Posted on February 5, 2016 by KK
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Our first records of weather tracking from the U.S. Weather Bureau were from 1898 for relative humidity, winds and temp. It wasn’t until radiosonde initiatives were launched in 1938 that we were able to test temperature,…
Category: Sustainable Movement Tags: 1934, Agriculture, America, cattle ranching, Colorado, Dust Bowl, erosion, Forest Service, Great Depression, Great Plains, Henry Wallace, History of Agriculture, Kansas, Lewis Gray, New Agricultural Reform, New Deal Agricultural Conservation, New Mexico, NYC, Oklahoma, Rexford Tugwell, Roosevelt, Shelterbelt Program, Soil, Soil Conservation Service, sustainable, sustainable agriculture, Taylor Grazing Act, Texas, U.S. Weather Bureau, wheat farming
Posted on July 13, 2015 by KK
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Well I don’t think I can ever get caught up in the backyard these days! My gardens have become so large that I’m constantly cultivating the soil! It seems as if just as I’ve finished one thing,…
Category: Sustainable Movement Tags: aquaponics, Austin, Backyard Chickens, banana spider, Buckwheat, campine chicken, carrots, cat, Central Texas, chickens, compost, creme de lite carrots, crimson watermelon, drip nozzles, grapes, Greenhouse growing, Herbs, Heritage Breeds, heritage hens, Manor, rainwater harversting, rattlesnake, Small Scale Farm, Starkbro's, Sustainable Food Systems, Texas, tomatoes, Walking Onion, watermelon
Posted on June 26, 2015 by KK
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Turning community supported agriculture into agriculture-supported community would allow community food security to thrive within the local food movement (Ackerman-Leist 2013). Community food security targets the local population and strives to, “make healthy, fresh food available to…
Category: Sustainable Movement Tags: Austin, Central Texas, DDIP, Double Dollar Incentive Program, EBT equipped, Farmers Market Incentive Program, Farmers' Market, FNS, Food and Nutrition Service, food security, gleaning, Green Mountain College, local food, Master of Science in Sustainable Food Systems, MSFS discussion, Philip Ackerman-Leist, Rebuilding the Foodshed, SFC, SNAP, Sustainable Food Center, Sustainable Food Systems, TBB, Texas, The Benefit Bank, Travis County, Urban Roots, USDA, WIC