Acres U.S.A. January 2015 From strips of land directly next to farm stands to backyard gardens, CityGrown Seattle takes local growing to the next level. Read more…
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Selling a new vision of forestry to the public
TimberWest January/February 2015 Vashon Forest Stewards is selling a new vision of forestry to the public. Read more…
Bee Research Now Possible at the University of Washington
The University of Washington may have a Lamborghini lab, and not one but two ocean-going research vessels, but Dr. Evan Sugden, instructor at the University of Washington for fifteen years and long-time beekeeper, noticed that there was one educational opportunity for students missing: the study of bees and learning bee husbandry. Read more…
The Challenges of Active Forest Management in an Ecological Reserve
The Forestry Source September 2013 When your Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) requires an accelerated development of a second-growth forest into a late-successional forest, that’s a tall order to carry out especially when there isn’t an established silvilculture prescription to create such a forest structure. And when your prescriptions call for thinning in a landscape that […]
Going Beyond Nonperishables at Seattle’s Rainier Valley Food Bank
Seedstock.com April 16, 2013 It is no longer just nonperishable items consisting of canned vegetables, pasta, or packaged meals filling the shelves of food banks in the city of Seattle, Washington. Instead, canned food is being supplemented with produce grown on local urban farms and neighborhood P-patches. The shift in the food system toward growing […]
Writings by Andrea Watts 