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Peaceful Grounds
Monday morning a group of gardeners from the neighborhood had a private tour of Peaceful Grounds, Linda Proffitt’s endeavor at Marion County Fairgrounds, where the county fair is going on. (See my...
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Homegrown “Superfruit”
I saw this item for sale at my food co-op, Pogue’s Run Grocer, and it cracked me up. Just a week ago I spent a pleasant morning bicycling around the neighborhood with a friend. We stopped to pick from...
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Celebrating the Promise
The highlight of my Fourth of July? It was not the fireworks nor the pretty paper lanterns floating up and glowing orange against the deepening dusk. No, the high point came during the drive home. Our...
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Going Soil-Friendly
Do you ever think about the importance of the innumerable tiny creatures living underground, right under your feet? In just one tablespoon of soil, according to North Carolina State University’s...
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Good to Grow
Guest post by Luke Taylor, who started a business called Good to Grow with his wife, Emily Based out of Irvington, on the east side of Indianapolis, Good to Grow aims to harness the power of community...
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Now We’re Cooking…with Sunshine
We offered our solar cooking workshop last weekend to an enthusiastic “crowd” of 17. That’s the biggest group a Pogue’s Run Grocer class has ever attracted, so we were pleased. Judy has developed a...
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A Rural Rebirth, One Ag Business at a Time
Earlier this summer I visited Becca Selkirk at her Wayne County, IN farm, Unique 2 Eat, where she raises quail, chickens, and rabbits. She sells the eggs from her quail and chickens, along with rabbit...
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Reconnecting
Today I enjoyed time with two friends in two separate food-related endeavors. One of them crazy enough to get up early and go questing for a supposedly killer purslane haul. The other tenacious enough...
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Why I Marched in the People’s Climate March
Guest Post by Rosemary Spalding, Earth Charter Indiana board president. (Part 1 of 2). Like most folks, I am concerned about a number of serious issues, but when it comes to climate change, my passion...
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Before It’s Too Late
Guest Post by Rosemary Spalding, Earth Charter Indiana board president. (Part 2 of 2 of a firsthand report on the Sept. 21 People’s Climate March). My husband Mark and I stayed in Newark, NJ the night...
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Many Hands
Lisa Boyles, who turned a vacant lot into a beautiful meditation space and labyrinth, is coordinating a new project in her neighborhood. Her energy and drive are truly inspiring. In fact, when I read...
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Neighborliness in a Soup
An email came into my inbox a few weeks ago announcing an initiative called City Suppers. The goal of the program—co-sponsored by City Gallery, Harrison Center for the Arts, and Indiana Humanities—was...
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Seven Steeples Farm
Last month I got to meet Justin Berg and Mike Higbee, who are doing something I admire: turning unused urban land into an agricultural oasis. As with many such endeavors, they glean local materials to...
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A Mycological Field Trip
Yesterday we drove down to southern Indiana to visit Magnificent Mushrooms, Eric Osborne’s hub for all things mycological. Located outside of Paoli, IN, this growing business offers products and...
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The Reimagining
Scott Russell Sanders, one of Indiana’s sagest voices for social and ecological justice, led a workshop Sunday called Writing While the World Burns.* His books, from Writing from the Center to A...
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“What the World Needs”
I can always tell when I’m overloaded with the news; that’s when I start to despair. So much mess to clean up. It seems ridiculously tangled-up and tiresome, painful to look at. In my own state we are...
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The Miracle of Seeds
I’ve been thinking about how tenacious life is, encapsulated in a tiny seed. Some seeds I plant, but others sprout all on their own. I’m probably the only person on my block who gives a cheer when she...
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The Urban Forest
Holly Jones grew up considering trees as relatives. A Native American (“though I might not look like it!”) she sees the world populated with winged people, creeping people, branching people. “A lot of...
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Deep Learning Continues at Avon OLC
Guest blogger Jennifer Davies updates us on her work at Central Indiana’s Avon Outdoor Learning Center. We first posted about this phenomenal program last February, in Portal to the Wider World. Guest...
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Living Proof
Yesterday at Rivoli Park Labyrinth, I met up with a riotous party of plants, insects, and birds. The park, which formed on a vacant lot thanks to community organizer Lisa Boyles, has gotten overgrown...
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