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Photo right: the documentary "A Chemical Reaction" – about the anti-lawn-pesticide campaign in Canada – won the Independent Spirit Award at the Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival. Pictured are Paul Tukey and filmmaker Brett Plymale. Here's a team review by the Lawn Reform Coalition.
In the News
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France's highest court has ruled that US agrochemical giant Monsanto did not told the truth about the safety of its best-selling weed-killer, Roundup, falsely claiming it's "biodegradable" and "left the soil clean". Monsanto lies? Who knew? Here's the story by the BBC.
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San Francisco's mandatory composting law is now in effect – support is mixed.
- Is male pee better than female pee for composting? We'll have to ask the National Trust in England.
- Interesting – this report of GMO crops needing MORE herbicides. But wait – isn't that that the opposite of what they're supposed to accomplish?
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Dirt is dandy because bacteria on the surface of the skin help combat inflammation when we get hurt. Research findings are called a vindication of common sense parenting. Here's the story.
Urban Gardening on the Web
- A DC blogger's chickens are arrested, so naturally she rallies chicken-lovers to change the outdated law, and then writes about it. While you'e there, check out the team blog she writes for – DC Food For All. A team blog with a purpose.
- Are commercial bagged soils safe for growing vegetables? is a terrific report in the LA Times. Learn what contaminants are in them.
- Liz Falk, of DC's Common Good City Farm, visited Will Allen's awesome urban farm Growing Power in Milwaukee, WI, and I loved this account of her report.
- "Greens go NIMBY over street trees" prompted lots of comments about the emotionally charged topic of laws that affect us where we garden or play.
Sustainable Gardening on the Web
- Sustainable Sites Folks say: "Landscapes Give Back" is my report from their press conference, and the good news – that there will be a home edition.
- Giving Hedera a Chance tackles the question – is ivy ever well behaved? Should any varieties be given a chance?
- In another squirmish in the war against lawns, somebody steps up to defend his "lawnlet". Photo by the lawnlet defender, Frank Hyman.
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