Cloth Diaper Garage sale
Monday, March 1, 2010
Don\'t forget, tomorrow (March 2) is our cloth diaper garage sale! 10:00, Vineyard Community Church, 36th and University. Bring your old diapers to sell, bring some money to get great deals on used diapers. Complete rules here: http://wallypop.net/DMCDgaragesalerules.html .. read more..
62 Projects to Make with a Dead Computer
Sunday, February 28, 2010
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What You Can Do Now
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Too often, especially this time of year, I get all caught up in the “oh, but I can\'t do that” syndrome. I am friends with a lot of people who live on farms, and they\'re planning their gardens and their animals are having babies and whatnot. I read blogs of people waiting for their roofto.. .. read more..
Midwifery Bill moves through Legislature – act now!
Thursday, February 18, 2010
This is a repost of an email I received from FOIM today: Hi all, Now that we\'ve passed out of house committee, our next step is to get to a vote on the House floor, and we have until March 5 to do it. That\'s 9 legislative days away. It\'s more important than ever to contact your [...] .. read more..
Drake University Sustainability Fair
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Drake University and the City of Des Moines are planning the Drake Sustainability Fair, a free event to raise awareness about ecological living, from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28 in the Drake Olmstead Center. Environmental non-profits, government agencies, private companies and others will come toget.. .. read more..
Local Meat – it\'s so important.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
A repost from the Love made the Radish Grow blog. (with a few edits to make it more relevant to this blog) What the real focus of that discussion should be… By Abby There has been a lot of hubbub here lately in several of the Real Food Media blogs I read about a slight scandalous moment for [.. .. read more..
Henhouse in Winter
Monday, February 8, 2010
I have gotten a few emails over the winter about how the Girls are doing, how they\'re keeping warm, etc. First, let me note that I spoil my girls. Second, let me note that chickens do really well in cold temperatures. Third, the way I\'ve winterized my henhouse is not the only, the best, or [...] .. read more..
Raw Milk Legislation introduced in Iowa
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Some of you may be interested in this bill, which would allow the sale of raw milk direct to the consumer from the farmer. Though NLDM takes no actual stance on the issue of raw milk, we do encourage everyone do their own research. However, this bill would certainly allow consumers more choices in t.. .. read more..
Simply Food, Nothing Extra
Thursday, January 14, 2010
A group of us have started a Yahoo group with a focus on buying local foods. The purpose of the group is to serve first as a database of local producers known to group members (so, not just a list of local producers, but local producers who we\'ve done business with, who we know and [...] .. read more..
Moving away from plastic – food storage
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Thanks to some keen Black Friday sales, we replaced our plastic food storage with glass food storage. Not all of it. We realized in going through our plastic containers that some of them aren\'t really practical to replace with glass. The big cookie tubs, for example. (That would be, the tubs where .. .. read more..