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Planting Seeds: Music that Celebrates Gardening

Maria & Friends: Planting Seeds One of our favorite artists, Maria Sangiolo, has gotten a bunch of her friends together to create a new album all about farms and gardens. The resulting project, Planting Seeds, is an amazing compilation of songs about the earth, gardening, and eating right. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this CD is also going to benefit the good work of the Northeast Organic Farming… Read More

Category: Amber Bobnar, Contributing Writer, Ecology, Family Music, music, Sustainability Tags: Earth, gardening, music, NOFA, Northeast Organic Farming Association, Sustainability

Local Food Preservation Workshop Day in Cummington & Northampton

Food Preservation Workshops in the Pioneer Valley: Sept. 19th, 2009 Cummington Community House 33 Main Street, Cummington, MA The workshop in Cummington will be taught by Kathy Harrison who is author of “Just in Case: How to be Self-Sufficient When the Unexpected Happens.” Workshop highlights include using a dehydrator to put by vegetables, canning sauces and preserves using water bath canning, pickling techniques for delicious condiments that can complement the main meal,… Read More