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  July, 2007   Volume 2, Number 7     

urban agriculture news

Book of the Month

Food Not Lawns:
How to turn your Yard into a Garden & your Neighborhood into a Community

Heather C. Flores

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herb gardening
 • Dong Quai Root
 • A sprinkle of flavour
 • Blackwater plans celebration for 120th anniversary
 • Weeds a growing nuisance in Budd Lake

urban systems
 • Water woes prompt Tea lawsuit
 • World Bank Approves $207 Million for Mass Transit in Colombia
 • Breaking ground on eco-cities Near Shanghai
 • GATEWAY sets new budget and logo

sustainable environment
 • Shatalat Irrigation Services launches 'SunLight' natural lighting
 • Another Liberal goverment representative arrives in town to woo
 • CPAWS welcomes federal step towards protecting NWT's Great Boreal
 • U finding unique routes to sustainability

urban planning
 • Vol 42, No 14a
 • Resident's 'complaint' was misrepresented
 • Scary monsters looming above city
 • A renewed city



ICHH
International Conference on Humane Habitat: Mumbai (Bombay)
WPSC
World Planning Schools Congress: Shanghai
BIRE
Belgrade Infrastructure Rebuild Exhibition: Beograd (Belgrade)
Kyung Hyang Housing Fair
Seoul
Tsunami Disaster Management & Coastal Development
Chennai (Madras)

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Soggy Conditions? Some Plants Drink It Up [ Washington Post ]   A similarly useful plant, an herb named Acorus, is also referred to as sweet flag. The point is that there are so many plants that will work in wet soil Read More ...

You'll go balmy for these lemony leaves [ Southport Visiter ]   Combine lemon balm with other garden herbs for homemade herb vinegars. For an eye-catching garnish, freeze some small leaves into ice cubes to serve in Read More ...

Pick your meal [ Birmingham News ]   Guests select a menu and a time for their gourmet dinner, then head out into the herb garden with their host. 'As we explore the garden, we decide which Read More ...

The great awakening: 2007 [ Chicago Sun-Times ]   Whether you're down with reggae, dreadlocks or 'herb,' take a moment to contemplate the Rasta idea that God is in all of us, and we are all one. Read More ...

Garlic: The international wonder [ Philadelphia Inquirer ]   Some California growers and processors say that while they don't like Chinese garlic, they buy some because buying it is cheaper than growing it - even in Read More ...

COMMENT: An Unholy Alliance? [ Minda News ]   Juan Flavier, a physician, sponsored a bill mandating the development of herbal medicines. As a rural doctor, he had known herbal medicine to be cheap and Read More ...

Alternative therapies 'cut IVF fertility rates' [ Telegraph.co.uk ]   By Nic Fleming, Science Correspondent, in Lyon Herbal medicines, reflexology and acupuncture could reduce pregnancy rates in women having IVF treatment, Read More ...

Opportunities open up for fresh-cut and organic herbs [ Freshinfo ]   The value of the total fresh market, which includes imports, is estimated to be some £50 million, although herb crops are also widely grown for other Read More ...

At Elm Bank, even the very young learn to love gardens [ Wellesley Townsman ]   While he was growing up, his family had a garden and they frequented botanical gardens as well. (Hinrich's favorite garden at Elm Bank is the Temple Garden, Read More ...


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