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The Dry Garden: 'Sustainable Landscaping for Dummies' author lays out 9 steps for a greener future
L.A. at HomeThe idea that suburban gardens might be âsustainableâ came late to Southern California. Modern Los Angeles was sold on the promise that anything grows. Exotic plants were status symbols. Sunshine was constant, and the only worry about water was f... -
Master Gardener in training: Worms are an easy-to-love fertilizer
L.A. at Home(This is one in a series of posts in which Jeff Spurrier shares his experience from a Master Gardener class.) Thereâs something elegantly basic about a worm -- no lungs, no ears, no eyes, no brain, simply a feeding tube that eats garbage and excretes... -
Organic: What it means on different products
Chicago TribuneSome consumers are more than willing to pay higher prices for organically grown food and other products. But is the extra dollar worth it? The answer may depend upon personal priorities. By definition, organically grown foods are produced without most...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Beauty Products and Fragrances, Arable Farming, Diets and Dieting, Diseases and Illnesses
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Wal-Mart to pay $27.6 million to settle California environmental case [Updated]
L.A. NOWWal-Mart has agreed to pay $27.6 million to settle charges that it violated California environmental laws in its handling and disposal of hazardous materials, prosecutors involved in the case announced Monday in San Diego. The settlement was signed by... -
A crop from the ocean floor
Paul Dobbins and Tollef Olson admit they still have a kink in their scheme to use seaweed to revolutionize American eating habits, clean the environment, lower the federal trade deficit and make themselves fabulously rich.
Call it the yuck factor.
"It...Tags: Science, Biotechnology, Whole Foods Market, World War I (1914-1918), Hospitals and Clinics
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Are store-bought soils safe for growing vegetables?
In September I wrote about an unsettling incident in which I'd found high levels of lead in the chard I'd grown in a backyard planter box filled with store-bought soil. According to the head of the lab that did the testing, I shouldn't have eaten more...Tags: Hobbies, Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lifestyle and Leisure, Science and Technology
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Nature Conservancy floods fields in an attempt to help wildlife and farmers
L.A. UnleashedLA CONNER, Wash. â Three-inch deep water would seem to be about the last thing Dave Hedlin would want to see on the field where he grows cucumbers, potatoes and other crops near northern Washington's Skagit Bay. But for the...... -
Norman Borlaug dies at 95; revolutionized grain agriculture and won Nobel Peace Prize
Norman Borlaug, the father of the "Green Revolution" who is widely credited with saving millions of lives by breeding wheat, rice and other crops that brought agricultural self-sufficiency to developing countries around the world, died Saturday in Texas....Tags: Charity, Lobbying, Pathology, Awards and Prizes, Henry Wallace
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'Organic' debate goes on, naturally
When I wrote a column recently about my questions about organic produce, I expected that I'd get a lot of mail. Especially after I started with the statement: "I don't believe in organics."
Organics is an article of faith for a lot of people and what I...Tags: Arable Farming, Science and Technology, Agriculture, Home and Garden Products, Philosophy
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The Dry Garden: 'Ocean Friendly Gardens' is a guide to reining in runoff
L.A. at HomeLast week I said Bob Perryâs book "Landscape Plants for California Gardens" was "all the book you will need if you live in the Golden State." In a case of floored admiration for a book dedicated to California plants, I may have exaggerated because I... -
Slowing a tide of pollutants
Times Staff WriterCall it the slobber stopper. It looks like an elaborate fountain. Water gurgles through a series of red-tiled pools, spillways and chutes within sight of the pedestrian walkway that connects the bluffs of Santa Monica with the Santa Monica Pier. The...Tags: Regional Authority, Wetlands, Farms, Bodies of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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A Primeval Tide of Toxins
Times Staff WriterThe fireweed began each spring as tufts of hairy growth and spread across the seafloor fast enough to cover a football field in an hour. When fishermen touched it, their skin broke out in searing welts. Their lips blistered and peeled. Their eyes...Tags: Science, Farms, Fishing, Diseases and Illnesses, China
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