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| Arugula This is the Italian name for a "weed" called London Rocket,
the first edible green to spring up after the Battle of Britain. It is especially good in
place of lettuce in a sandwich. It is also used as a salad green, or it can be cooked and
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| "The key to effective insect control is
to keep pesticides off plants." -- Dr. Harry Shorey, Entomologist, UC
Riverside Explaining the value of natural predators, Including nonpoisonous spiders. Oct.
1996 |
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Bunched Baby Turnips
How to Enjoy Bunched TurnipsCut the stems off leaving
the leaves intact. Fill a deep basin with water, immerse leaves and after gentle
agitation, allow to rest undisturbed for about 5 minutes. Scoop out leaves, drain and
coarsely chop. Wash and trim the turnip root, but you don't need to peel them. For each
bunch of turnips, use 1 tbsp. each of butter and olive oil. Heat in a large heavy skillet.
Sauté the sliced bottoms about 1 1/2-2 minutes. Add the coarsely chopped greens, stirring
constantly until all the green are wilted and turn dark green. Serve at once; these need
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| "Real markets aren't vicious gladiatorial
arenas in which only the biggest and most ruthless survive. They are places where people
engage in production exchange with a mindfulness of their own needs and the needs of the
larger community in which they live."-- David Korten, "Corporate
Furtues," YES! Summer 1999, PO
box 10818, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110, (206) 842-0216. |
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| "Commercial institutions, proud of their
achievements, do not see that healthy living systems - clean air and water, healthy soil,
stable climates - are integral to a functioning economy. As our living systems
deteriorate, traditional forecasting and business economics become the equivalent of house
rules on a sinking cruise ship." -- Paul Hawken, "Mother Jones," March/April '97 |
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Breakfast Radishes Easter Egg Radishes are
festive, yet demure. French Breakfast Radishes are delicious with bread and butter!
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"...All three agencies
[that regulate genetically engineered crops and foods in the US] have set policies that no
public records need be kept of which farms are using genetically engineered seeds, nor
does anyone need to label any crops or any food products with information about their
genetically engineered origins." -- From Against the Grain by Marc
Lappe and Britt Bailey, reviewed by Peter Montague, YES!
Summer 1999, P.O. Box 10818, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110, (206)842-0216 |
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A Nursery of Steady Citizens
"The importance of agriculture was not and is not merely economic. Its moral value,
as a nursery of steady citizens, ...was and still should be recognized by thoughtful men.
Therefore, its condition and its relative prosperity or decay deserve the attention of all
historians of all periods." -- W.E. Heitland, Historian, 1923 |
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"The destruction of
small-scale community-based agriculture is a tragic loss for our children. For when we
discuss the central virtues of American life - the pride of a job well done, the
responsibilty of daily chores, empathy for animals, neighborliness, respect for property
and others, when these virtues are listed, we must ask ourselves from whence they came.
They came from the same kind of communities that have been destroyed by Government's
pandering to big business. Where will our ethic come from, now that so few of us are left
on the land?
-- Denesse Willey,
Earth Day 25 |
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