Cambridge City Growers
Resources
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Here are the resources our neighbors have found related to gardening, urban agriculture, and the intersection between food, community, and justice.
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Free online permaculture course
Permaculture integrates land, resources, people and the environment through mutually beneficial synergies – imitating the no waste, closed loop systems seen in diverse natural systems.
Here is the free (donate what you want / can) course
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Reading list
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Agrarian Commons: A New Model for Community-Owned Farmland–post from AgrarianTrust
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Of Hogs and Hugels: Creating a Perennial Food Forest–post from Studio Hill Farm
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Gardens Have Pulled America Out of Some Its Darkest Times. We Need Another Revival. Article from Mother Jones
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Information on Winter Sowing, aka starting seeds in the winter
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Five Easy Ways to Support Pollinators in 2021–post from Tufts Pollinator Initiative
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How to Grow Native Flowers From Seed (Wild Seed Collective, Maine)
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How Indigenous Agricultural Practice Benefits Soil; this is just one example using the “Three Sisters” practice of growing corn, beans, and squash together
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Biden Bets the Farm on Climate; an article on Biden’s plan to make US agriculture more sustainable
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Listening/Watching List
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Northeast Organic Farming Association Podcast, a podcast all about Organic farming, sustainability and food systems for everyone who cares about food, where it comes from and how it’s grown.
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Culinary Breeding Network’s Winter Vegetable Sagra, a video webinar series, with each sub-series focusing on a different winter vegetable or food family.
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