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"Honey Laundering" - Another Reason to Buy Local
Remy Franklin Nov 11, 2011 apiary 0 comments
You might remember some hype a few years ago surrounding colony collapse disorder, or “bee die-offs,” as most of us remember them. American apiarists first noted honeybee disappearances in late 2006, and the phenomenon gained popular attention with coverage like the 2009 documentary, Vanishing of the Bees. While media attention has since died down, our precious pollinators and honey-makers are still vanishing at frightening rates. Nationwide losses from managed honeybee colonies have hovered steadily around 30% annually since 2006 (USDA). But if we've been losing bees for five years now, why haven’t honey prices gone through the roof? In August, a Food Safety News investigation ...
Breaking Ground in Indy
Kaitlin Haskins Nov 03, 2010 apiary 1 comments
If you took a stroll around the Butler University intramural athletic fields just nine months ago, you would have seen nothing but soccer fields, tennis courts, gleaming bleachers, and acres of green turf grass-a barren desert in terms of biodiversity and productivity. But if you walked the same path in July, you would have found a plot of colorful heirloom tomatoes, a perimeter fence draped with multi-colored pole beans, a patch full of 20-pound watermelons and juicy muskmelons, and rows of other delicious fruits, vegetables, flowers and herbs, many of which the typical grocery-store shopper has never beheld. [caption id="attachment_5210" align="alignleft" width="320" caption="Cucumbers...
Crop Mobbing: A First Attempt At Urban Farming
Emily Morgan Apr 16, 2010 apiary 3 comments
I was a little nervous about what my Sunday afternoon would be like when I got a message on Facebook that included the instructions, "Eat a big breakfast, this ain't your 9 to 5 desk job! We'll be doing physical labor!"  I was gearing up for my first ever Crop Mob--a volunteer phenomenon that took off in the New York City area after a New York Times magazine article about the initiative ran in late February. The concept, as detailed on the Crop Mob website, is simple: “Crop mob is primarily a group of young, landless and wannabe farmers who come together to build and empower communities by working side by side. Crop mob is also a group of experienced farmers and gardeners willing to...