By: Sun Butler Monsanto sent a work group to the Food Shuttle Farm last week for their annual volunteer event. After a quick tour we got down to work turning compost, mulching rows and crimping rye. Rye cover crop is an important part of no-till or conservation tillage. Rye and clover are planted in the [...]
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“A Cultural Exchange and Meeting of Minds”
Posted in Sun's Blog, tagged crimping, Food Shuttle Farm, Monsanto, No-till agriculture, Roundup Ready, Rye cover crop on April 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Through The Garden
Posted in Sun's Blog, tagged garden, Sun Butler on February 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By: Sun Butler In 1972, my Mom quit her modeling job in NYC to start the first natural foods cooperative in Westchester County – in our living room. Furniture, TV and her prized stereo were replaced with bins filled with whole wheat flower, granola and brown rice. She stocked our refrigerator with tofu, kefir and local farmers [...]
A Pressure-Treated Dilemma
Posted in Sun's Blog, tagged Here Comes the Sun, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, Sun Butler on January 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Here Comes the Sun…* A recent question from New Hope Community Garden got me thinking about the whole pressure treated wood issue again. I checked recent research and did some soul-searching and here is what I came up with… “Dear Sun –what about using treated wood or railroad ties for raised beds. If we [...]
Welcome to 2010 on the Farm!
Posted in Sun's Blog, tagged Inter-Faith Food Shuttle on January 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »
How was your holiday? We hope it was terrific. We’re glad you’re back here checking out what the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle is doing to fight hunger via our Farm and Community Gardens Project. Did you make any resolutions? Check out some from the Food Shuttle staff here. One resolution that didn’t make it in the video [...]
