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How Regenerative Agriculture Can Reverse Climate Change

by Marion

It’s time to stop ignoring the obvious. Climate change is now an emergency for humanity. One way to stop runaway climate is to change farming practices that damage ecosystems and biodiversity. Rodale Institute research proves regenerative agriculture has the potential to reverse climate change by sequestering more than 100% of current CO2 levels. Rising CO2 levels are a symptom of ecosystem and biodiversity degradation. Conventional agricultural…

Chester Housing Authority’s Bennett Community Farm Inspired by Cuba

Posted on June 28, 2019

by Admin

This blog comes to us from Stefan Roots, blogger at Chester Matters blog, about the farming methods of Natania Schaumburg, farmer at the Ruth Bennett Farm in Chester, PA, inspired by her trip to Cuba. (Chester, PA–June 11, 2019)—In preparation for the Bennett Community Farm’s upcoming season, the Chester Housing Authority decided to look south for inspiration and found it…

Batch Cooking Potluck Gathering!

Posted on July 2, 2018

by Sari

On Monday, July 16, join TTM members for some batch cooking! It’s first-come-first-cook for five participants eager to chop, blend and fire-up some healthy Middle Eastern cuisine to take home and serve. We will gather around 4pm in the shiny new kitchen at First United Methodist Church, 350 W State St, Media. Please enter on Lemon Street between Baker and State…

Media Borough Composting Survey Launch

Posted on September 23, 2017

by Sari

In an effort to reduce waste going to the county landfill and incinerator, the Media Borough is considering expanding the current recycling program to include a food scrap collection program. With a food scrap collection program you would be able to separate food from the rest of your trash, and have it collected for composting at a local compost farm….

What The Weeds? – Installment 2 (Bishop’s Weed)

Posted on July 1, 2016

by Donna Cusano

Aegopodium (ee-guh-POH-dee-um) podagraria (pod-uh-GRAR-ee-uh), Bishop’s Weed, also called Goutweed, Goutwort, Ground Elder, Herb Gerard, English Masterwort, Wild Masterwort, Pigweed and Snow-in-the-Mountain, is an herbaceous perennial ground cover that grows 1 ½ to 2 feet in height and spreads through seed dispersion and rhizomes. It is part of the carrot family (Aplaceae) and grows in shady places. Native to Eurasia, it is…

How Regenerative Agriculture Can Reverse Climate Change

Chester Housing Authority’s Bennett Community Farm Inspired by Cuba

Batch Cooking Potluck Gathering!

Media Borough Composting Survey Launch

What The Weeds? – Installment 2 (Bishop’s Weed)

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