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Turning a monoculture grass lawn into a landscape full of medicinal plants... (what "they" would have you believe are "weeds").
Do your research!

View only copy of a garden manual developed a while ago 2011. Happy to make a new editable copy for emerging community food needs.

Greenzona made this google doc to help anyone understand the basics of growing food here in Phoenix. Anywhere really. The next phase of planning for local food needs is to identify spaces for growing food and stocking seeds. Maybe we can add our private lots as a shared use sites for growing food? We have space for a few 40 sqft garden plots in central Phx. Anyone else?

Garden Manual Greenzona Garden Project User's Manual V1.2 1 Growing at Home: the Beauty of Local Food Home and community food production empowers individuals and communities with resilience, self-sufficiency, knowledge and nutrition. Greenzona shares ideas and offers simple, affordable solutions. The indu...

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Register for: Phoenix Urban Design Week I'm attending: Phoenix Urban Design Week. If you're interested, click the link above and check it out.

Some good wins for childhood nutrition

Big Wins for School Food in 2011, Despite Congress This Food Revolution is about saving America's health by changing the way people eat. It's not just a TV show; it's a movement for you, your family and your community. If you care about your kids and their future, take this revolution and make it your own. Educate yourself about food and cooking, an...

Pizza as a vegetable option? I disagree. Why is congress actually pushing back on healthier school lunches? http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/tomato-sauce-pizza-a-vegetable-congress-gop-healthier-school-lunches-expensive-article-1.978339

Tomato sauce on pizza is a vegetable, says Congress; GOP says healthier school lunches are too expe Congress wants to keep pizza and french fries on school lunch lines, fighting back against an Obama administration proposal to make school lunches healthier.

Really?
http://blogs.ocweekly.com/stickaforkinit/2011/02/dervaes_family_sends_out_ridic.php

Dervaes Family Sends Out Ridiculous Press Release Claiming They're Not Trying to Shut Up Urban Homes Say what you will about the dingbat Dervaeses of Pasadena, the family that stirred a national controversy when they decided...