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Common Ground Fair, September 22 – 24, 2017 Coming to Unity, Maine this year for the Common Ground Fair? This year, there’s a special attraction: the power of the sun! ReVision is deeply grateful to further its partnership with the Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association (MOFGA) with the installation of 311 solar panels which […] By David Fried All over the world at this very moment friends are lifting their glasses and saying: “Skol!,” “Cheers!,” “Nazdrovia!,” or perhaps “L’chaim!” They are not lifting a zucchini or an olive to say this, but something magical and transformative that they can drink. We who grow and harvest fruit can have the pleasure […] by David Fried Sometimes what a cat likes, an insect hates. Throughout time, people who have time outdoors have known what to plant to keep insects from biting them constantly. We seem to have forgotten some of these plants and their usefulness and ease of growing. Growing food without poisons. Painting by Gabriel […] Cattle near Wantastiquet Mountain in southwestern New Hampshire (Redjar, Wikimedia Commons) By George Harvey Conventional wisdom on beef and dairy products is that they are responsible for a large part of our greenhouse gas emissions. The issue of how to deal with that is not without its controversies, and there is still […] Bee visiting an alfalfa flower (Ivar Leidus, Wikimedia Commons) By George Harvey The Union of Concerned Scientists has released a report on crop rotation, “Rotating Crops, Turning Profits” (UCS report). It is available as a pdf file at http://bit.ly/UCS-crop-rotation. It has a lot to say about the agricultural and environmental advantages of […] Pollinators in Peril Landmark Report: In the first comprehensive review of the more than 4,000 native bee species in North America and Hawaii, the Center for Biological Diversity has found that more than half the species with sufficient data to assess are declining. Nearly one in four is imperiled and at increasing risk of […] Foodscape Revolution By Brie Arthur, published by St. Lynn’s Press, 2017, 189 pages, $21.95 Book review by N. R. Mallery ’Tis the season for gardening. You may have noticed that some people have been growing a few veggies in with flowers in the past couple of years. Perhaps you have even started to do […] An Interview with Hank Keating Stone Fruit Farm in Westport, MA. By Barbara Whitchurch Stone Fruit Farm, completed in 2016, is a complex of buildings in the small town of Westport, Massachusetts, built to the Passive House (PH) standard. It calls to mind the design of the classic New England connected […] Elderberry syrup made with honey and dried elderberries. By Kay Aihla McGrenaghan Cafasso Permaculture design and gardening continues all year, even when the growing season is at rest. It is essential to continually ask: How we can we be more efficient with our time and energy, live with greater health consciousness, meanwhile working with […] Low-maintenance elderberries for an effortless, bountiful harvest. Fruit of the native elderberry. Photo by D. Fried. By David Fried of Elmore Roots Using our experience from 36 years of growing elderberries on a rugged hillside, in Elmore, Vermont, Zone 3, we offer this effortless recipe for a successful start to a fruitful ending, for […] |
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