Posted on September 30th, 2008
In 1944, in the wake of World War II, our government issued an appeal to American citizens to grow their own food. 20 million Americans did it! People who had no experience with gardening planted up their front yards with vegetables and took over derelict urban lots in order to alleviate pressure on our agricultural [...]
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Posted on September 30th, 2008
Ireland Rocked
We got back from 2 weeks in Ireland this past weekend. Snapshot of my impressions:
1) Boiled cabbage and carrots; no wonder people think they don’t like vegetables!
2) I had heard that Irish people have a higher incidence of celiac disease. Well, in St. Nicolas’ cathedral in Galway, there was a sign that read “Coeliac [...]
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