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Today I am inspired to reflect on how I am doing so far on my 2010 goals

Grow and Share is a unique Zebulon based non-profit organization dedicated to providing healthy fruits and vegetables to U.S. residents through food education and widespread gardening. The organization’s website www.growandshare.org provides assistance to homeowners willing to start or expand their own gardens while pledging to share produce…

During my ever vigilant countdown to spring (March 20th, respectively), I'm filled with thoughts of the first crop of veggies to sprout on our farm. Lettuce, of course, is always in abundance during those first precious weeks of the season. In honor of one of the most overlooked and undervalued vegetables, I've written the following…

With their rich but streamlined 2010 Whitney Biennial (cleverly titled 2010) curators Francesco Bonami and Gary Carrion-Murayari were looking to

bring the museum back to its contemporary roots. The pulse-taking show,

which begins today and runs through May 30, remains pleasantly true to

the organizers’ stated mission:…

Not trying to be self-promotional, but I was introduced to homegrown.org by someone who felt Country Dogs would be of interest to the membership.

My wife and I were teachers in Washington, DC back in 2001 and moved to the country to purchase a small farm. I admit that we weren't trying to be farmers but we were (and still are) passionate about the concept of the family-owned farm. As big anti-suburban sprawl advocates, we tried to…