food bank people : NOLA Indymedia

Grow A Row of fresh organic food for your LOCAL Food Bank
http://www.cnh.bc.ca/foodsecurity/growarow.htm
http://www.lifecyclesproject.ca/initiatives/past_projects/grow_a_row.php
http://www.stcatharines.ca/recreation/pt/grow_row.asp
http://www.gov.pe.ca/news/getrelease.php3?number=4279
http://www.compost.org/growarowpressrelease2.html

book: Four-Season Harvest; author: Eliot Coleman http://www.fourseasonfarm.com
Greenhouse Gardening books: http://www.growingedge.com/store/books_multimedia.php

Locate LOCAL Food Banks in your area to help.
http://omni.cc.purdue.edu/~hobaugh/safefood/links.html#foodbank
http://www.secondharvest.org/zip_code.jsp

ORGANIC GARDENING TECHNOLOGIES
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/102980.php
http://adelaide.indymedia.org/newswire/display/12155/index.php
http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2006/07/50509.php
http://bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25076

SCHOOL GARDENS
http://www.oaec.org/schoolgardenprogram
http://www.edibleschoolyard.org/homepage.html
http://www.aranyagardens.co.uk/Diploma%20Portfolio/Designs/School%20Garden/School%20Garden%20Design%20Summary.htm
http://www.plants-for-people.org/eng/health/Plant_boost.htm
http://www.livingnutrition.com
http://www.journeytoforever.org/edu.html#garden
http://www.wolvertonenvironmental.com/book1.htm
http://www.plants-for-people.org/eng

Drive Free - Veggie Fuel for your car
http://scotland.indymedia.org/newswire/display/2942/index.php
http://hawaii.indymedia.org/news/2006/06/5893.php

RECYCLING USED COOKING OIL into BIODIESEL
Run your diesel vehicle on used cooking oil and on vegetable oil.
Fill your gas tank at fast food restaurants.
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http://plantdrive.com/Used_Cooking_Oil.pdf
http://www.plantdrive.com
book: From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank; author: Joshua Tickell
http://www.joshuatickell.com/books_films.htm
training for: veg oil engine conversion: http://www.lowimpact.org/courses.htm
specialized training for women: http://www.solarenergy.org

MAKING BIODIESEL the Easy Way
http://www.biodieselwarehouse.com
book: How to Make Biodiesel; author: Dan Carter http://www.lowimpact.org/manuals.htm
book: Biodiesel Power; author: Lyle Estill http://www.newsociety.com/bookid/3898

TOURS of SOLAR HOMES and SOLAR BUILDINGS
and SOLAR LINKS to other web sites.
http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2006/07/8046.php
http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=en&article_id=570479
http://bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25089
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2006/06/114790.php
http://www.ases.org/tour
http://www.ases.org/tour/2005_tour/California.htm
http://www.homepower.com/events/index.cfm
http://www.solarliving.org
http://www.solarhouseday.com/index01.shtml
http://www.homepower.com/links/non_profit.cfm
http://www.solarhouseday.com
http://thunderbay.indymedia.org/news/2006/09/24833.php

Lacey resident E.J. Hardebeck normally spends the summer on vacation, reading or lazing about.

But this summer, he and 10 other Komachin Middle School students are volunteering to tend 18 vegetable beds they're planting for low-income families.

"We have this garden, and we're not using it very much," he said. "There's nothing planted in here but weeds, so it was just a waste. There are people who need what we have."

The students aren't alone this planting season.

Farmers, backyard gardeners and groups across the county have begun planting seeds and tilling land in a unified effort to keep the Thurston County Food Bank's shelves stocked. Farm land that would normally lie fallow and surplus vegetables that would otherwise go to waste have found a new purpose.

The food bank had a record 58,055 client visits last year, said Robert Coit, executive director at the food bank. The number has increased 30 percent a month during the past seven months, in part because higher gasoline prices have forced people to funnel more of their paychecks into fueling their cars to drive to work. At the same time, the food bank has opened satellite sites at two large low-income apartment complexes.

The food bank gets donated produce from growers, but donations ebb in the cold months. So Coit uses cash donations and reserves to buy produce.

In February, Garden-Raised Bounty began pulling local growers together. Some, like GRuB and The Kiwanis Club, had grown for the food bank before. Others were newcomers. Fourteen groups or individual growers are now on board, with the combined goal of growing 30,000 pounds of food this year, said Blue Peetz, GRuB coordinator. The Gleaners Coalition, which dispatches volunteers to help farms harvest excess food, is also a partner.

Planting has begun at GRuB's greenhouse on Elliot Avenue and at The Kiwanis Club's half-acre farm near Mud Bay Road. The Kiwanis Club is the food bank's single largest donor, delivering 15,000 pounds of produce last year. They hope to match or surpass that amount this year, he said.

"It's a fairly productive small patch," said Don Leaf of The Kiwanis Club. "We've been producing fresh produce for the food bank for several years. We try to harvest when things are ripe and not overripe, and try to deliver it immediately."

In Rochester, the Helsing Junction Farm has set aside two acres for the food bank where they've planted carrots, beets, fennel and chard, said Susan Ujcic, co-owner. The Gleaners and H.E.A.R.T. Alternative High School students will help harvest.

The food bank also will benefit from the farm's community-supported agriculture program. Under CSA, members pay monthly for a full or half share and, in return, get weekly produce and flowers, often getting more food than the cost of their share. The farm is matching every $1 that CSA members donate, and the money is used to provide shares to food bank clients.

The Gleaners are organizing a giving garden, where they'll grow herbs and vegetables, at the Olympia Community Gardens and Bentley Farms, said Barry Cannon, who heads the group. The Gleaners will organize work parties to run the garden, its volunteers will keep any harvest they need and the rest will be donated to the food bank and other area emergency food and meal programs.

In addition, the Gleaners will launch a food preparation display starting May 24, where they'll prepare dishes at the food bank using the vegetables and herbs clients receive. They'll serve samples and hand out recipe kits, especially for vegetables people might not be familiar with, like kohlrabi, which is a cabbage that resembles a turnip.

"You give it to somebody and it's a weird-looking thing and people might not know what to do with it," Cannon said. "It's also nutritional teaching. Greens can be cooked so much they turn brown and limp. We'll teach them how to hold the nutrition in the vegetables."

Kiwanis Club member Don Leaf tills the soil Thursday morning as he and other members get ready for planting on their half-acre garden on 11th Avenue.

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HOW TO HELP in your LOCAL Community
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Seattle P-Patch program for helping Food Banks and the poor
You can copy the Seattle Method, and use it in your LOCAL Neighborhood.
http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/ppatch
http://www.seattletilth.org

WASTE NOT, WANT NOT
Advanced Recycling and Composting Technologies
Zero Waste
http://pr.indymedia.org/news/2006/08/17530.php
http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2006/07/50509.php

ED TECH FOR TEACHERS
http://la.indymedia.org/news/2006/05/159437.php
http://bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25014

volunteering to WORK ON ORGANIC FARMS
http://www.wwoof.org

Garden-Raised Bounty (GRUB)
You can duplicate their methods in your city.
http://www.goodgrub.org/youth/main.html

The GLEANERS COALITION
Please set up a Gleaners Group in your Community.
http://www.gleanerscoalition.org

The Gleaners Coalition needs volunteers to harvest and move food from Neighborhood Gardens and farms to LOCAL food banks.

Anyone with a backyard garden can plant extra and contact the Gleaners Coalition for help harvesting or delivering the vegetables from your garden to your Local Food Bank.

ORGANIC GARDENING for DISABLED PEOPLE
Do a internet search on Gardening Theraphy or Horticultural Therapy
There are many excellent books and research papers on the subject.
http://www.leftfootorganics.org
http://htinstitute.org/htlinks.htm
book: Horticulture As Therapy; author: Mitchell L. Hewson http://www.plants-for-people.org/eng

JOURNAL about SOLAR ENERGY, Sustainable Technologies:
http://www.homepower.com

HEALTHY SCHOOLS = Academic Success
http://www.calhealthyschools.org
http://www.foodrevolution.org/askjohn/43.htm
http://www.bibleplus.org/health/ms_lupus.htm
http://www.watoxics.org
book: Bible Cure for Weight Loss; author: Don Colbert
book: Bible Cure for ADD & Hyperactivity; author: Don Colbert
Victory Over ADHD
http://www.victoryoveradhd.com
Organic Diabetic Sweetener: http://www.stevitastevia.com/product/product.html
http://www.bibleplus.org/health/ms_lupus.htm
Health Master: http://www.healthmasters.com
Well Being Journal: http://www.wellbeingjournal.com
Health Crusader Journal: http://www.healthliesexposed.com
Townsend Letter (Journal): http://www.townsendletter.com
Living Nutrition Journal: http://www.livingnutrition.com
Organic Consumer: http://www.organicconsumers.org
http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2006/03/49909.php
book: Nurtured by Love, The Classical Approach to Talent Education; author: Shinichi Suzuki
http://www.azsuzuki.org/readlist.htm
http://www.organicconsumers.org/BTC/cocacola082405.cfm
http://www.killercoke.org

VICTORY GARDENS International Movement to feed the poor
http://www.victorygardens.net

COMMUNITY GARDENS for helping Food Banks and the poor
Please set up a community garden in your area using organic gardening methods.
You can set up a community garden at a school or a church, and use it to train children in organic gardening.
http://www.communitygarden.org.au/about/benefits.html
http://www.communitygarden.org/publications.php
http://www.greenguerillas.org
http://www.communitygarden.org/links.php
http://www.greenthumbnyc.org/links.html

FOOD SECURITY links
http://www.foodsecurity.org/links.html

ROOF TOP GARDENS for helping Food Banks
http://www.greengridroofs.com/advantages/index.htm
http://www.optigruen.de

ORGANIC ALLOTMENT GARDENING to feed the poor
http://www.hhdra.org.uk

FIGHTING HUNGER
http://www.carbon.org http://www.trees.co.za http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk http://www.moringatrees.org http://www.permacultureinternational.org http://echonet.org/core.htm http://www.seedinternational.com.au http://www.permaculture.org.uk http://www.csa-india.org http://neemfoundation.org http://www.neemresource.com http://www.treesforlife.org http://www.growbiointensive.org http://www.vermico.com/compost_tea_brewers.htm http://www.emtechnologynetwork.org

ERADICATING GLOBAL HUNGER
http://bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25076
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/102980.php
http://southafrica.indymedia.org/news/2006/06/10603.php
http://thunderbay.indymedia.org/news/2006/05/23244.php
http://prod.india.indymedia.org/en/2005/09/210864.shtml

BUILD INTO the FUTURE
Indestructible and energy efficient buildings and homes
(Hurricane proof, Tornado proof, Earthquake proof and Tidal Wave proof)
If you combine the Monolithic Dome with Kalwall Windows (http://www.kalwall.com), results in a house free from terrorist threats.
Monolithic Dome buildings can be built 30 feet underground. http://www.monolithicdome.com
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http://www.homepower.com http://www.swisssolartech.com http://www.solargenix.com http://www.powerlight.com http://www.quietrevolution.co.uk http://www.kalwall.com http://www.solatube.com http://www.nanosolar.com http://www.heliodyne.com http://www.sunpower.com http://www.rpc.com.au http://www.solarwall.com http://www.greengridroofs.com http://www.grasscrete.com http://www.rainharvesting.co.uk http://www.ecological-engineering.com http://www.oasisdesign.net http://www.waterless.co.nz http://www.wolvertonenvironmental.com http://www.sloanled.com http://www.cansolair.com http://www.canadiansolartechnologies.ca http://www.insuladd.com http://www.vestas.com http://www.activepower.com http://www.magenn.com http://www.sunpower.com http://www.powerefficiencycorp.com http://www.openenergycorp.com http://www.sunengy.com http://www.isolite.com

GERMAN Sustainable Technology
intelligent design
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translate German => english: http://babelfish.altavista.com
http://www.bomin-solar.de http://www.solarinfo.de http://www.inn-plan.de http://www.optigruen.de http://www.sses.ch http://www.orange-energy.de http://www.firstsolar.com http://www.thyssen-solartec.com http://www.wind-energie.de http://www.solarfoerderung.de http://www.biocar.de http://www.iwr.de http://www.evt-scooter.de http://www.intersolar.de http://www.sunversy.de http://www.solarwaterworld.de http://www.aet.de http://www.berger-biotechnik.de http://www.biodieselverband.de http://www.btec-rosenheim.de/pageID_1975573.html http://www.campa-biodiesel.de http://www.cleanenergy.de http://www.wind-tschechien.de http://www.windtest-nrw.de http://www.windkraftservice.de http://www.eg-solar.de http://www.windkontor-saar.de http://www.elsbett.com http://www.energiekontor.de http://www.fmso.de http://www.rerorust.de http://www.velomobile.de http://www.boxer99.de http://www.juwi.de http://www.zinco.de http://www.sunoven.com http://www.mindquest.de/Zonnewater http://www.fuhrlaender.de http://www.windkrafttechnik.de http://www.conergy.de http://www.moratec.de
http://indymedia.org.nz/newswire/display/38087/index.php

Mercedez-Benz's SMART CAR
Why be Stupid?
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http://www.uk-vans.co.uk/new/smart_car.html
http://www.autofieldguide.com/columns/will/0404euro.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3660685.stm
http://indymedia.org.nz/newswire/display/38087/index.php
http://www.smartofnewcastle.co.uk
http://www.zapworld.com/ZAPWorld.aspx?id=242
http://www.smart.com
http://www.smartofbristol.co.uk
http://www.smartofperth.co.uk
http://www.smartofnorwich.co.uk

ALTERNATIVE CAR LINKS
http://www.megawattmotorworks.com
http://www.myersmotors.com
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2006/06/114492.php
http://www.dontcrush.com
http://www.sonyclassics.com/whokilledtheelectriccar
http://bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25073

Saving Energy, SOLAR Energy, WIND Energy, OCEAN Energy
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2006/05/112665.php
http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/47520.php
http://www.hoanw.org

OFFICE SOFTWARE
http://www.openoffice.org

PEAK OIL and Permaculture
http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2006/05/50102.php
http://thunderbay.indymedia.org/news/2006/05/23436.php
http://bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25013

GLOBAL WARMING DESTROYS WINE INDUSTRY
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/07/342862.shtml
http://rogueimc.org/en/2006/07/6945.shtml
http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2006/07/1117131.php

RAINWATER HARVESTING COLLECTION SYSTEMS
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http://www.ircsa.org http://www.rainharvesting.co.uk http://www.eng.warwick.ac.uk/dtu/rwh/index.html http://www.raincentre.org http://www.hydroscreen.com http://www.smartflo.com.au http://www.rainwaterclub.org http://www.aboutrainwaterharvesting.com http://www.krg-rainwater.com http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org http://www.rainwaterharvesting.net http://www.skywater.jp http://www.rainman.ie http://www.eugenerainwater.com
book: Rainwater Harvesting; author: Arnold Pacey and Adrian Cullis
http://www.eco-logicbooks.com
book: Rainwater Catchment Systems for Domestic Supply; author: Erik Nissen Petersen
http://store.solarlivingstore.com/racasy.html
http://www.tve.org/ho/doc.cfm?aid=536
http://www.permaculture.org.uk/bookshop.asp?opt=books&catid=9&subcatid=all&title=Sun,%20Wind%20and%20Water
book: Safe Rainwater Collection; author: Charmaine Taylor http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com/safraincol.html
book: Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands; author: Brad Lancaster
http://www.chelseagreen.com/2005/items/rainwaterharvesting1
http://www.nativeseeds.org/v2/prod.php?prodID=PB547
http://www.ziemia.org/indexenglish.php
book: Water Storage: Tanks, Cisterns; author: by Art Ludwig http://www.oasisdesign.net
book: Water Harvester's Manual http://csestore.cse.org.in
book: Tanks of South India http://csestore.cse.org.in
book: Ferrocement Water Tanks http://www.eco-logicbooks.com
book: Ferrocement Tank Construction Manual http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com/sol.html
online book: Texas Guide to Rainwater Harvesting; author: Wendy Price Todd
http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/publications/reports/RainwaterHarvestingManual_3rdedition.pdf
Domestic Roofwater Harvesting for Low Income Countries
http://www.eng.warwick.ac.uk/ircsa/factsheets/lowincome.htm
http://www.eng.warwick.ac.uk/DTU/rwh/components6.html
More Information
http://www.foodnotlawns.com/resources.html
http://www.p2pays.org/ref/18/17754.htm
http://www.solar783.com/rainharv.pdf
Other Rainwater Books
http://www.searnet.org/publications.asp?pn=2&PublicationType=publications§ion=resources
http://rainwater-toolkit.net
http://www.irpaa.org.br/colheita/08.htm
http://www.geckodance.com/Family_Focus/Rainwater_Collection.html
http://www.itdg.org/docs/technical_information_service/rainwater_harvesting.pdf
http://www.handsontv.info/series2/waterways_reports/waterways_mm/heavensabove.pdf
http://www.unep.org/wed/2006/downloads/PDF/Bibiliogra_TitleIndex.pdf
http://www.unep.org/wed/2006/downloads/PDF/Bibiliogra.pdf
http://www.worldagroforestry.org/eca/downloads/PrunusTribune03.pdf
http://www.ozon.ru/context/catalog/id/1086675/?page=14

GRAY WATER RECYCLING
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http://www.oasisdesign.net http://www.ecoplay.nl http://www.ecological-engineering.com http://www.oceanarks.org http://www.waterrecycling.com http://www.waterrecycle.com.au http://www.korte-organica.hu http://www.livingmachines.com http://www.seacology.org http://www.seaweb.org
book: Builder's Greywater Guide; author: Art Ludwig http://www.oasisdesign.net
book: Sewage Solutions; author: Nick Grant http://www.cat.org.uk/catpubs/pubs_content.tmpl?subdir=catpubs&sku=PUBS_25&key=ss

GARDENING
book: How to Grow World Record Tomatoes; author: Charles Wilber http://www.acresusa.com
http://peru.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/24394.php
book: Compost Tea Manual, 5th edition; author: Elaine Ingham
http://www.vermico.com/compost_tea_brewers.htm
book: Worms Eat My Garbage; author: Mary Appelhof http://www.vermico.com/books.htm
book: An Earth Saving Revolution; author: Teruo Higa http://www.emtechnologynetwork.org
book: Soul of Soil, book; author: Joseph Smillie http://www.acresusa.com
book: The Earth Care Manual; author: Patrick Whitefield
book: Secret Life of Compost; author: Malcolm Beck http://www.acresusa.com
book: Growing Communities: How to Build Community Through Community Gardening; author: Jeanette Abi-Nader
http://www.communitygarden.org/publications.php
Organic insect repellant - Garlic Barrier: http://www.garlicbarrier.com http://www.ghorganics.com http://www.biconet.com http://www.organiclandscape.com
Organic Weed Killer - 25% Acetic Acid eliminates Weeds - http://www.gardensalive.com/article.asp?ai=468&bhcd2=1162226528
http://www.milkyspore.com/burnout.htm http://www.garden-ville.com http://www.greenergyinc.com http://www.groworganic.com
http://www.indymedia.no/newswire/display/18832/index.php

Free Gardening Catalog:
http://www.acresusa.com/other/freesample.htm

HEALTH:
book: Bible Cure for Weight Loss; author: Don Colbert
book: Bible Cure for Diabetes; author: D Colbert
book: Bible Cure for ADD & Hyperactivity; author: Don Colbert
Victory Over ADHD: http://www.victoryoveradhd.com
Health Master: http://www.healthmasters.com
Health Crusader Journal: http://www.healthliesexposed.com
Well Being Journal: http://wellbeingjournal.com
Townsend Letter (Journal): http://www.townsendletter.com
Bible Health: http://www.bibleplus.org/health/ms_lupus.htm
Organic Diabetic Sweetener: http://www.stevitastevia.com/product/product.html
Organic Consumer: http://www.organicconsumers.org
Local Harvest: http://www.localharvest.org/csa
The Miracle of Tithing: http://southafrica.indymedia.org/news/2006/10/11385.php

Keep Our Country strong like a rock.
Please support LOCAL Organic FAMILY farmers. Please use sustainable technology.
COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE (CSA) - Food Security.
keeping our communities Safe from Peak Oil and other Disasters
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http://www.cuco.org.uk/index.php?page=3
http://www.localharvest.org/csa
http://www.localharvest.org/csa.jsp
http://www.eatlocal.org/Ideas.html
http://bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25077
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/34/10314
http://bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25076
http://www.biodynamics.com/csa.html
http://www.wilson.edu/wilson/asp/content.asp?id=804
http://solutions.synearth.net/2004/02/04
http://www.seedinternational.com.au/CG%20article%201.html
http://uruguay.indymedia.org/news/2005/06/36067.php http://www.isec.org.uk
book: Farms of Tomorrow: Community Supported Farms; author: Trauger Groh http://www.greenpatchseeds.com.au/biodynamic.html
book: Rebirth of the Small Family Farm, authors: Bob and Bonnie Gregson http://www.acresusa.com
book: MetroFarm; author: Michael Olson
http://www.acresusa.com/books/closeup.asp?action=search&prodid=191&catid=&pcid=2
http://www.metrofarm.com
book: Growing the Local Food Movement; author: Peter Mann
http://www.worldhungeryear.org/why_speaks/ws_load.asp?file=70&style=ws_table

INNER CITY ORGANIC FARMING by Women
http://www.yesmagazine.com/article.asp?ID=576
book: MetroFarm; author: Michael Olson
http://www.metrofarm.com
book: Micro Eco Farming; author: Barbara Berst
http://www.acresusa.com/books/closeup.asp?action=search&prodid=1161&catid=&pcid=2
http://seattletilth.org/classes-and-workshops
book: Lasagna Gardening; Author: Patricia Lanza
http://www.thepotager.com/lasagna_gardening.html
http://www.seedsavers.org/prodinfo.asp?number=B502
book: How to Grow World Record Tomatoes; Author: Charles H. Wilber
http://www.acresusa.com/books/closeup.asp?action=search&prodid=20&catid=&pcid=2
book: Compost Tea Manual, 5th edition; author: Elaine Ingham
http://www.vermico.com/compost_tea_brewers.htm
Worm Tea
http://www.ourvitalearth.com/tea.php
book: An Earth Saving Revolution; author: Teruo Higa
http://www.emtechnologynetwork.org

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