rogers, boycotts, Cheryl Farmer, co-ops, contraception, Dan Gillotte, Eden Foods, Georgina Hickey, Hobby Lobby, Michael Potter, National Organization for Women, NOW, old white men making decisions on women's health, People's Food Co-op, petitions, religious extremism, reproductive justice, soy, soymilk, Supreme Court, Wheatsville, women's health, Ypsi Food Co-op 70 Comments
Introducing Stewart Beal ‘s newest venture… CityFARM
I’ve been puzzling over an email that I received from local real estate developer Stewart Beal a few days ago, announcing a new “business concept” of his, called CITYfarm. “CityFARM,” said Beal in his letter, “is a company with a social mission (kind of like a hybrid of a for profit company and a not […]
Posted in Agriculture, entrepreneurism, Food, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Adams Street, Adams Street Farm, Amanda Edmonds, CityFARM, farm jobs, farming, Food Gatherers, food security, Growing Hope, heirloom seeds, Kickstarter, Lauren Maloney, local non-profits, new models for non-profits, non-profits, organic farming, pesticide, Stewart Beal, urban farming 89 Comments