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Apr 7

Sourdough & Blood Sugar

As a fiftysomething female whose parents were diabetic by the time they were 50, I am keenly aware of sugar spikes and dips in my own blo...

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Our Urban Farms

Oct 6, 2019

Living Food and Why We Need It

Our digestive systems are themselves entire ecosystems of living organisms. We have as many as 100,000,000 microorganisms per ml of stomach

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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

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Suzanne Stenson O'Brien

Sep 16, 2019

comprehendere

"Earth is a sphere. All our actions should be guided by this fact." —R. Buckminster Fuller

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A Fun Way to Save the Planet: Make it Yourself

Our Urban Farms

Aug 31, 2019

A Fun Way to Save the Planet: Make it Yourself

As we work to make a better future for ourselves, we look to do three basic things: 1) To restore things from the past that used to work w...

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Our Urban Farms

Aug 23, 2019

Canning Season Has Arrived

Today, we feel the season changing intensely. The jam/jelly canning is well underway. George has already put up several jars of jam and jell

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Our Urban Farms

Aug 15, 2019

Welcome to Our Urban Farms

For years we gave been working to transition our lives from being typical American consumers to living more sustainable and healthful lives.

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