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Staying on the outside - Palo Alto Daily News

East Palo Alto - Sun, 04/27/2008 - 4:19am

Staying on the outside
Palo Alto Daily News, CA - 2 hours ago
Blue was one of the first former inmates to sign on to East Palo Alto's parolee re-entry program, a state-funded experiment designed to cut the recidivism ...
Weekly's Holiday Fund gives $240000 in grants Palo Alto Online
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The dirt on farmland - MLive.com

Urban Agriculture - Sun, 04/27/2008 - 4:12am

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The dirt on farmland
MLive.com, MI - 2 hours ago
Government statistics for farmland values are not based on their potential value in agriculture, but for recreation and development, Mann said. ...
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ENTERTAINMENT NOTES : Piano quintet, poetry lecture, Pinocchio on ... - Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Garden Based Learning - Sun, 04/27/2008 - 3:51am

ENTERTAINMENT NOTES : Piano quintet, poetry lecture, Pinocchio on ...
Arkansas Democrat Gazette, AR - 2 hours ago
Horticulture magic Conway-based Children’s Theatre to Go will premiere Hocus Pocus Horticulture by Bob May at 10 am and 1 pm Wednesday and 10 am and 7 pm ...
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Coming Soon - Gadsden Times (subscription)

School Gardens - Sun, 04/27/2008 - 3:13am

Coming Soon
Gadsden Times (subscription), AL - 3 hours ago
Participants may stroll among six gardens as they listen to music, enjoy refreshments and register for prizes. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased from any ...
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BUSINESS BRIEFS - Zanesville Times Recorder

Garden Based Learning - Sun, 04/27/2008 - 2:38am

BUSINESS BRIEFS
Zanesville Times Recorder, OH - 3 hours ago
At Olive Garden's Culinary Institute of Tuscany, Sikora worked under the direction of Olive Garden's executive chefs, learning the time-honored traditions ...
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What's on at FVTC for the week of April 28 - Oshkosh Northwestern

Horticulture Therapy - Sun, 04/27/2008 - 1:30am

What's on at FVTC for the week of April 28
Oshkosh Northwestern, WI - 5 hours ago
FVTC horticulture instructor and landscape architect Jim Beard will provide insight on common gardening tasks and prepare participants for waking up their ...
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Students act now to help later on Earth Day - Eagle Tribune

School Gardens - Sun, 04/27/2008 - 1:12am

Students act now to help later on Earth Day
Eagle Tribune, MA - 5 hours ago
The school asked everyone to wear green and the Student Council students planted flowers in some of the school's gardens.
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Rural-urban split poses challenge for District 2 candidates - Montgomery Advertiser

Urban Agriculture - Sun, 04/27/2008 - 1:02am

Rural-urban split poses challenge for District 2 candidates
Montgomery Advertiser, AL - 5 hours ago
But would a resident who lives in the heart of the Wiregrass region vote for a candidate from Montgomery, the most urban part of the district? ...
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Let's prepare valley kids to ride wave of green-collar jobs - San Jose Mercury News

Urban Agriculture - Sun, 04/27/2008 - 12:41am

Let's prepare valley kids to ride wave of green-collar jobs
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 5 hours ago
... State University urban studies professor, has identified more than 20 green-job sectors, including solar panel installation, urban agriculture, ...
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What is the meaning of organic? - Toronto Star

Food System Change - Sun, 04/27/2008 - 12:35am

What is the meaning of organic?
Toronto Star,  Canada - 5 hours ago
"With all these competing nutrition stories about what's good for you, what's not, and the ethics of eating, a broken food system," says Laura Telford, ...
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Halifax, NS | Sun, April 27th, 2008 - TheChronicleHerald.ca

School Gardens - Sat, 04/26/2008 - 11:54pm

Halifax, NS | Sun, April 27th, 2008
TheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 6 hours ago
Richard Rudnicki will talk about his illustrations in Gracie, the Public Gardens Duck at Cole Harbour Library, 10 am • Poet Brian Bartlett launches his new ...
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Funds would help centennial garden grow - Tulsa World

Horticulture Therapy - Sat, 04/26/2008 - 11:33pm

Funds would help centennial garden grow
Tulsa World, OK - 6 hours ago
The next phase of construction will add a permanent visitors center with a caf?, bookstore and meeting rooms, a children's garden, a horticulture therapy ...
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How do their gardens grow? - Boston Globe

School Gardens - Sat, 04/26/2008 - 11:20pm

How do their gardens grow?
Boston Globe, United States - 7 hours ago
... closer to earth," said Morales, who has farmed alongside volunteer groups from Milton Academy, Boston Collegiate Charter School, and Bank of America . ...
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The global food system feeds gluttonous corporations first - Philadelphia Inquirer

Food System Change - Sat, 04/26/2008 - 11:08pm

The global food system feeds gluttonous corporations first
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - 7 hours ago
... only change is that as the crisis has grown, it has become more difficult to "manage" the hunger that a failed food system accepts rather than feeds. ...
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Learning to grow, growing to learn - Philadelphia Inquirer

School Gardens - Sat, 04/26/2008 - 11:05pm

Learning to grow, growing to learn
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - 7 hours ago
They also care for the three greenhouses that are attached to the school and lead to the gardens. Here, students learn hands-on horticultural techniques, ...
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Cruises going elite with VIP treatment - MiamiHerald.com

Garden Based Learning - Sat, 04/26/2008 - 11:04pm

Cruises going elite with VIP treatment
MiamiHerald.com, FL - 7 hours ago
she says, recalling one well-to-do client who turned up his nose at sailing on Cunard after learning of the class system. Miami-based Carnival Cruise Lines, ...
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Adventurous art belies a life story fraught with pain - Wilkes Barre Times-Leader

Horticulture Therapy - Sat, 04/26/2008 - 9:39pm

Wilkes Barre Times-Leader

Adventurous art belies a life story fraught with pain
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader, PA - 8 hours ago
Although he already has studied horticulture at and graduated from Luzerne County Community College, he’d like to return and earn a degree in art. ...
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Community Snapshot: Arteries surround residential calm - The News-Press

Garden Based Learning - Sat, 04/26/2008 - 9:13pm

Community Snapshot: Arteries surround residential calm
The News-Press, FL - 9 hours ago
Jeff Robinson has embraced that calm by creating a butterfly garden in his three-bedroom, two-bathroom home on Furman Boulevard in the Principia subdivision ...
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Political spite hindering agriculture's development - Trinidad & Tobago Express

Urban Agriculture - Sat, 04/26/2008 - 8:43pm

Political spite hindering agriculture's development
Trinidad & Tobago Express, Trinidad and Tobago - 9 hours ago
"But the majority, urban-based party has to understand that the progress of agriculture will, to a large extent, determine the rate at which T&T diversifies ...
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Extra Security at Westside High School's Prom - KPTM-TV

School Gardens - Sat, 04/26/2008 - 7:06pm

Extra Security at Westside High School's Prom
KPTM-TV, NE - 11 hours ago
This, after a week of threats and rumors at the school. The prom was at Lauritzen Gardens. Friday, seventy percent of kids didn't show up for class. ...
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