Common Ground
Common ground can be hard to find sometimes; especially if we think that common ground and middle ground are synonymous. Middle ground...
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Cynthia Schaefer
- Oct 11, 2021
- 1 min
Balanced System – Healthy Soil & Plants
Hi everyone. Did you know that a balanced system and healthy soil/plants are the only long term solution to all your garden problems? Any...
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Cynthia Schaefer
- Sep 27, 2021
- 3 min
Tips For Gardening Success
C- chemical signals O- observe M- mycorrhizal network. P- pollinator/pest? O- observe some more S- system- trust the system T-timing The...
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Cynthia Schaefer
- Sep 20, 2021
- 6 min
Framework – New Local Food Web
I hope you find this worth the read. Let me preface this by saying that I don’t have all the answers. I don’t have a crystal ball, and...
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Cynthia Schaefer
- May 24, 2018
- 4 min
Soil, Soil, Soil – the chant of our age
Soil! It’s the answer to everything. I’m going to share some ideas here, and I hope you will too. Let me start by saying that in my...
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Cynthia Schaefer
- May 2, 2018
- 3 min
A Brave New World: Are you ready for the Earth Age?
We’ve had the Industrial Age, the Technology Revolution and the Information Age. Now it is time for the Earth Age. It is a revolution and...
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Cynthia Schaefer
- Nov 2, 2017
- 2 min
Biodiversity-it’s how the world works.
I think a lot about how we got to where we are. I know the broad sweeps of the story. We went from hunter gatherers to an agriculture...
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Cynthia Schaefer
- Oct 13, 2017
- 2 min
Eat From Your Yard Challenge
Disclaimer: Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click...
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Cynthia Schaefer
- Jun 7, 2017
- 3 min
Ch-Ch-Changes (Did you ever know that you were my hero?)
What’s wrong with this picture? My windows are wide open. The cool breeze brings with it the songs of the frogs as the constant, 4-day...
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Cynthia Schaefer
- Jun 2, 2017
- 3 min
What seeds are you planting?
Yesterday, two courageous men died, and a third was injured defending two young girls against a hate crime. It’s today’s headline. It...
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Cynthia Schaefer
- May 26, 2017
- 3 min
What do you stand for? What WON’T you stand for?
Yesterday was the March against Monsanto. Not as many people showed as last year, but the ones that did show were passionate, caring and...
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Cynthia Schaefer
- May 19, 2017
- 3 min
I live in paradise-you can too!
When you turn down my street you see an ordinary, urban, South Florida neighborhood. Our lots are a little bigger than average, ranging...
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Cynthia Schaefer
- May 12, 2017
- 2 min
The Key in the Keynote: Former President Obama’s speech at the Global Food Innovation Summit
“It is millions of decisions being made individually that end up having as much impact as anything.” * I am almost completely food...
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Cynthia Schaefer
- May 4, 2017
- 2 min
As Below, so Above
I am completely in love with the mycorrhizal network. I like to describe it as an intelligent network that communicates with the relevant...
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Cynthia Schaefer
- Apr 28, 2017
- 2 min
Earthism
Earthism: To care for the direct relationship of man’s consequences of his planet, to care about the greater future of earth. – Urban...
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Cynthia Schaefer
- Apr 21, 2017
- 2 min
WAR
War. It seems like such a short word for such a terrible thing. When you google the causes of war you’ll find a wide array of reasons....
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Cynthia Schaefer
- Apr 7, 2017
- 2 min
Why You Matter
You probably feel it. Something big is happening. There’s this feeling that the world isn’t quite right, but you don’t really know if...
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Cynthia Schaefer
- Mar 31, 2017
- 3 min
Health Care That Works
We aren’t just ignoring the elephant in the room. We’re feeding it and pretending to be surprised when we step in a big pile of elephant...
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Cynthia Schaefer
- Mar 23, 2017
- 2 min
Closed Waste Loops and Russian Nesting Dolls
We are imperfect beings living in a perfect system. The system works, and if we find our place in it, we work too. There are tribes of...
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Cynthia Schaefer
- Feb 23, 2017
- 2 min
Feed the system and the system feeds you
It wasn’t that long ago that families grew enough of their own food to sustain themselves and their neighbors. Backyard chickens, a...
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