Entries by Ruth

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The Fight for Food-Growing Space

February 28, 2025 Nature howls in February. The sun is stronger and slowly warms the soil. Buds are swelling and bulbs are reaching. The itch to garden is upon us. At FECO, we are spoiled to have a perpetual lease on public land. Others are not so lucky and the waiting list for community garden […]

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Resilience! What Can We Learn from the Pacific Yew

January 19, 2025 We will face challenges in our future. Will we stay rooted when we feel torn apart, burned out, stepped on, whipped by the wind, undernourished, out in the cold, sick from the pollution? How long will we last? These challenges might be figurative for humans but plants face them quite literally throughout […]