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News Bounty
Here’s a round-up of interesting articles on food- and farm-related issues that recently appeared in the papers: Is a New Food Policy on His List? This article tries to gauge how much...
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Vive La Vache
Disappointed with the stock market? How about investing in a cow? The French are doing just that. Rather than investing in stocks or putting their money into low-yielding savings accounts, the...
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Peach Pursuit
Peaches at Greenmarket at Union Square. © Margarida Correia Book me a flight to China. Quick. It seems it’s the only place on earth where I’ll find a tasty peach. In fact, if this Wall Street...
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Where Food Really Comes From
©Photo by Margarida Correia. See caption at bottom of article. Where does your food come from? For a really good answer, get yourself to the Brooklyn Botanic’s Herb Garden. The new garden traces the...
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From City Dweller to WWOOFER
Long-horned cows in a meadow near Cimo de Vila (Top of the Town) Farm in Northern Portugal. For the past three years, I’ve watched from the sidelines as New York City’s community gardens and urban...
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Portugal Farming Update
Flower of pomegranate tree in northern Portugal (photo by Margarida Correia) Grapes in northern Portugal (photo by Margarida Correia) This is the first in a series of posts on my visit to Portugal....
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Portugal Update: Rhythm of Farm Felt Miles Away
© Photo by Margarida Correia. See caption at bottom of post. This is one in a series of posts on my visit to Portugal and 10-day volunteer work experience at Cimo de Vila, a 30-acre organic farm in...
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A Calf Among the Cows: Profile of Organic Farm in Portugal
Click to view slideshow. © Slide show by Margarida Correia. This is one in a series of posts on my 10-day experience as a volunteer farmer in northern Portugal. Rosa had finished drinking from the...
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Peanut Planting in the Bronx
©Photo by Margarida Correia (caption at bottom of post) A clutch of enthusiastic gardeners — trowels and soil scrapers in hand — readied for the special planting that was about to take place at Drew...
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Woofing: A Way to Travel and Farm
Click to view slideshow. © Slide show by Margarida Correia. This is the last in a series of posts on my 10-day experience as a volunteer farmer in northern Portugal. Relax, don’t worry, Filipe Antunes,...
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