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Woodchips over lawns: an urban homesteader fights for her right to grow food

The Gary Department of Environmental Affairs gave Aja Yasir a citation for her nontraditional yard. She has wood chips instead of lawn and was told that her wood chips are debris Continue Reading

Posted On : March 30, 2019 Published By : kathysipple
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TEDx Manhattan Webcast Live Viewing Party of "Changing the Way We Eat"

Register here. Admission is free; paid lunch option available from Roots Organic Juice Cafe. Must be ordered by Thursday, Feb. 27th at 9pm. Join Valparaiso University Earth Tone’s Free Viewing Continue Reading

Posted On : February 25, 2014 Published By : kathysipple
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Organic Garden & Food Buying Group of NWI

Good people, good food, good prices… The Organic Garden and Food Buying Group of Northwest Indiana (OGFBGNWI) is a group of families/ individuals in Northwest Indiana and surrounding areas who Continue Reading

Posted On : November 10, 2013 Published By : kathysipple
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March Against Monsanto Valparaiso

On Saturday, October 12, 2013 about 100 people gathered outside the Porter County Courthouse to “March Against Monsanto”. Whitney Hibbitts was the local organizer and George Smolka addressed the crowd. Continue Reading

Posted On : October 12, 2013 Published By : kathysipple
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Green Drinks: Focus on Natural Health

Green Drinks usually focuses on environmental topics like air and water quality, but what about our interior environments? Our bodies are 85% water…what is our internal water quality (and air Continue Reading

Posted On : June 6, 2013 Published By : Talie Moore
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Urban Foraging: Sharing Fruit in Your Neighborhood

Do you have a fruit tree on your property that makes a mess when excess fruit falls to the ground and rots? Here’s a way to plug into a network Continue Reading

Posted On : April 1, 2013 Published By : kathysipple
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Local Shrimp… In Northwest Indiana?!?

Host Kathy Sipple speaks with Rich Ferlazzo, partner at the Valparaiso Shrimp Company about his business, Fins LLC/DBA Valparaiso Shrimp Company. They are a retail and wholesale supplier of high Continue Reading

Posted On : March 27, 2013 Published By : kathysipple
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Figure Eight Brewing and Our Local Food Web

Podcast host Kathy Sipple speaks with Neal Davey, ‘Purveyor of Fate’ at Figure Eight Brewing in Valparaiso about their efforts to run as sustainably as possible. Sustainability is an important Continue Reading

Posted On : March 26, 2013 Published By : kathysipple
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Northwest Indiana's First Food Swap is Coming March 10th

Listen to the podcast interview. 219 GreenConnect host Kathy Sipple speaks with Toni Snearly, founder of NWI Food Swap. Register for the March 10th event at Mothering By Nature in Valparaiso. According to Food Continue Reading

Posted On : February 15, 2013 Published By : kathysipple
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GrowNWI

  GrowNWI Vision: Create a common voice within the region to promote Urban Agriculture and Community Gardens. Challenge community, business and civic leaders to lay the foundation for the growth Continue Reading

Posted On : February 16, 2012 Published By : weaversa

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