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The Food Movement, Rising

By on June 7, 2010 in Gardening Tips and Tricks, Growing Your Own Food, Local Food, Making A Difference

We here at Terroir Seeds have been reading  Michael Pollan for several years now. He is well written, deeply thoughtful, unafraid to examine and show his deepest feelings, emotions and mindset on food and where it comes from. He writes with a common sense approach that is refreshing to read in today’s over-hyped, shrill hyperbole. [...]

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Heirloom Seeds Give Us Resiliency

By on January 31, 2010 in Gardening Tips and Tricks, Growing Your Own Food

There is a lot of talk, writing and thought about self-sufficiency now, mainly due to the partial economic and industrial collapse that we’ve all watched in the past year or so. The thought of being dependent on no one else is appealing, at least in the short run. This is short term thinking, however, without [...]

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Homegrown Vegetables Are the Most Nutritious

By on December 30, 2009 in Gardening Tips and Tricks, Growing Your Own Food

I came across a great article about how fresh colorful vegetables offer the most nutrition for the money spent. While I definitely agree with this, I believe there are some lost opportunities here; namely growing your own vegetables will prove the truth of several recent findings. Below is the link for the article: Fresh Vegetable [...]

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Food Films

By on December 27, 2009 in Food Films

Winter is a cold time of year in most parts of the country, with shorter days and more time spent indoors. One of my favorite hobbies (besides gardening) is watching movies. I have been a film buff since I was a kid and had actually contemplated going to film school. Instead, I majored in horticulture [...]

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Heirloom Seeds and Plants

By on June 25, 2009 in Gardening Tips and Tricks, Heirloom Seed Stories

Heirloom Seeds and Plants Heirloom vegetables, fruits, flowers and herbs are varieties that have remained popular with home gardeners because they grow well and taste great. Loosely defined as plant varieties that have been grown for at least three generations (and sometimes for three or more centuries!), heirloom food plants are varieties that have been [...]

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