Organizers of the Ypsi Garden Fair hope to bring together ideas, products and knowledge, in order to promote gardening and sustainabilty within the community. Their goal is to make it easier for everyone to have access to fresh food and a healthy lifestyle.

There will be demonstrations, live entertainment, children’s activities, workshops, products and more. All proceeds from this event will go directly back into the community.

Friday, April 1, Garden Tea Party 3pm-7pm
Saturday, April 2, 11am-6pm: Regular fair hours & 5pm-midnight: Solar powered rock concert
Sunday, April 3, 11am-6pm: Regular fair hours

For more information, please visit http://sites.google.com/site/ypsigardenfair/home

NPR’s All Things Considered:

Just over a month ago, the Department of Agriculture announced that it will allow American farmers to plant genetically engineered alfalfa, which is widely used as feed for dairy cows and horses.

Organic food producers opposed the USDA’s decision — some more fiercely than others. That split has provoked angry debates within the organics community, with some activists accusing organic businesses of “surrendering” to the biotech company Monsanto. And it has reopened some old arguments about what’s most important in the label “organic.”

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New York Times:

Researchers at Colorado State University said Wednesday that they had created the platform for just such a plant-kingdom early warning system: plants that subtly change color when exposed to minute amounts of TNT in the air.

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