March 2009
7 posts
The Whitehouse Grows a Garden →
The South Lawn at the White House will see the greens and reds, and yellows and oranges, of the seasons soon enough! With the initiative instilled by Michelle Obama and a culinary task force interested in local food production and consumption, all of the President’s men (and women) will partake in tilling and eating their backyard, which is planning to have over 55 varieties of garden...
Mar 20th
“Urban Gardening Talk Series 2009  Presented by the Historical Society...”
– DC Urban Gardeners and Garden Magazine
Mar 18th
“Hope and the future for me are not in lawns and cultivated fields, not in towns...”
– Henry Thoreau From the essay “Walking
Mar 17th
Urban Food Enterprise →
Input Invited on Urban Food Enterprise Center Officials at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are seeking stakeholder comments on a new program created in the 2008 Farm Bill that is to be initiated this year, known as the Healthy Urban Food Enterprise Development Center or HUFED.  A total of $1 million per year for three years is available for the non-profit organization that wins the...
Mar 13th
Farmland owners merging with Farmers: Deal/No... →
The Airlie Foundation, with the mission “To study, promote, encourage and foster knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the interrelationships which exist in the physical and social sciences…“ is hosting a project called “Hosting the Small Farm Dream,” which is attempting to connect farmers with the land by locating available resources, providing education and positioning...
Mar 13th
“Hi all - We are constantly being asked for locations of local community...”
– DC Urban Gardeners
Mar 13th
REposting from DC Urban Gardeners →
DC ROOTING FORUM ROUND-UP: http://www.dc- urban-gardener- news.com/ 2009/03/rooting- dc-forum- a-huge-success. html ABOUT UPCOMING EVENTS: - March 7 free honeybee seminars at Behnkes: http://www.dc- urban-gardener- news.com/ 2009/03/free- honeybee- seminars- at-behnkes. html - March 14, free vegetable-growing seminars at Behnkes: http://www.dc- urban-gardener- news.com/ 2009/03/free-...
Mar 5th