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3:49 pm, July 10, 2008 by jason in Rumblings, Thinking Green
From today’s New York Times, the growing trend to obtain produce from a local farm is discussed. You can learn more about supporting a farm near you by going to http://www.farmfreshatlas.org/
Cutting Out the Middlemen, Shoppers Buy Slices of Farms
By SUSAN SAULNY
Published: July 10, 2008
A growing number of people are skipping out on grocery stores and instead going right to the source by buying shares of farms — in essence hiring personal farmers.
Read More: New York Times - Cutting Out the Middlemen, Shoppers Buy Slices of Farms
10:09 am, June 16, 2008 by jason in Rumblings, Thinking Green
For all of you (and me) who strive to live green, eat your heart out. I’ve been reading about this family on their blog for some time and it is pretty inspiring. They harvest the vast majority of their foods on a 1/10th of an acre, imagine what we could do on 1/2 an acre. The big advantage they have is the Pasadena weather though.
12:00 pm, March 20, 2008 by jason in Cycling, Thinking Green
Winter Storm Watch
DODGE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA- MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…BEAVER DAM… JEFFERSON…LAKE MILLS… WAUKESHA… BROOKFIELD…MILWAUKEE…ELKHORN… LAKE GENEVA… RACINE…KENOSHA 951 AM CDT THU MAR 20 2008…WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING…
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE NEAR THE ILLINOIS BORDER.
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW…AND/OR SLEET… AND/OR FREEZING RAIN MAY COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO SOCIETY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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104,000ft, originally uploaded by arena_5.
A group of students from Oklahoma State University sent a Pentax DSLR to 104,000 ft via a sounding balloon and took pictures along the way. This pic is from the peak of the flight - look at their entire project’s pictures - it’s amazing.
By the way, since everyone is waiting with baited breath,
No we don’t have a new baby yet, and yes we’ll make sure to let everyone know when we do.
The below article from the New Yort Times was posted on JimBurkee.com (running for 5th District of the US House) this evening and all I can say in response is ‘Hell yeah.’
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