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[UGRnews @UGRnews]

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[Epic Gardening @epicgardening]

Growing ginger from the store! https://t.co/q0mguBydFG

[GardenMakerNaturals @mygardenmaker]

As a Master Gardener - Angela knows what's growing in the garden. https://t.co/b0xVd64ZOG

[Organic Authority @OrganicAuthorit]

Halloween is approaching and you know what that means: HFCS. Here's how you can avoid it while still having fun.
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[GardenMakerNaturals @mygardenmaker]

Change up the look of next year's garden now! Rearrange your shrubbery, trees, and perennials now before the ground freezes.

[Earth Eats @eartheats]

A coffee leaf rust and "catastrophically" low coffee prices is threatening a major Central American industry. And reminding observers of a similar fungus that hit Sri Lanka - and caused it to start exporting tea instead.
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[Slow Food USA @SlowFoodUSA]

Slow food and slow money (investing in sustainable futures) go hand in hand. https://t.co/6J4OhVw9SC

[Victoria @My_Happy_Flower]

Rudbekia 'triloba'...pure sunshine in a perennial.

[Food Tank @foodtank]

The U.K. government has announced that it is planning on banning the distribution and sale of plastic straws, stirrers, and Q-Tips, CNBC reports.

[Epic Gardening @epicgardening]

Whiteflies: How To Wipe Out These Tiny White Insects For Good https://t.co/fcMEVMJUw7

[Tanya Anderson @LovelyGreens]

I love my Red Love Era apple tree

[The RHS @The_RHS]

October checklist ✅

If herbaceous perennials have finished flowering, they can be cut back to ground level. Leave those with decorative seedheads to provide winter interest and habitat for wildlife.

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[Food Tank @foodtank]

“Many people think hunger is about too many people and too little food, but that is not the case. Hunger is about power.” An interview with Abby Maxman, President of Oxfam America. https://t.co/dTYnn9SPcF

[Danielle Nierenberg, Food Tank @DaniNierenberg]

In “The Poison Squad,” Deborah Blum tells the story of the early-20th-century U.S.D.A. inspector who changed the way we think about food. https://t.co/XLSSRR7d3f

[Modern Farmer @ModFarm]

Organic advocates proudly point to improved water quality and better habitat for the birds and bees as a result of their food choices. But what of the biosphere and its ability to sustain life as we know it? How do you measure the global warming impact o… https://t.co/WsAg5aMiLI

[Food Tank @foodtank]

Midterm elections are coming up and our interactive map explores the risk of sea level rise in your congressional district. Use it to help get your candidates on the record about climate facts. https://t.co/f0vrK3abnY

[Ugly Fruit and Veg @UglyFruitAndVeg]

Check out this cool student project called Normreel! Edgy videos on the crazy standard produce has.... https://t.co/N3RdmHcoJi

[Danielle Nierenberg, Food Tank @DaniNierenberg]

As polls show their numbers growing, some Republicans say the evidence is right in front of them. https://t.co/AOj7K7YkJN

[Modern Farmer @ModFarm]

"People look at you like, 'Really? Chickens?'" says Ashleigh Hart when describing how chickens have become therapy pets for her 3-year-old autistic son JJ. "It was a fluke," she explains by phone from Debary, Florida. https://t.co/x1q3VoUgSg

[GardenMakerNaturals @mygardenmaker]

If you're not interested in cutting back dead foliage this season - just leave it be! Garden critters will love having a warm and protected place to bed down.