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Old 20-11-2010, 12:45 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible
Dan L[_2_] Dan L[_2_] is offline
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Default Rodale Institute

Bill who putters wrote:
From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout 1994-2010.
http://scout.wisc.edu/

13. Rodale Institute
http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/home

J.I. Rodale was into organic farming for many decades before it
became
a bit more "hip". The Rodale Institute has been doing research on
organic farming versus conventional farming for over 60 years, and
their
website is aimed at farmers, gardeners, and the general public alike.
The "New Farm" link is the online incarnation of their print
publication that has been providing "farmer-to-farmer resources,
articles and personal stories" for over 29 years. Under the "Tools"
menu in New Farm, visitors and farmers can find a "Crop Conversion
Calculator", "Organic Price Report", and "NewFarm Forums".
The Crop Conversion Chart gives five choices of crops, soybeans, oats,

corn,wheat, and barley to compare, and shows how many pounds of CO2
will
be saved based on the number of acres planted organically, and how
many
cars would be removed from the world as a result. The "Nutrition"
link
presents visitors with "Research", "Organic News", and even book
reviews. There is also an "Advocacy" heading with a request to
support
Farm to School funding "to boost health, students, farms". [KMG]


Thanks for the link. I see they have Rss news feeds. Their are not many
news feeds on gardening that is worth reading. I will give rodale's a
try.


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