Transition Whatcom2024-03-29T15:29:06ZLaura R.https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/LauraRidenour812https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2197507157?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/smallscalegraingrowingbeansavingorganicallycascadi/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=2a4eddccl6qui&feed=yes&xn_auth=noNew Website for the BBGP!tag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2011-04-26:2723460:Topic:488622011-04-26T21:25:09.196ZLaura R.https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/LauraRidenour812
<p>Hi kids (big and small),</p>
<p>I've composed grower's guides for all the crops I've trialled for the Backyard Beans & Grains Project. They are all available for free on my new website:</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.backyardbeansandgrains.com">www.backyardbeansandgrains.com</a></p>
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<p>Please pass the word to anyone who might be interested and who might need a little advice on growing any of the following, with a local slant: amaranth, millet, quinoa, oats, wheat, barley,…</p>
<p>Hi kids (big and small),</p>
<p>I've composed grower's guides for all the crops I've trialled for the Backyard Beans & Grains Project. They are all available for free on my new website:</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.backyardbeansandgrains.com">www.backyardbeansandgrains.com</a></p>
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<p>Please pass the word to anyone who might be interested and who might need a little advice on growing any of the following, with a local slant: amaranth, millet, quinoa, oats, wheat, barley, buckwheat, flax, flour/dent/flint corn, dry beans, soybeans, garbanzos, or soup peas!</p>
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<p>Happy planting!</p>
<p>Krista</p> Dry Bean and Grain Seedstag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2011-02-21:2723460:Topic:443662011-02-21T03:55:12.883ZLaura R.https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/LauraRidenour812
I have locally appropriate storage crop seeds to offer. As part of the Backyard Beans & Grains Project (BBGP) we run trials of numerous dry beans (bush and pole), other legumes (soup peas, garbanzos, soybeans), and grains (wheat, barley, flax, millet, buckwheat, dent and flour corn) in Whatcom County to identify the best varieties for our cool, short-season climate. The ultimate goal is to get the resulting best varieties out into the community and encourage others to grow them as part of…
I have locally appropriate storage crop seeds to offer. As part of the Backyard Beans & Grains Project (BBGP) we run trials of numerous dry beans (bush and pole), other legumes (soup peas, garbanzos, soybeans), and grains (wheat, barley, flax, millet, buckwheat, dent and flour corn) in Whatcom County to identify the best varieties for our cool, short-season climate. The ultimate goal is to get the resulting best varieties out into the community and encourage others to grow them as part of their overall self-sufficiency plan. Please email me for more info and I will email you a pdf with photos of all varieties and short descriptions. I have a limited amount of some varieties so act quickly if you are interested. kristamrome@yahoo.com Spring planted fava beanstag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2011-02-02:2723460:Topic:423112011-02-02T04:30:59.528ZLaura R.https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/LauraRidenour812
Hi everyone, I'm new to the group and just recently moved to Bellingham from Seattle, and hoping to get some information on spring planting favas. I read Krista's grain and bean growing report from 2008 and have poked around the posts a little, but I don't see much about fava beans. I haven't grown them before, but from everything I've heard they do excellent in our climate with very little care. Does anyone here have much experience growing them. I'd like to try at least two varieties this…
Hi everyone, I'm new to the group and just recently moved to Bellingham from Seattle, and hoping to get some information on spring planting favas. I read Krista's grain and bean growing report from 2008 and have poked around the posts a little, but I don't see much about fava beans. I haven't grown them before, but from everything I've heard they do excellent in our climate with very little care. Does anyone here have much experience growing them. I'd like to try at least two varieties this year; one for shellys and one for dried beans. For the dried beans I was thinking of growing Ianto's yellow, as I've heard this variety is extremely hardy and actually tastes good as a dried bean. Is it possible to grow spring planted favas for dry beans, or is it best to plant them in fall. What's an approximate planting date for spring down favas? Any other information anyone has on techniques, varieties, etc. is greatly appreciated. Thanks The nitty-gritty: growing, harvesting, and processing grains and beanstag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2010-07-27:2723460:Topic:273252010-07-27T22:16:00.428ZLaura R.https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/LauraRidenour812
<p>Hi there! I am growing several different varieties of beans from seeds that Krista gave me, and flax as well. I've grown scarlet runners, yin-yang, and cranberry beans so I think I know how to grow and when to harvest the beans. Flax, however, is a different story! I believe that the seeds are in the little round seed pods and are harvested once the plant is dry, kind of like beans... am I correct?</p>
<p>My goodness, flax flowers are just so beautiful!!!!</p>
<p>Any pointers as to…</p>
<p>Hi there! I am growing several different varieties of beans from seeds that Krista gave me, and flax as well. I've grown scarlet runners, yin-yang, and cranberry beans so I think I know how to grow and when to harvest the beans. Flax, however, is a different story! I believe that the seeds are in the little round seed pods and are harvested once the plant is dry, kind of like beans... am I correct?</p>
<p>My goodness, flax flowers are just so beautiful!!!!</p>
<p>Any pointers as to correctly harvesting and processing flax seeds???</p>
<p>As to processing beans - if I may share my experiences on this... I've tried drying beans in the past. They get dry enough, but storing them here with all the ambient moisture causes them to re-hydrate and then mold! Rats! My recommendation is to can them using an approved recipe and a pressure canner.</p>
<p>Has anyone else had success in the long term storage of dried beans?</p> Group Name History & Purpose/Vision Statements Discussiontag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2010-05-09:2723460:Topic:216162010-05-09T19:58:18.566ZLaura R.https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/LauraRidenour812
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><b>Your opinions & questions in regards to the groups current name & its purpose/vision can be posted within this separate discussion.</b></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><b>Your opinions & questions in regards to the groups current name & its purpose/vision can be posted within this separate discussion.</b></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">This group was created as a specialty group for sharing focused information & questions.</p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">The original members dialogued extensively through emails & in person on the group name & purpose and came to a shared agreement of name & vision wording, during mid March 2010.</p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">(These core initiators included Brian K, Heather K, Krista R, David P, Celt S, Walter H).</p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><b>New members,</b> be sure to read the top of the group page, which states our shared purpose/vision for the grain/bean/seed growers. Please consider reading the history of the comments & thinking that came before you. We welcome your ideas & look forward to working together!</p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">Comments & suggestion left will be considered at a later date. and be easily accessible to future new members. (Admins may cut & paste past comments from the main text of this group into this discussion.)</p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><b>Record of our past grain/bean/grow group names that were changed:</b></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">'Small Scale Grain Growing Bean Saving Organically Cascadia”</p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">“Whatcom Wheat & Grain/Bean Growers”</p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">“Small Scale Grain & Beans-Grow , Process, & Save” </p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><u><b>Record of Related Past Comments:</b></u> <span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">(earliest to latest)</span></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">Comment by <a>Heather K</a> on March 22, 2010</p>
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<dd style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.2in"><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Welcome...Please forward to your network of grain raisers & dry bean growers.<br/>The group text was completed by Heather with the editing assistance & encouragement from Krista & Celt & friends!<br/>Please email me if you have any suggestions for clarity & accuracy..</span></span></dd>
<dt>Comment by <a>Walter Haugen</a> on March 23, 2010</dt>
<dd style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.2in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in"><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Okay, I'm in. However, let me state right off the top that I take exception to the organic</span></span> <u><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">label</span></u><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">, since I have no time for third-party organic</span></span> <span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><b>certification</b></span><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">. Organic - to me - means using the "feed the soil" paradigm and the work of Sir Albert Howard, Robert Rodale, and a host of others who have done the research over the last 100 years. It does NOT mean the phoney-baloney co-optation of the word "organic" by Congressional fiat in the year 2000.</span></span></dd>
<dt><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Comm</span><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">ent by <a>Heather K</a> on March 24, 2010</span></span></dt>
<dd style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.2in"><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Some minor changes now made to the group title and text thanks to input from Brian, Walter, & Krista.</span></span></dd>
<dt>Comment by <a>Krista Rome</a> on April 18, 2010</dt>
<dd style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.2in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in"><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">This group was already going prior to TGU, but I've been thinking it makes sense to utilize it for that purpose also, rather than have two separate grains/beans growing groups. So for those of you that weren't at Day 2 of TGU, we started a workgroup on growing grains and dry beans, with many goals and ideas. I will post the follow-up email that I sent out to those on the email list. Anybody with ideas to add or share, or with time and energy to contribute to one or more of the items, please let me know!</span></span></dd>
<dt>Comment by <a>Rebecca Meloy</a> on April 22, 2010</dt>
<dd style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.2in">Is this Small Scale, Medium Scale, or Agricultural Scale. Does it matter?<br/>Or is it simply Grains & Beans Network Group?<br/>Grow, Process, Save be in the description paragraph below the title?</dd>
<dt>Comment by <a>Krista Rome</a> on April 24, 2010</dt>
<dd style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.2in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in">With the goals of Transition in mind, small-scale hand tool methods OR larger scale (farming to make a profit and supply the greater community scale) but with methods appropriate to a future of independence from oil and other non-renewable resources makes the most sense to me. Read Heather's description under the title. We don't want to exclude anyone that is trying to localize our food system or diversify what is grown here, though, so it would still be good to encourage any farmers to connect with us, regardless of the methods they choose at this point. Just my two cents.</dd>
<dt>Comment by <a>Walter Haugen</a> on April 24, 2010 at 3:36pm</dt>
<dd style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.2in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in"><b>Endless discussions have their place, but don't forget to actually grow some dry beans and grains this year.</b></dd>
<dt><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Comment by <a>Laura Ridenour</a> May 8, 2010</span></dt>
<dd style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.2in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in">BTW, I think this group should just be called "Staple Foods (beans, grains, and oil seeds)". The scale doesn't really matter as production issues are mostly the same. The focus can be increasing the amount and diversity grown here, and the group can be a for problem solving and a place to go for resources.</dd>
<dt>Comment by <a>Brian Kerkvliet</a> <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">May 9, 2010</span></dt>
<dd style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.2in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in"><b>I would have to say that small scale is of BIG importance</b>. Production issues are defiantly different for someone that hand plants, harvests, threshes and stores their crop, from someone who uses equipment to do the work. There are many methods for all of these tasks that are scale appropriate. This is one of the things that we are eager to learn and share on this group. Sure we can learn many things from farmers with large tracts of land that use conventional equipment and practices. However I also see a desire and need to have a lot more people growing small amounts of staple crops in a diversified rotation on their lot or small acreage. Another reason for this group is to help empower more people to grow grains and beans, by sharing what varieties work well for our region, what tools are needed for their scale, what kind of yields can be expected and how to process those yields with the simplest of equipment.<br/>There is also a need to better understand the benefits of grains and legumes in crop rotation where the straw and plant stubble is left in the field adding much needed organic material to the soil and building nitrogen for future crops to use.<br/>Also experimentation with no-till methods can be easier applied with small plots then acre and larger tracts. The more people trying different approaches, the faster we all learn together. One such method of no-till practice is the use of seed balls. We will be having a Spring Fling a seed ball event and talk about the practice, methods and benefits of seed ball sowing here at Inspiration Farm......”</dd>
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<p style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.2in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.03in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid"><font size="3"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><strong>Comment from Heather K</strong> May 10, 2010 - </span></font> <font size="3"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Well said Brian. Would “</span></font><font size="3"><b>Homemade</b></font><font size="3"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">” or “</span></font><font size="3"><b>Human-scale</b></font><font size="3"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">” be an accurate & inclusive phrasing that might increase clarity over the relativity of the words small-scale vs large-scale? …...</span></font><font size="3"><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">M</span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">any of us also share also the same concerns as expressed by Frances Moore Lappe (as she wrote in the introduction of Fukuoka-sensei book -</span></font> <font size="3"><i><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">“The One Straw Revolution – An Introduction to Natural Farming”</span></i></font> <font size="3"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">)-</span></font> <font size="3"><i>“..pesticide use per acre has quadrupled since my youth (ie 1970's), and large-scale, fossil-fuel, corporate-monopoly-dependent farming continues to displace traditional practices worldwide.....”</i></font><font size="3"><i><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">. …..</span></i></font><font size="3"><strong><u>This 'homegrown & local grain/bean/seed group' welcomes any farmers/growers/gardeners</u> who are attempting to brake away from these harmful practices of the past, no matter what size land or farm they are the caretakers for. We are all learning & sharing the path through nature together.</strong></font></p> The "Other" Grains / Backyard Beans & Grains Projecttag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2010-04-02:2723460:Topic:171802010-04-02T21:54:53.885ZLaura R.https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/LauraRidenour812
Hi Everyone!<div><br></br></div>
<div>I love the discussion going on so far/already. This website has really gotten a good amount of use lately. I wanted to make sure that everybody knows I am starting Year Three of the Backyard Beans & Grains Project growing grain, dry bean, and seed trials, and my focus is mainly everything BUT wheat and barley and all things related. I will be trialling a few wheat and barley this year, but it seems those are all the rave with others so I think my work will…</div>
Hi Everyone!<div><br/></div>
<div>I love the discussion going on so far/already. This website has really gotten a good amount of use lately. I wanted to make sure that everybody knows I am starting Year Three of the Backyard Beans & Grains Project growing grain, dry bean, and seed trials, and my focus is mainly everything BUT wheat and barley and all things related. I will be trialling a few wheat and barley this year, but it seems those are all the rave with others so I think my work will be most valuable if I focus on: flax, oats, quinoa, buckwheat, millet, amaranth, dry beans, flour/dent corn, garbanzos, and soup peas. It's a hefty list and totally gluten-free (haha). It also supplements the work others are doing on wheat et al. </div>
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<div>My passion/interest in this project is towards small-scale, low-tech growers and gardeners. I am less concerned with marketability and economic competitiveness and more concerned with ease of growing and processing by hand and forming a well-balanced, locally-based diet. The goal here is to trial varieties and share both knowledge and seed when the results come in. I am making up seed packets of what I have found to work well and hope to have a bunch of new varieties to add come this fall. I am hoping that I can gather donations in exchange for seed and advisement because I need to be able to pay for seed and materials. I also would like to somewhat compensate the generous farmer who has been letting me use his land and tilling free of charge. </div>
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<div>So pass the word, but do also keep in mind that I have had some experience with the crops I listed if anyone wants to ask questions about them in this forum! I would really like to expand this conversation beyond the wheat family. There's a whole wide world of other crops out there that can help fill that niche in our diet!</div>
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<div><br/></div> Recommended Books & Visual Resources- Grains & Beanstag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2010-03-22:2723460:Topic:166092010-03-22T20:39:34.699ZLaura R.https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/LauraRidenour812
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><strong><u>Online Links:</u></strong></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#555555"><font face="Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans Unicode, sans-serif"><strong>Soil & Health books compiled by Steve Solomon.…</strong></font></font></p>
<p><a href="http://www.soilandhealth.org/01aglibrary/01aglibwelcome.html" target="_blank"></a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><strong><u>Online Links:</u></strong></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font color="#555555"><font face="Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans Unicode, sans-serif"><strong>Soil & Health books compiled by Steve Solomon.</strong></font></font></p>
<p><a href="http://www.soilandhealth.org/01aglibrary/01aglibwelcome.html" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.soilandhealth.org/01aglibrary/01aglibwelcome.html%C2%A0">http://www.soilandhealth.org/01aglibrary/01aglibwelcome.html</a> </p>
<p> <em>(thanks to Walter H.)</em></p>
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<p><strong>Appalachian Staple Foods Collaborative</strong> (ASFC):<em> </em><em> <a href="http://attra.ncat.org/interviews/asfc.html%C2%A0">http://attra.ncat.org/interviews/asfc.html<em> </em></a></em></p>
<p><em>(thanks to Laura S.)</em></p>
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<p><strong>"The Small Grains" -</strong> Mark Alfred Carleton (1915)</p>
<p>Online through google books search, or see link by David M below on 10/10/10.</p>
<p>Highly recommended by our Mt Vernon grain research scientist, Dr. Jones</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><strong><u>BOOKS & PAMPHLETS</u></strong>-</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><strong>Small-Scale Grain Raising</strong> - Gene Logsdon ISBN 0-87857-134-5</p>
<p>and ISBN 0-87857-147-7 pbk (1977)</p>
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<p><strong>The Scythe Book - Mowing Hay, Cutting Weeds, and Harvesting Small Grains with Hand Tools</strong> - David Tresemer ISBN 938670-00-x (1981)</p>
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<p><strong>The Small Grains" -</strong> Mark Alfred Carleton (1915)</p>
<p>Highly recommended by our Mt Vernon Dr. Jones, and now available to read online by searching Google books. (thanks David M) (Anyone finding a hard copy be sure to buy one!)</p>
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<p><strong>Seed to Seed - Seed Saving & Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners</strong> -</p>
<p>by Suzanne Ashworth</p>
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<p><strong>The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It</strong> - John Seymour</p>
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<p><strong>Learning To Grow All Your Own Food</strong> - A One-Bed Model For Compost, Diet & Income Crops - Carol Cox & Staff from Ecology Action - Self-Teaching Mini-Series #26 -</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bountifulgardens.org/prodinfo.asp?number=BEA%2D0026">http://www.bountifulgardens.org/prodinfo.asp?number=BEA%2D0026</a> and</p>
<p><a href="http://www.growbiointensive.org/grow_main.html">http://www.growbiointensive.org/grow_main.html</a></p>
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<p><strong>Home Grown Whole Grains</strong> - by Sara Plizer (2009) ISBN 978-1-60342-153-9</p>
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<dd style="margin-bottom: 0.2in; margin-left: 0in;"><font size="3"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Growing Dry Beans & Grains in the Pacific Northwest: a Step-By-Step Guide to Producing Your Own Staple Foods</b></span></font> <font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">– by Krista Rome. <a href="http://www.backyardbeansandgrains.com/index.html">http://www.backyardbeansandgrains.com/index.html</a></span></font></font></dd>
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<p><strong><u>VIDEOS & Y-TUBES</u></strong></p>
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<p>Instructional videos by Walter Haugen of FA Farm (YouTube)</p>
<p>"<strong>Walter Haugen on Growing Wheat</strong>"</p>
<p><a href="http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/video/walter-haugen-on-growing-wheat">http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/video/walter-haugen-on-growing-wheat</a></p>
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<p><strong>Instructional videos by Dan Jason of Salt Spring Seeds</strong> (<a href="http://www.saltspringseeds.com">www.saltspringseeds.com</a>).</p>
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<p><strong>"Soil & Soil Buidling Workshop Introduction"</strong> - Walter H</p>
<p><a href="http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/video/soils-and-soil-building">http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/video/soils-and-soil-building</a></p>
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<p>"<strong>Broad Fork - U-Bar Workshop"</strong> - Brian K</p>
<p><a href="http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/video/broad-fork-ubar-workshop">http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/video/broad-fork-ubar-workshop</a></p>
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<p><strong>Fabulous Fava Beans with Farmer Walter H</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/video/fabulous-fava-beans-with?xg_source=activity">http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/video/fabulous-fava-beans-with?xg_source=activity</a></p>
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<p><strong>BLOG POSTS:</strong></p>
<p>(see many new & old blog posts on our WT site under tab 'Blog' )</p>
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<p><strong>“Just How Valuable Are Grains & Dry Beans Anyways</strong>?” - Walter H</p>
<p><a href="http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profiles/blogs/just-how-valuable-are-grains">http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profiles/blogs/just-how-valuable-are-grains</a></p>
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<p>“<strong>Celt's Garden – Growing Crackers</strong>” - Celt S</p>
<p><a href="http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profiles/blogs/celts-garden-going-crackers">http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profiles/blogs/celts-garden-going-crackers</a></p>
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<p><strong>“</strong><span lang="en-US" xml:lang="en-US"><strong>Celt's Garden – Slow Bread”</strong> - Celt S</span></p>
<p><a href="http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profiles/blogs/celts-garden-slow-bread"><span lang="en-US" xml:lang="en-US">http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profiles/blogs/celts-garden-slow-bread</span></a></p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>EVENTS from past</strong></span>-</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.2in;"><b>Winter Community Seed-Swap 2011 - Sunday January 30th -11:30 am-3pm</b></p>
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