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The Farm-Based Education Association A dilly of a growth spurt in the canning business. Recent WSJ article and farm-based canning program examples.

Source: www.farmbasededucation.org
Peaches, cucumbers, and peppers - if it fits in a jar you can preserve it for a mid-winter burst of mouth sunshine. The Wall Street Journal's October 15, 2009 article, Putting Up Produce: Yes, You Can ...
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The Farm-Based Education Association Brookwood School SUSTAINABILITY FAIR ~ Manchester, MA this Saturday, October 24
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Local and regional
exhibitors including the FBEA will demonstrate the latest eco-friendly products and trends in
sustainable practices. The event is free and open to the public.

Source: www.brookwood.edu
Brookwood School is a coeducational independent day school for grades Pre-K - 8 located on the Beverly/Manchester line, just minutes from Route 128 on Boston's north shore.
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The Farm-Based Education Association Teaching to the tests on FARMS!

Source: www.farmbasededucation.org
This article in Today's (October 20, 2009) New York Times features Harlem Success Academy, a chain of charter schools in New York, whose educators have drawn the connections between field trips and the test taking results of school-aged children. ...
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The Farm-Based Education Association Farm-Based Education Conference Exactly 4 Weeks Away. Tell your farmer, teacher, community organizer - Regsiter Now!

Source: www.farmbasededucation.org
Hosted by the FBEA & Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture Tarrytown, New York November 12-14, 2009 Conference Program (PDF download) Register Now! Please read Important Registration Information ...
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Source: www.nytimes.com
Stephanie Smith, 22, was left paralyzed in 2007 after eating a burger tainted by E. coli. Tracing her burger shows why eating ground beef is still a gamble.
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The Farm-Based Education Association Real science provides more reasons to love Bessie & Buttercup!

Source: www.farmbasededucation.org
Last night, at Harvard's Saunder's Theater, the 19th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize for Veterinary Medicine was given to Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson of Newcastle University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK, for showing that cows who have names give more milk than cows that are nameless. ...
Nikki
Nikki
I was in Concord this am visiting my aunt and am jealous you live there! I walked Dot in Minute Man National Park along the Battle Path and will be back soon! I hope you'll meet me there sometime. The foliage is especially pretty this year because rain brings red leaves. xoox
October 2 at 2:44pm
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Source: www.nytimes.com
The American way of eating has become the elephant in the room in the debate over health care.
Tyson Goodridge
Tyson Goodridge
amen to that!! reading this article now...
September 11 at 11:27am
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The Farm-Based Education Association "Froot" Loops gets a hall pass? great. here comes the tsunami of overweight children that don't know how to spell. i've got a reform idea - anyone behind labeling junk food "smart" doesn't get any health insurance!

Source: www.nytimes.com
A seal meant to flag healthier food has been granted to the likes of Froot Loops and full-fat mayonnaise, alarming nutritionists.
Amy Bokinsky Henderson
Amy Bokinsky Henderson
Where is the FTC and truth in advertising?
September 11 at 3:08pm
Julie Binko
Julie Binko
Well, I heard smoking was good for you too! We have a whole generation of poeple to prove that theory.
October 7 at 10:04am
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The Farm-Based Education Association The 2009 Farm-Based Education Conference program and registration materials are HOT OFF THE DIGITAL PRESS! A great Keynote, over 25 workshops, field trips, a theate performance, and a documentary screening - Great Value! Get thee to Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture in NY in November!

Source: www.farmbasededucation.org
 Hosted by Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture Tarrytown, New York November 12-14, 2009 ** Conference Program (PDF download) ** Register Now! Please read Important Registration Information ** Join the Conference Network Group Conference Highlights Keynote Speaker David Sobel, M.Ed. ...
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The Farm-Based Education Association Farm Safety for Just Kids: The mission of Farm Safety 4 Just Kids is to promote a safe farm environment to prevent health hazards, injuries, and fatalities to children and youth.

Source: www.fs4jk.org
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The Farm-Based Education Association Just Like the Beach Only With More Corn! - The FARM Institute Corn Maze on Martha's Vineyard is open! Learn how to grow food and have some corny fun!

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Each summer The FARM Institute on Maratha's Vineyard produces a vast and elaborate corn maze in their fields out in Katama. Children and adults can wander the stalks and learn about growing food from 10-7 every day. ...
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The Farm-Based Education Association Way to go Ohio! Superb "Guide to Social Media" from the Ohio Farm Bureau

Source: ofbf.org
Ohio Farm Bureau is always working on behalf of members. Issues are addressed every day that affect all Ohioans. Now you are invited to participate in the daily workings of the state's largest general
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The Farm-Based Education Association Buzz Buzz: Imagine being a camper at Kids, Farms & Food Camp featuring locally-sourced lunches - in the land of wheat, apricots and olives. Hurray Yolo County, CA! Yesterday's Sacramento Bee artcile:

Source: www.sacbee.com
Mike Madison's guests can't contain their curiosity about farm life.
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The Farm-Based Education Association More tomato blight perspective from Mary Kathryn Wyle, Deputy Editor of the Young Farmer's Series and apprentice farmer at Caretaker Farm in Massachusetts.

Source: ow.ly
Civil Eats promotes critical thought about sustainable agriculture and food systems as part of building economically and socially just communities.
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The Farm-Based Education Association Hang in their friends! Tomato Apocalypse: Tomato gardeners fighting the blight http://tomatoapocalypse.ning.com/

Source: tomatoapocalypse.ning.com
Tomato Apocalypse is a social network on Ning