AmpleHarvest.org News

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Press Releases

Feb 25 2012	AmpleHarvest.org Announces AmpleMusic.org - Fighting Hunger In America With Music.
Jan 8 2012	AmpleHarvest.org founder Gary Oppenheimer to speak at TEDxManhattan on January 21.
Dec 20 2011	AmpleHarvest.org Focus of Public Television's: Growing A Greener World
Nov 13 2011	AmpleHarvest.org Announces "Centerpieces for Pantries" initiative
Oct 3 2011	AmpleHarvest.org Announced as Winner of the Glynwood "2011 Wave of the Future" Award
August 10 2011	Green Education Foundation (GEF) and Amplehavest.org Team Up to Fight Hunger and Malnutrition Across America
August 5 2011	AmpleHarvest.org Named Top 25 Finalist in the Third Annual "Stay Classy" Philanthropic Awards Competition
May 23 2011	AmpleHarvest.org Marks Its Two Year Anniversary
May 6 2011	AmpleHarvest.org Campaign Announces Special Outreach in Tornado Ravaged Alabama
Apr 13 2011	AmpleHarvest.org Campaign Announces Android app for AmpleHarvest.org
Mar 3 2011	AmpleHarvest.org Campaign Announces Partnership with the National Council of Churches
Nov 4 2010	Infinity Insurance and AmpleHarvest.org Launch Virtual Food Drive
Jul 15 2010	Announcing AmpleHarvest.org Outreach Efforts Focused in the Gulf States Region
Jul 2 2010	Announcing more than 2,000 food pantries registered on AmpleHarvest.org across all 50 states
Jan 20 2010	Announcing AmpleHarvest.org iPhone / iPod Touch app.
Dec 2 2009	Announcing AmpleHarvest.org now helps the hungry find United Way 2-1-1 resoruces
Oct 16 2009	Announcing 1,000 registered food pantries in 150 days.
Aug 6 2009	Announcing joint effort with National Gardening Association
May 18 2009	Announcing release of the AmpleHarvest.org Campaign web site

TV and Radio

CNN Heroes - AmpleHarvest.org on CNN's Larry King Live



DYI World Improvement Tadio (NJ) - Internet Radio




PBS - Growing A Greener World




WBOY TV (WV) - AmpleHarvest.org Helping Reduce Food Waste






WQOW TV (WI) - Local food bank uses website to feed fresh produce to those in need



CNN Heroes - AmpleHarvest.org - A Gardeners Gift



CNN Heroes - AmpleHarvest.org Founder Gary Oppenheimer on CNN
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WCBS TV (NY) - New Web Site Offers Harvest Of Hope For People In Need
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WEAR - ABC TV (FL) - Gardeners who grow fruit and vegetables at home can share their extra crops with people in need.



NBC San Deigo (CA) - AmpleHarvest.org at the Stay CLASSY Awards ceremony



FOX9 (MN) - Gardeners Share Crop with the Needy
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CNN - From Your Garden To Their Table
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WRAL (NC) - Website helps produce donations
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KUSA - NBC (CO) - Feeding The Hungry From Your Back Yard
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WCPO TV - (OH) - Attn. Gardeners! Produce Needed At Food Pantries
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CNN Headline News with Robin Meade Video



KFYR - NBC TV (ND) - Fresh Produce for Food Pantries



CNN - Live interview with Ali Velshi
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Reality Radio Interview - Holly Hirshberg/Dinner Garden.org and Gary Oppenheimer/AmpleHarvest.org



Radio Sandy Springs (GA)- Kate Copsey:America's Home Grown Veggies
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The Creation Care Radio Hour (MD)- Discussion of AmpleHarvest.org (starts at 25:20)



The Creation Care Radio Hour (MD)- Discussion of AmpleHarvest.org (edited version)

KRTV 3 TV (MT)- "GREAT FALLS FOOD BANK TEAMS UP TO REDUCE WASTE" - (Video on longer online)

ABC 7 TV (FL)- "Suncoast pantry plans to grow food" - (Video no longer online)

ABC 7 TV (FL)- "Suncoast pantry plans to grow food" - (Video no longer online)



On The Net

White House web site - "Let's Move Faith and Communities inspires fresh produce for 4100 food pantries" TEDx.com - "AmpleHarvest.org - Changing The Way We Eat" Forbes.com - "Gardeners Turn Food Waste Into Food Plenty" Grace Communications Foundation - "Our Hero: Gary Oppenheimer of AmpleHarvest.org" (Podcast) Nonprofits Do Good - "Staving Off Hunger One Garden at a Time" Facing Hunger in America - "No Food Left Behind" Food For Thought - "AmpleHarvest.org" Huffington Post - "HuffPost's Greatest Person Of The Day: Gary Oppenheimer, Founder Of AmpleHarvest.org" Say Yes! Change Things. - Chaning The Way We Eat/a>

Richmond Food Collective - Plan now for an Ample Harvest TABLE FOR TWO USA - "AmpleHarvest.org - Connecting Hungry Americans with Home Gardeners" Seedstock - "From Backyard Garden to Local Food Pantry, AmpleHarvest.org Facilitates Delivery of Excess Produce to Those in Need" TLC/Home - "Too Much Garden Bounty? Donate Extra Veggies to Your Local Food Pantry" Presbyterian Church (USA) Blog: - "Is your harvest ample enough for low income people, too?" 365 Days of Courage - "Day 108 Simple And Powerful Sharing" EatingRules - "An Ample Harvest" Blue Cheene Nation - "Innovative Community Solutions That Fight Hunger" GardenGreenAngles - "Share an Ample Harvest Wherever You Are" OnEarth - "Sharing the Harvest on World Food Day" Mother Earth News - "There's an App for That!" White House web site - "AmpleHarvest.org founder Gary Oppenheimer at White House meeting" Debra Walsh (NY) - "AmpleHarvest.org - Do You Have Extra Vegetables To Share?" Burpee Home Gardens - "Sharing The Bounty" Sweet Organge - "Coming Together in Honor of 9-11: Sharing Your Garden Surplus" Change.org - "CNN Hero Brings Garden Bounty to Local Food Pantries" MyFreshLocal.com - "Connecting Local Gardeners with Local Food Pantries" Growing a Greener World (PBS ) - "Sharing the Bounty" The Brave Discussion (Australian blog) - "Home Gardeners Feed the Hungery" EcuLink - "AmpleHarvest.org channels garden surplus to food pantries" Bucks County Taste - "Share The Bounty" A Mindful Life - "AMPLEHARVEST.ORG - CONNECTING GARDENERS WITH SURPLUS TO FOOD PANTRIES" EcuLink (Audio Version - MP3) - "AmpleHarvest.org channels garden surplus to food pantries" Secret Gardening - "Volunteering at a community garden is ripe with benefits" Blogcritics - "What do I do with all this squash?" Green Frieda - "Your Big Harvest Can Help the Hungry" Mother Nature Network - "AmpleHarvest.org makes it easy to share your garden surplus with neighbors in need" the Good People Fund - "Of Androids and Good People" Meet the Experts - "Meet The Experts- CNN Hero Gary Oppenheimer" Latine Lista - "Home gardeners and food pantries partner together to bring food to the hungry" WE.tv - "Plan Your Give Back Garden during National Garden Month" York County Food Bank - "The Growing Season Kicks Off" NAEIS - "AmpleHarvest.org Connects Food Pantries with Fresh Produce " mamgmusings.blogspot.com - "Garden Musings from Memphis Area Master Gardeners" National Council of Churches - "AmpleHarvest.org channels garden surplus to local food pantries in all fifty states" Evoorganic - "Harvest Much, Donate Today" Grow & Share - "Gardens Growing" OpEdNews.com - "CNN Hero Gary Oppenheimer Attacks Hunger in America with AmpleHarvest.org (part 1)" OpEdNews.com - "CNN Hero Gary Oppenheimer Attacks Hunger in America with AmpleHarvest.org (part 2)" LAist - "Garden Plotting: For Your Martha Stewart Recipes & the Local Food Pantry Alike" Expose Homelessness - "AMPLE HARVEST FIND A PANTRY - NEW LINK" Information Central - "Overwhelmed with vegetables? Feed the hungry" the playa wire - "AmpleHarvest.org's Accomplishments in 2010" Canpus Kitchens Project - "AmpleHarvest.org Connects Food Providers, Campus Kitchens with Fresh Produce" Metro DC Lawn and Garden Blog - "Share Your Bounty - Help Feed the Needy - Make a Difference" APP.com - "Garden Harvest: Saving and sharing your bounty" the playa wire - "AmpleHarvest.org Focuses on Gulf States Region" FeedingAmerica.org Blog - "CNN features Gary Oppenheimer, one farmer helping the hungry" Healthy Child Healthy World Blog - "Do One Thing: Share the Bounty of Your Garden (Or Encourage Others To)" Huffington Post - "CNN Hero: Gary Oppenheimer Gathers Excess Produce for Food Pantries" Green & Clean Mon - "Harvesting Hope Not Hunger" Stark Bros ()- "Ample Harvest" Green Talk- "Local Food Pantries Need your Over Abundant Harvest" Huffington Post - "Breadline USA Part III" Idaho Food Bank - "Ample Harvest" The Soil Sisters - "Cause An Effect: Share The Harvest!" Harlem Fresh Foot Sumit - "GARDENERS: Got way more produce than you can handle? Donate!" Harlem Fresh Foot Sumit - "ResearchBuzz - "Directory of Food Pantries" The Good Garden - "Ample Harvest" Macaroni Kid - "Feeding the Heart and Sole of America" The Hunger Forum - "Food Banks/Pantries" 9News.com (CO) - "From Farm to Table: Feeding the hungry from your backyard" The Hunger Forum - "The Basic Principles of Economics" USDA Coperative Extension site for Master Gardeners - "AmpleHarvest.org: Gardeners Diminishing Hunger in America" The Pittsburgh Garden Experiment - "How-to use up any excess from your garden!" The Sacred Bee - "What to do with your Ample Harvest" Front Porch Coffee Talk - "Connecting green thumbs with food pantries" Going Local - "Website Helps You Share Your Harvest with Local Food Pantries" aaacoms - "Neighbors Helping Neighbors" Green Frieda - "Your Big Harvest Can Help The Hungry" Suite 101.com - "AmpleHarvest.org Hits Milestone with 2,000 Food Pantries Listed" The Persuit of Harpyness - "Calling All Gardeners" Dig for Texas - "Gardens Hungry Texans Can Bank On" Suite101*.com - "Vegetable Gardeners Can Help End Hunger with Food Donations" SustainableTraditions - AmpleHarvest.org - Gardeners Feeding the Hungry UCONN Home & Garden Center - ...Speaking of vegetables Straight From The Heart - AmpleHarvest.org Bergen LEADS - The Power of One - The AmpleHarvest.org Story Shakesville - Teaspoons LA Times - "Getting food to people who need it" Change.org - How to Donate Your Ample Harvest" Planet Green (Discovery Company) - "Too Much Garden Bounty? Donate Extra Veggies to Your Local Food Pantry" MyAtlantaMommy blog - "AmpleHarvest.org" Hush - "Share your Garden Goodies at AmpleHarvest.org" Stoddart Avenue Community Garden Blog - "Ample Harvest Website Can Link Gardeners With Food Pantries." Sharing Natures Garden - Blog - "Too many veggies to eat? Share the love." Current.TV - Gardeners Sharing Their Harvest With Food Pantries using AmpleHarvest.org." Hangbags4Hunger.com - Using nature's bounty to feed the hungry " SleepingDogBakery.com - Sharing The Bounty" GoingLocal.com - Website Helps You Share Your Harvest with Local Food Pantries" Healthy Helper - Are You Growing a Garden This Year?" Hometown Pasadena - "A Home for Your Homegrown Produce" NaturesDetails.net - "When your Crop Runnith Over" Socyberty - "An Ample Food Suply for All" City Farmer News - "Ample Harvest shares leftover garden produce" AppShopper - "AmpleHarvest" MacMost - "iPhone Apps Directory: AmpleHarvest" The Good People fund - "What's in Your Backyad Garden?" The Good People fund - "Harvesting Apps" Food forward Blog - "Congrats to CNN Hero Gary at AmpleHarvest.org" indoor & outdoor gardening in montana (blog) - "Seedlings and Seed list (AmpleHarvest.org discussed)" CNET - "AmpleHarvest 1.0" Idealist.org - "A Little Bit More: Eliminating Waste in Our Gardens and Yards " Grit - "Find a Food Bank for Your Extra Produce " Eco News Network - AmpleHarvest.org Uses Green - "Living Methods Reducing Hunger" WastedFood.com Cornell - "AmpleHarvest.org campaign" MoreThanMe.com - "Stepping Out of Yourself and Into Humanity" The Nourishing Kitchen Of New York City joins nationwide campaign to link local gardens with community food programs Vegetablegardens.suite101.com - "Home Grown Vegetables Can Help Feed Needy" Suite101 - "Home Grown Vegetables Can Help Feed Needy" American Feast -" Ample Harvest Enables America's Backyard Gardeners to Help the Hungry" Begining Farmers - "Sharing your extra produce with those in need" Hopelink and Ample Harvest a great parternship!" Alef: The NEXT Conservation? "An Ample Harvest" What do you do with an Ample Harvest? An Interview with Gary Oppenheimer Feed the Hungry - "Don't Toss Those Veggies!" WesternGardeners.com - "AmpleHarvest.org is the Way for Gardeners to Give" Planet Green (Discovery Company) - "Ample Harvest's iPhone App Matches Up Gardeners With Their Hungry Neighbors" American Feast's Sustainable Food Blog Begining Farmers - "Sharing your extra produce with those in need" Moneywise Moms.com the Good People fund - "What's in Your Backyad Garden?" the Good People fund - "Harvesting Apps" Seven Oaks - Ample Harvest New England Grass Roots Environment Fund - Master Gardeners vs. Hunger in America National Catholic Rural Life Bulletin United Church of Christ Sisters Online (on Earth / Food Supply page) Second Harvest Heartland The Thrifty Mama Vegetable Gardening Online.com GardeningNude.com Blog The Casual Gardener Blog Stoddart Avenue Community Garden Blog - Ample Harvest Website Can Link Gardeners With Food Pantries. The Accidental Gardener The Madville Times - AmpleHarvest.org Connects Gardeners and Food Pantries Conversations@Intersections - Surplus Food to Those In Need Get Inspired Project Frogs and Ravens - AmpleHarvest.org Garden Writers of America on Linkedin The New American Dream Atlanta Gardening Examiner Bread For The City Star News Online - CONSCIENCE: Web site can bring veggies to food banks and pantries (no longer online) Scratchback Blog - "Ample Harvest"(no longer online) Dry Bones Dance - "Good people doing good things (with hardly any money)(no longer online)"

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Print and Electronic Publications

Organic Connections (US) - "Using Technology and Excess Produce to Solve Hunger"

Folk magazine (US) - "Sharing your Harvest this Season"

Arett Sales - "People are hungry in America - Your garden shop can help"

The Flat Hat (VA) - "Alumna honored as CNN Hero"

Scripps Howard News Service (US)- "The Gardener Within: Sharing the bounty"

Boston Globe (MA)- "Linking backyard farmers to needy food pantries"

AIM Newspaper (NJ) - "West Milford based Ample Harvest is finalist for "Oscar-like" charity award"

Suburban Trends (NJ) - "West Milford's own Ample Harvest campaign up for nationally-recognized award"

Pascack Valley Community Life (NJ) - "Giving fresh produce to help neighbors in need"

Herald News Media (AL) - "Ample Harvest" - sharing excess garden production with those in need

New Jersey Star Ledger (NJ) - "Harvesting Hope" (scanned - 6.3 mb)

Argus-Press (MI) - "Hunger Network backs national effort"

San Antonio American-Statesman (TX) - "Gardens' bountiful harvests can feed the community"

San Francisco Chronicle (CA) - "Good Produce to Spare? Donate to Alameda County Food Bank"

Glouster Township Patch (NJ) - "Donate Backyard Garden Surplus to Local Pantry"

New Jersey Municipalities Magazine (NJ) - "Connecting Home Gardeners with Area Food Pantries"

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (PA) - "Share the harvest"

VFW News and Events - "AmpleHarvest.org Joins With Backyard Farmers to Fight Hunger."

Times Daily (FL/AL) - "Organization links food pantries with gardeners"

New Jersey Star Ledger (NJ) - "Harvesting Hope" online version without some photos

San Diego Jewish Journal (CA) - "The Fairy GOODmother"

The Journal Gazette (IN) - "Area food banks ready to accept gardeners' bounty"

AIM West Milford (NJ) - "West Milford's Ample Harvest to aid oil-spill ravaged Gulf Region"

Valley Independent Sentinel (CT) - "Site Connects Pantries, Fresh Food"

Dallas Farmers Market Examiner (TX) - "AmpleHarvest announces new iPhone app "

Trendhunter Magazine (national)- Charitable iPhone Apps - Ample Harvest Fills Real Life Pantries"

Indiana's Food For The Hungry (IN) - "Ask The Expert"

The Roanoke Times (VA) - "Share the Spare to benefit food pantry"

Bergen Record (NJ) - "Generous Gardeners add 211 and iPhone app contacts"

TCPalm (FL) - "Monday Chat: Treasure Coast Food Bank's new leader wants to promote 'Ample Harvest,' a community garden program"

Suburban Trends (NJ) - "Food pantry directory made mobile"

Daily American (PA) - "Gardeners Urged To Share Food"

Greensburg Daily News (IN) - "Local Gardeners Can Help Food Pantry With Harvest"

Pascack Valley (NJ) - "Gardeners & food pantries connect"

Fort Wayne News Sentinel (TX)) - "iPhone app connects growers, food pantries "

New Brunswick Home News Tribune (NJ) - "The Spirit of Thanks and Giving"

The News Sentinel (IN) - "Web site a resource for food pantries - Gardener created site to help others find places to donate their harvests."

Puppetgov.com - "Your Opportunity To Share Your Garden Bounty With Neighbors In Need"

Rodale (US) - "World Food Day: Your Backyard Garden Can Help End Hunger"

The West Milford Messenger (NJ) - "Ample Harvest - West Milford's award-winning cornucopia"

Bergen Record (NJ) - "Food pantries to reap bounty of excess harvest" (1.4 mb)

Bangor Daily News (ME) - "Pantry hopes gardeners will share extra produce"

Aim West Milford (NJ) - "Local gardeners fight hunger with AmpleHarvest "

Greenwood Today (SC) - "Food Bank Joins Campaign to Link Local Gardeners with Food Pantries"

Dallas Farmers Market Examiner (TX) - "AmpleHarvest helps home gardeners feed communities"

Santa Cruz Sentinel (CA) - "AmpleHarvest connects backyard farmers with local food pantries"

Bergen Record Editorial (NJ) - "No Picnic"

Pittsburgh Post Gazette (PA) - "Local Flavor: Community goodwill is found amoung fruit"

Association of Arizona Food Banks (AZ) - (press release)

Suburban Trends (NJ) - Community gardens' cornucopia to be shared with nation's hungry

Brandenton Herald (FL) - "Hope Center: Homegrown end to hunger"

Sentinel (NJ) - "Spotswood food pantry seeking gardeners' help"

WHIG (IL) - "Madonna House joins Ample Harvest food campaign"

Belleview News Democrat (MO)- "Area food pantries experience 'skyrocketing' demand for goods"

Rotary International (US)- "Food for Thought - AmpleHarvest.org"

Op-Ed piece (NJ) - "Sharing backyard bounty to fight hunger"(1.3 mb)

Star News (NC) - CONSCIENCE: Web site can bring veggies to food banks and pantries

The Seattle Times (WA) - "Hopelink opens new food bank designed like a grocery store"

West Milford Messenger (NJ) - "AmpleHarvest.org connecting hungry with local food assistance"

Courier News (NJ) - "Local Food Pantry Hopes to Link with Local Gardners to Feed the Hundry"

FreshPlaza: Global Fresh Produce and Banana News- "US: National Gardening Association partners with AmpleHarvest.org"

Suburban Trends (NJ)- "Ample Harvest campaign to get award "

Southwest Virginia Today (VA)- "US: Food bank search engine"

Vero Beach Press-Journal (FL)- "Garden Tips: Sometimes it takes just a garden to help a village"

Star Current (MN)- "Help others with homegrown produce"

Southwest Advance (MI)- "Family Network relocates, continues fight against hunger"

TriCounty Leader (TX)- "Troup pantry looks to share garden harvest"

The Day (CT) - "Soup kitchen joins national gardening effort"

PR- USA - "AmpleHarvest.org Focus of Public Television's: Growing A Greener World"

PR- USA - "AmpleHarvest.org Announces "Centerpieces for Pantries" Initiative"

PR- USA - "AmpleHarvest.org Announced as Winner of the Glynwood "2011 Wave of the Future” Award"

PR- USA - "AmpleHarvest.org Named Top 25 Finalist in the Third Annual "Stay Classy" Philanthropic Awards Competition"

PR- USA - "AmpleHarvest.org Campaign Marks Its Two Year Anniversary"

PR- USA - "AmpleHarvest.org Campaign Announces Special Outreach in Tornado Ravaged Alabama"

PR- USA - "AmpleHarvest.org Campaign Announces Android App for AmpleHarvest.org"

PR- USA - "AmpleHarvest.org Campaign Announces Partnership with the National Council of Churches"

PR- USA - "Infinity Insurance and AmpleHarvest.org Launch Virtual Food Drive"

PR- USA - "AmpleHarvest.org Campaign Announces iPhone App for AmpleHarvest.org"

PR- USA - "AmpleHarvest.org Site Now Helps the Hungry Find United Way 2-1-1 Resources"

PR- USA - "AmpleHarvest.org Focuses Efforts On Gulf States Region"

PR- USA - "AmpleHarvest.org Helping More Than 1,000 Food Pantries in 150 Days"

PR- USA - "New website enables loval food pantries to get freshly picked produce from local backyard gardener's"

PR- USA - "National Gardening Association Partners with AmpleHarvest.org Enabling Local Food Pantries to Get Fresh Produce"

Aim West Milford (NJ) - "Community Garden Surplus To Go To The Needy" (no longer online)

Business Week (NY) - "iPhone app connects growers, food pantries (no longer online)"

The Salt Lake Tribune (UT) - "Pantries accepting garden produce (no longer online)"

Charlotte Observer (NC) - "Student donates produce to ministry (no longer online)"

The Detroit News (MI)- "Good Stuff - One Good Program (no longer online)"

News Herald (NC) - (local announcement) (no longer online)

NorthJersey.com - "Food pantries to reap bounty of excess harvest (no longer online)"


As A Resource

Environmental Protection Agency (epa.gov): Food Donation: Feed People - Not Landfills

United We Serve (serve.gov): Sharing an Ample Harvest

USDA's "Let's Glean! / United We Servive Toolkit"

Alabama Cooperative Extension (Alabama A&M and Auburn Universities) "AmpleHarvest.org" - sharing excess garden production with those in need.

Northeast Iowa Food & Fitness Initiative: "AMPLEHARVEST.ORG: SHARING YOUR GARDEN BOUNTY WITH NEIGHBORS IN NEED"

Indiana's (Purdue U) Food For The Hungry Newsletter

Points of Reference (American Library Assocation): Where to send all that zuccini [sic]

San Antonio Food Policy Initiative

North Dakota Department of Agriculture (page6)

Virginia Tech - National Nutrition Month

Second Harvest Heartland Food Bank

Oakland Food Policy Council

Food First - Institute for Food and Development Policy

Food First - Connecting Gardeners with Their Local Food Banks and Pantries

Lynn County Local Food System

Mitzvah Market - Donate left over food

University of Maryland Extension (no longer online)

Mitzva Market - Donate left over food


References in Published Books

More Than Me" - entire chapter starting on page 137

Homesteading: A Backyard Guide To: Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your Own Energy, Crafting, Herbal Medicine, and More (Google eBook) - Reference in the appendex

American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food (and What We Can Do About It) (Google eBook) - Reference in page 138

The Call of the Land (2nd Edition) - An Agrarian Primer for the 21st Century (Google eBook) - Reference in page 162

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