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Craft Recycled: Heart-Shaped Seed Bombs

Craft Recycled: Heart-Shaped Seed Bombs

By Becky Striepe on January 4, 2012

It’s a little cold for seed bombs in most of the northern hemisphere right now, but I’m definitely saving this idea for spring!

Category: Craft Recycled, DIY | Tags: blight, food, growing food, guerilla gardening, how to make seed bombs, planting food, seed bombs, urban beautification

Window Farms and the Power of Crowd Sourcing

Window Farms and the Power of Crowd Sourcing

By Becky Striepe on November 30, 2011

What began as an experiment in window farming became a crowd-sourced answer to our industrialized food system.

Category: Concept+Design, DIY, Innovation | Tags: crowdsourcing, food, food systems, hydroponics, urban farming, urban gardening, window farm

Packed Lunch Ideas Without the Waste

Packed Lunch Ideas Without the Waste

By Becky Striepe on June 15, 2011

When we think about packing lunch, we probably imagine brown baggin’ it to school, but kids aren’t the only ones that pack their lunches! Here are some packed lunch ideas to help you save money and eat better at work.

Category: Food+Drink, Living | Tags: conservation, food, Lunch, packed lunch ideas, packing lunch, reduce waste

Small Space Garden Inspiration

Small Space Garden Inspiration

By Becky Striepe on April 18, 2011

I hear a lot of folks say that they can’t grow food because they live in a small space, but that’s not true at all. While it might feel like your tiny apartment doesn’t have room for any green, there are all sorts of clever ways to squeeze some food plants into a small space. Here’s some small space garden inspiration to get you going.

Category: DIY, Living, Yard+Garden | Tags: container gardening, food, gardening, grow, growing food, homegrown, small space gardening, window farm

Spotted: Non-GMO Corn Starch

Spotted: Non-GMO Corn Starch

By Becky Striepe on December 31, 2010

You know that an idea is gaining steam when you see conventional brands using it to sell a product.

Category: Food+Drink, Living | Tags: cooking, corn, food, genetically engineered food, genetically modified food, GM, GMO

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