Using the internet for sheep. Try to direct someone to a page of yourself selling something- some survival mechanism they depend on. The networks are mostly built up to use other networks to manage the jobs of this blog. Thanks for checking in; Eddie Mill http://profile.typepad.com/eddiemiller Continue reading

As a professional speaker, I’m blessed with an array of colleagues who broaden my perspective, offer great business ideas – and yes, provide inspiration while keeping me grounded. One of those colleagues has worn a nametag for more than 3,450 days. His name is Scott Ginsberg – and he’s so committed to his cause, he even has his nametag tattooed on to his chest. Scott is one of a few people who writes in a way that touches both the heart and mind – it’s my honor to have his guest post in two-part series this week. I think you’ll... Continue reading

Hello, Especially to my BU visitors! Check it out: May 17th- assemble first pallet box and hang out May 18th- Local Rooftop Farm tour: :Rendezvous restaurant in Central Square: http://www.rendezvouscentralsquare.com/ :Kendall Rooftop Garden: http://www.yelp.com/biz/cambridge-center-roof-garden-cambridge :MIT Rooftop Box garden: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/community-gardens-tt0408.html (related: MIT researchers think "Food Shed" concept may provide sustainability: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/foodshed.html) May 19th- Party day at the BU Rooftop Garden! Bring a bowl! Campfire?? Welcome to your new summer space gardeners! [pics coming soon] See you there? 17th(Monday)-19th(Wednesday) of May, Rooftop STO (725 Commonwealth Avenue) RSVP/tell me what you're interest is: 440-935-5434, eddiemill@gmail.com -EM Continue reading

via rooftopfarms.org Check out this terrific video of Girls Inc of NYC visiting a rooftop farm. Featuring Annie Novak and the amazing produce of Eagle Street Rooftop Farm! via www.skyhighharvest.com Rooftop farming: this is the next thing -EM Continue reading

Earthworms harm biodiversity! Most research points to distressed researchers in Minnesota, so the overview is from them: The Earthworm is an *Invasive species*, or introduced non-native one. It's the same worms in northern boreal forests in Russia and in the Great lakes area. high risk of contamination. Proulx, Nick. "Ecological Risk Assessment of Non-indigenous Earthworm Species." http://www.nrri.umn.edu/worms/research/publications/Tiunov%20et%20al%202006.pdf -- environmental, political, and economic considerations of earthworms on hardwood forests. (includes map!) they move about 10m per year on their own. again though, high risk of contamination. Earthworms are harmful to biodiversity. Effects and analysis of specific forests, includes regression. http://www.nrri.umn.edu/worms/research/publications/Holdsworth_etal_CB_2007.pdf Continue reading

The President travelled to Charlotte, North Carolina today, where he visited Celgard, Inc., a manufacturing company that is benefiting from the Recovery Act investments towards clean energy. Before he went down, we had a chance to get to know this company at the frontier of clean energy economy -- and the frontier of recovery -- here's what we saw: via www.whitehouse.gov Well done video, what do you think? Continue reading

1. http://eddiemill.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/2008_newoof-farms.doc 2. http://nesfp.nutrition.tufts.edu/downloads/guides/employmentdirectory.pdf -EM (More) Farming is emerging as an industry away from the commodity sector; from a competitive crop to a monopolistic competitive sale based on quality, location, and variety. Sold from a farmers market, it's clear food with a story is worth more, your face being there with the product adds value to the fruit or vegetables you're selling. Freshness is worth more; it's harder to find and carries with it a certain exclusivity, "just for you." The time and value spent on this type of farming adds directly to the quality and health and taste which... Continue reading

The international relationship between energy use (1,000 million tones of oil equivalent) and GDP (million US dollars, 1998) (WRI, 2002; from Cleveland, 2003). From my blog series at "A Global Organic Mindset": http://eddiemill.wordpress.com/ Now I don't have the graph (yet), but. I imagine this exact same thing to hold true with agriculture and yields. However, what the correlation doesn't account for is how to increase at the bottom end of the spectrum without making the same mistakes that those of high yielding (or high production) have made. -EM Continue reading

New post up on my other blog: http://eddiemill.wordpress.com/ on factor endowments and resource intensity. From the UN Green Jobs Report: For a long time, it was an article of faith among economists that energy and materials consumption moved in lockstep with the gross national product, meaning that reduced resource use (or, for that matter, undue market intervention in the form of environmental regulations and mandates) equaled lower growth and less employment. But this direct link has been broken as far as energy use is concerned, and it is no longer as strong as it once was for materials use. Harking... Continue reading

Access to Tools, from the Hippy Movement 68-97 http://wholeearth.com/ http://twitter.com/wholeearth/ "Luring an audience that sought self-sufficiency, it quickly became a counterculture must-read. Though often associated with hippies, the Whole Earth crowd might be more aptly characterized as geeks. Reverential of science and suspicious of dogma, Brand helped forge a modern green ethos, centered on alternative technologies and smart design." (From the Boston Globe's review of it) Article Categories Understanding Whole Systems Shelter and Land Use Industry and Craft Communications Community Nomadics Learning & From a little browsing: 1. "Looking at how other people have changed the world I concluded there... Continue reading

Just the thing for those summer kids. This is what I'm going to be recommending: Spend summer vacation growing food. Importance of concept? Eliot Coleman: "Rediscovering the immutable value of the small farm, is the first step towards a new agriculture for the 21st century, and possibly a new world of the Twenty-first century". http://visitor.constantcontact.com/manage/optin/ea?v=0019SXlHaK_7KBmIKld14YayA%3D%3D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaDEBFq5HWI Try growing in Winter? email McKenzie Boehoelder, mboekholder@comteam.org Continue reading

Tools: shovel, ground, seed, time to spare. Who doesn't have the desire to know more about how food is grown? Or, how it grows itself. I hope that this blog provides tools, resources, and information in real time to the burgeoning gardener inside you. Phrases coded by #Hint: relate to gardening (eg. #Hint: learn to build a raised bed). Often, will throw in internet and #web2.0 articles, as it is increasingly the medium by which we relate. Watch out! Be sure to take some time off the internet, too. -EM any questions, comments (lmo), or inquiry to: eddiemill@gmail.com Those looking... Continue reading

*Check back soon to find information from the workshop, and on the next NewEntry project! Much thanks the the New Entry (twitter, Facebook follow?) team for the fantastic workshop this Thursday! McKenzie Boehelder successfully convinced me and 11 other students, a professor and community members from around Boston that farming is the way to go! Did you know.. : 1 Acre of Hoophouse farms growing greens for local markets can gross $400,000 a year? 2 The average age of a farmer in the US is 57 years old? 3 Local farming creates more jobs, and grosses more revenue, even at... Continue reading

Partial harvest from this day's work. 3/17 http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jan/31/food-industry-environment http://edibleintelligence.blogspot.com/ http://eddiemill.wordpress.com/ http://delicious.com/lovemytacobell http://causematters.wordpress.com/ag-social-media/ Anyone want to share recipes on #foodchat? --back to twitter? --create your own microblog at http://typepad.com/micro Continue reading

Why should agriculture care about social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube? It’s really quite simple. Because the rest of the universe does and there certainly is a face being put on the agrifood business. If you’re not at the table, you can’t be a part of constructing that face – nor can you counter the misinformation campaigns. My research clearly shows HSUS, PETA, Sierra Club, Greenpeace and other activists working against ag are growing their communities nearly 40-fold in a year’s time. I believe we have a responsibility to provide perspective to counter the misinformation and be... Continue reading

The "Deep Web" is sites that the search engine crawlers don't go into: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-search-engines-explore-deep-invisible-web/ Continue reading

Overview Dune is a series started by Frank Herbert, over twenty years ago. After the original three, it trailed off into a journey of feuding houses that lasted 7 sequels. The series is now revitalized with "Winds of Dune," by Herbert's son. Full of mystery, intrigue, and treachery, it's a thrilling read. For a synopsis of the book, I found a fellow blogger on AC: my analysis will work out the relevance of Dune, Arrakis, and the quest for more money. Commentary Reading dune, winds of dune is not just about how a galaxy could be run and organized. It's... Continue reading

Great, so you're interested in starting a garden, eh? Here's to life! I've found some of the map here around Oberlin that's going to support anyone to start. (Every locality has a farmer support network of resources information, land/funds/seeds, tools and people) these are the ones for Oberlin. FYI. All the contact info you need is here. Resources for Oberlin Role Direction David Miller Land David.h.miller@oberlin.net Zion Land Noremberg, Severs, Wright Gardening with Jerry? Land ?? George Jones Farm Soil Amenities 44333 E. Lorain St. Oberlin East Oberlin Nursery Seeds 43974 State Route 511, 775-2151 Watson’s Hardware Seeds 775-1731 Green... Continue reading

Plants native to Northeast Ohio can improve the health of your garden By Debbi Snook, The Plain Dealer http://www.cleveland.com/insideout/index.ssf/2010/03/native_plants_thrive_in_northe.html Foamflower- Virginia Spiderwort - Purple Coneflower - Black-Eyed Susan - Directions inside! Our Ohio- Grow and Know!Farming on Five to Fifty April 17 – Malabar Farm | Lucas If you’ve got a few extra acres, but you’re not really sure what to do with it, attend this Grow & Know Day for several ideas! The sessions are designed to help you in growing your own food – for you, your family and friends. http://ourohio.org/resources/grow-and-know/farming-on-five-to-fifty/ Follow them on http://twitter.com/OurOhio, http://www.facebook.com/OurOhio?ref=ts or get... Continue reading

Avatar wins three Oscars - did not win best picture, The Hurt Locker did. Did anyone see Hurt Locker? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GxSDZc8etg The Cove wins best documentary, highlighting the lighter aspects of food. Since it's about Japanese dolphin fishing, the food community will forgive it for beating Food, Inc. I still prefer FRESH, Food Fight, The End of the Line, King Korn, Supersize Me. All #ProFood. All informative. (via @JamButter) Up won music and featured animated film - deserves it Shortest summary of the Oscars this year: ! > $ The list of winners summarized on the Avatar site: http://bit.ly/bh0RgB , best... Continue reading

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