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Two Interesting Stories About Food Production
Here are the two radio pieces mentioned at the Wednesday Root Riot Harambee team meeting. Both radio pieces were on WBEZ earlier this week (7/12/2010) about aspects of food production. They touched on topics that have been discussed at the Harambee garden over the last couple of weeks, and I thought others might find them interesting. You should be…
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RootRoot-Riot: Madison Street 7/12 update
Click 07/12/2010 Monthly Agenda (pdf) The first meeting under the big top was a success! Great attendance and participation! Thanks to all of you who took the time to come out. For the others who could not make it, just remember that meetings are the second Monday of each month and you and your friends,…
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Will Allen, Growing Power: June 24th @7:00 pm
Will Allen, Growing Power, and the Chicago Avenue Urban Farm Thursday, June 24, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m. Original article posted at: http://chicagopublicradio.org/Event_Detail.aspx?eventID=2038 Fourth Presbyterian Church invites you to hear Will Allen, nationally recognized founder of Growing Power, leader in the development of urban agriculture, and winner of a MacArthur Fellowship, talk about the importance of…
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Root-Riot: Madison Street 6/17 update
Click 06/12/2010 Monthly Agenda (pdf) Great, great, meeting on Monday night! Thanks so much for your time, energy and effort. What a creative and diverse group of people. Love it! Thanks to those who were “gently volunteered,” the folks who just jumped right in, as well as all of you who self organized into the…
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Root-Riot: Madison Street 6/12 update
Good Morning! Hope you are all planning a lovely weekend. Just a few catch-ups on Root-Riot:Madison. All of this info can be found at http://www.root-riot.com Learning Calendar Get Involved Activity Page Today’s + Tomorrows Learning Session (Bring your own umbrellas and chair) Monday Meeting on (Sunday Meeting Postponed) This just in… bike rack and possible…
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RootRoot-Riot: Harambee 6/11 update
500 N. Waller: HARAMBEE Hi Everyone, We had a great meeting on Wedneday night, with about 25 people in attenance. Lovely evening and great exchange of ideas. This is a short update and a couple of reminders EDUCATION The second session in the Root-Riot Core Learning Series takes place this weekend. On Saturday, June 12th…
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Core Learning Session Sat & Sun Jun 12 & 13.
Hello Everyone, The second session in the Root-Riot Core Learning Series takes place this weekend. On Saturday, June 12th at 2:30 PM at the Madison and Grove site or Sunday, June 13th at 2:30 PM at the Harambee site (Race and Waller). Each day will have a different speaker but similar topics will be covered.…
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What A Little Gem the cucumber Is!
1. Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need every day, just one cucumber contains Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Zinc. 2. Feeling tired in the afternoon, put down the caffeinated soda and pick up a cucumber. Cucumbers are…
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Root Riot: Madison Update 6/6/10
Update 6.6.10 Well, well. If you saw the place a month ago, you would hardly recognize it now. How different it looks now. Love the way each of the beds are developing their own character and identity! With all the rain, the plants are thriving. More and more folks are stopping by just to see…
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RootRoot-Riot: Harambee 6/4 update
Update 6.4.10 I am sorry it has been a little while since my last update. We are definitely up and running as a garden and there are many exciting things that are coming.Fantastic Amount of work last weekend. Great Thanks to Dean and Kristine Nickerson for organizing it and to everyone who came out on…
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