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    Signs of the Times
    Our Urban Farms
    • Aug 27, 2021

    Signs of the Times

    Out on a recent stroll in the neighborhood I (Mike) saw some signs in a yard that made me laugh out loud in a kind of tragic irony sort...
    We Are Not Helpless Victims of the Climate Crisis. We are the Cause of it.
    Our Urban Farms
    • Jul 1, 2021

    We Are Not Helpless Victims of the Climate Crisis. We are the Cause of it.

    As we prepared this blog post, both the east and west coasts of the USA have been engulfed in record-setting heat waves, the likes of...
    Another Must-Watch Film: the Biggest Little Farm
    Our Urban Farms
    • Jun 21, 2021

    Another Must-Watch Film: the Biggest Little Farm

    We recently wrote about the film Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet. Then we watched another must-watch film, the Biggest...
    Must Watch: Breaking Boundaries - A Netflix Original Documentary
    Our Urban Farms
    • Jun 20, 2021

    Must Watch: Breaking Boundaries - A Netflix Original Documentary

    As I type this, the western United States is engulfed in a record-breaking heatwave and drought. At the same time, sea levels continue...
    Bernadette the Sustainability Chicken
    Our Urban Farms
    • Mar 13, 2021

    Bernadette the Sustainability Chicken

    We often hear from people who want help promoting sustainable living. Our answer: Bernadette, the Sustainability Chicken. When we began...
    Growing Indoors: Great Winter Fun
    Our Urban Farms
    • Jan 5, 2021

    Growing Indoors: Great Winter Fun

    Each year we do what we can to expand the growing that we do. This winter, we decided to expand our indoor growing space and we have had...
    The Very Dangerous Thing Nearly Everyone Gets Wrong About Alternative Energy
    Our Urban Farms
    • Apr 29, 2020

    The Very Dangerous Thing Nearly Everyone Gets Wrong About Alternative Energy

    Before getting too far into this post, we have to first say that we have a pretty large (18 panels) solar array on our house. We love it....
    The Collapse Has Begun - And That Might Be OK
    Our Urban Farms
    • Apr 1, 2020

    The Collapse Has Begun - And That Might Be OK

    The Collapse Has Begun Deep Adaptation. Those of us who have been anticipating, talking about and planning for social and economic...
    The Day I Quit Smoking and What it Taught Me About Climate Change
    Mike Fry
    • Sep 30, 2019

    The Day I Quit Smoking and What it Taught Me About Climate Change

    For those uninitiated to nicotine addiction, consider this: it is the third most addictive drug, coming in just behind heroin and cocaine. O
    The backpack question--What would you chose to pack and bring with you?
    George Hamm
    • Sep 23, 2019

    The backpack question--What would you chose to pack and bring with you?

    Maybe it's because yesterday was the global climate strike, or maybe it's just this time of year. I began to pose the question to myself--if
    World-wide youth lead us all in the climate strike movement
    Our Urban Farms
    • Sep 20, 2019

    World-wide youth lead us all in the climate strike movement

    Friday, September 20, 2019 should be remembered as marking the beginning of a greater movement toward building meaningful action and unity a
    Why Nuclear Power is No Solution to Climate Crisis
    Our Urban Farms
    • Sep 18, 2019

    Why Nuclear Power is No Solution to Climate Crisis

    The DOE has a stated goal of cleaning the existing contaminated sites by 2025. Just one site in Fernald, Ohio has "31 million pounds of ura
    comprehendere
    Suzanne Stenson O'Brien
    • Sep 16, 2019

    comprehendere

    "Earth is a sphere. All our actions should be guided by this fact." —R. Buckminster Fuller
    Join Us For Fun and Food
    Our Urban Farms
    • Sep 5, 2019

    Join Us For Fun and Food

    As the 2019 growing season comes to a close, we are celebrating the bounty the Earth has brought us. With the pantry stocked with another ye
    How I Became a Year-Round Bicyclist
    George Hamm
    • Sep 2, 2019

    How I Became a Year-Round Bicyclist

    I don't remember the exact day I began the process of becoming a year-round bicyclist. However, what began as a weekend adventure of short
    Getting Ready for a New, Necessary and Better Way of Living
    Our Urban Farms
    • Aug 26, 2019

    Getting Ready for a New, Necessary and Better Way of Living

    A soft and pensive voice says, "I think that most of feel that something bad is coming our way." The voice is that of a 13-year-old girl i
    Watch: Professor Jem Bendell Says Our Mother Earth Says #MeToo
    Our Urban Farms
    • Aug 20, 2019

    Watch: Professor Jem Bendell Says Our Mother Earth Says #MeToo

    Professor Jem Bendell, author of the acclaimed paper on Deep Adaptation, spoke at an Extinction Rebellion protest on April 15, 2019....
    Tour de Sustainability and Excitement from Our Website First Days
    Our Urban Farms
    • Aug 20, 2019

    Tour de Sustainability and Excitement from Our Website First Days

    Our new website is literally only a few days old and we are very excited about everything that is happening. Hundreds of unique visitors...
    Report: Urban Farms 'Critical' to Combat Hunger and Adapt to Climate Crisis
    Our Urban Farms
    • Aug 18, 2019

    Report: Urban Farms 'Critical' to Combat Hunger and Adapt to Climate Crisis

    A report from 2018 from Tompson Reuters Foundation has concluded that urban farms are critical to combat hunger and to adopt to the climate
    We Can Be the Change We Want to See
    Our Urban Farms
    • Aug 17, 2019

    We Can Be the Change We Want to See

    These stories all outline multiple urgent crises facing our planet, including the fact that more than a million species are currently at ris

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