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. . . SEEDS OF DIVERSITY . . . FARMWORKS HONORED AMONG TIDES TOP 10 . . . A GUIDE TO SPEEDY VEGETABLES . . . CORRECTED LINK TO FUNDRAZR SITE

SEEDS OF DIVERSITY
Source: Seeds of Diversity
Seeds of Diversity is a Canadian volunteer organization that conserves the biodiversity and traditional knowledge of food crops and garden plants. Seeds of Diversity is the source for information about heritage seeds, seed saving, plant diversity, garden history and your own garden heritage. (read more)

FARMWORKS HONORED AMONG TIDES TOP 10
Source: FarmWorks
Tides Canada named FarmWorks Investment Co-operative Limited among its Tides Top 10 - a national annual award honouring some of Canada's most innovative social change efforts that inspire people to take action, think in new ways and make the world a better place.
We chose them for: Creating meaningful partnerships with investors and with loan recipients, businesses and other lenders - partnerships that contribute to the growth of food-related enterprises across Nova Scotia. (read more)

A GUIDE TO SPEEDY VEGETABLES
Source: NPR
Yes, it is true that gardening requires patience. But face it, we live in an impatient world. And gardeners everywhere were depressed by the brutal and endless winter. (True story: The polar vortex killed my fall kale crop!) So we are understandably eager to get sowing. And to see results by ... well, if not next Thursday, then maybe mid-May? (read more)

CORRECTED LINK TO FUNDRAZR SITE
Source: fundrazr.com
On March 26 two organic farms in southwestern Nova Scotia were hit so hard by the spring “weather bomb” that their newly built greenhouses were completely destroyed. Winds of over 140km per hour also ruined newly planted crops and seedlings inside the greenhouses of Whippletree Farm (near Annapolis Royal) and Wild Rose Farm (near Weymouth), causing a total damage of more than $35,000. “Acts of God” of this kind, are not covered by their farms’ insurance policies. (read more)