Soil America

05/05/2017

Yesterday we judged essays for "Growing Beyond Earth" plants in space at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.

09/12/2015

"Good food is a right not a privilege" - Alice Waters (The Edible Schoolyard Project)

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01/27/2015

No Dumping! ¡No Contamine! Drains To Waterways @ Florida International University

01/12/2015

We are planning an activity filled day based on the Kids' Kitchen Cookbook by Fresh From Florida.

How would you like your dinner to be cooked by your children?

Contact us if interested in signing up your kids. [email protected]

10/19/2014

There's still time to make it to the beautiful Fruit and Spice Park for the Bee Heaven Farm

GrowFest! 2014 - A celebration of all local things edible, green, and growing Heirloom Tomato & Vegetable Seedlings Fruit Trees * Growing Information Local Food * Live Music Park Tours * Giv...

07/06/2014

Treat yourself and your family this month with an experience, by investing in one of the most beautiful CSA boxes you will ever see. Fresh from Farmer Jones Farms The Chef's Garden, you'll receive a bountiful array of seasonal vegetables and flowers at their peak of perfection. By the way, it's delivered to your door!

The Chef's Garden is not just for chefs anymore. With Farmer Jones Farms, you can get specialty produce delivered right to your door! Don't wait, order online today.

04/02/2014

In the 1950s food had something we called nutrients and taste. via The Cornucopia Institute

Fruits and vegetables grown decades ago were much richer in vitamins and minerals than the varieties most of us get today. The main culprit in this disturbing nutritional trend is soil depletion. Modern intensive agricultural methods have stripped increasing amounts of nutrients from the soil in which the food we eat grows. The solution is to purchase local, organic food from farmers that value their soil. Know your farmer, know your food!

Source links for information:
Symphony of the Soil http://vimeo.com/64662202
University of Texas paper:
http://www.utexas.edu/news/2004/12/01/nr_chemistry

https://www.cncahealth.com/explore/learn/nutrition-food/declining-nutrition-of-fruits-and-vegetables #.Upy-x5Q4Vr0

http://www.nationofchange.org/nutritional-value-food-risk-fruits-and-vegetables-now-less-nutritious-1355070081

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=soil-depletion-and-nutrition-loss
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03/29/2014

Let's show the EPA we are concerned about toxic chemicals that have replaced ! Sign the petition.

A new study just revealed that the chemicals replacing BPA in most of our plastics are just as bad or worse for us than BPA itself. Tell the EPA to stop letting companies replace one toxic chemical with another.

03/29/2014

Money doesn't grow on trees. Actually It Does!

Our campaign has been in the news today... It seems that people are starting to grow more tomatoes at home - sales of ‘heirloom’ British tomato seeds are up 40%! http://dailym.ai/1h2pfq2

Also today, our head of horticulture Ben Raskin has been at the Edible Garden Show (with James Wong and HRH the Prince of Wales) to let people know about our campaign to safeguard our seeds, and stand up against the new EU seed regulations.

Find out more, or make a donation here: http://bit.ly/1glLLPn

(Photo credit: Gorgeous tomatoes from Shillingford Organics, Exeter)

03/26/2014

Hialeah's name is most commonly attributed to Muskogee origin "PRETTY PRAIRIE". Alternatively, the word is of Seminole origin meaning "Upland Prairie". The city is located upon a large prairie between Biscayne Bay and the Florida Everglades.

This "high prairie" caught the eye of pioneer aviator Glenn Curtiss and Missouri cattleman James H. Bright who saw great potential in 1921. Influencing the creation of Hialeah's beautiful neighbor Miami Springs.

Miami suburbs such as Coral Gables, Florida and Opa-locka, Florida, formed some of the first planned communities in the state.

It has now become one of the most economically successful immigrant enclaves in U.S. history as Hialeah is the only American industrial city that continues to grow. Hialeah is the tenth-largest city in the United States among cities with a population density of more than 10,000 people per square mile.

Home of Hialeah Park, Miami Jockey Club, the world's greatest race course. Hialeah, Miami's Pretty Prairie.

Check out this interesting ad in a 1921 newspaper about our hometown !

02/08/2014

Edible Education 101 might encourage you take a field trip to UC Berkeley California. Relax at home and view the course introduction online. Don't be late to class.

(Lecture begins at 30:00.) In this course introduction, Professor Pollan discusses the social, economic, and political changes that drove the rise of industrial agriculture in the United States, and reviews some of the challenges industrialization of farming and eating have brought to the food syste...

01/21/2014

Industry food is not grandma, Michael Pollan or YOU cooking a fresh meal for yourself. This animated RSA Short provides insight on how industry food is labor intensive and conducts scientific studies to find the "bliss points" of their ingredient formulations.

SALT SUGAR FAT are the three ingredients that conduct the harmony in everyone's favorite treats. These ingredients when used by corporations are easier to avoid than you think. Cooking Can Change Your Life via RSA

Can you really have your cake and eat it? According to Michael Pollan, you can. In this fun RSA Short, Pollan explains how to eat well by following one simpl...