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I met with the venerable Guy Hager of Parks and People Foundation earlier this week. He told me that during WWII, Baltimore boasted 20,000 Victory Gardens. We know that through this national effort, millions of people enjoyed greater food security and greater food sovereignty (growing what they wanted, within the... Read More

Check out this article which speaks about the growing grass-roots gleaning movement. People are realizing that: we can no longer afford to waste food that falls on our yards or is left in our fields; we can no longer let people be hungry simply because they live over here and... Read More

“Love all God’s creation, the whole and every grain of sand of it. Love every leaf, every ray of God’s light. Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend... Read More

In River Horse, William Least Heat-Moon’s chronicle of his journey across America in a small boat, I came across the following quote by Washington Irving: “I  think it an invaluable advantage to be born and brought up in the neighborhood of some grand and noble object in nature:  a river, ... Read More

We had a wonderful Earth Day event at the beautiful Rawlings Conservatory today, part of the greater Baltimore Green Week extravaganza. The program, the place, the people, the staff, the message, the food, the trees. Everything was great. Thanks and deep appreciation to all who made it happen: especially Anne... Read More

We have an exciting workshop this Sunday! WHEN: April 22, 2012 at 2:00 PM WHERE: Rawlings Conservatory, Druid Hill Park RSVP

Our friend and Advisory Board member, Marla Emery, brought this story about the growing popularity of gleaning to our attention. There is a concept in Judaism called bal tashkhit, translated as: you shall not wantonly destroy; or you shall not waste.  It is based on a law about ethical war-making... Read More

The Alliance for Community Trees is hosting a webinar this Thursday April 19 on the Nuts and Bolts of Fruit and Nut Trees. It promises to cover practical as well as policy issues related to integrating fruit and nut trees in urban design. The urban orchard bandwagon is growing and... Read More