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FOOD & GARDENS

SPG supports the PG Farmers market. It happens every Monday on Central Avenue in downtown Pacific Grove, 4 to 7 PM. Here is a flyer that shows what special events will happen at the PG Farmers Market.

A link to a list of Monterey County farmers markets.
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Here is a list of nearby farms doing Community Supported Argiculture. Get your really fresh food this way.


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Lester Brown, founder "World Watch Institute" & "earth Policy Institute" has written an article in "Foreign Policy" about the coming Great Food Crisis of 2011. Here are the opening paragraphs and a link to the full article.
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The Green Spot has an Ocean Friendly Garden.

There is a combination of fruit trees and drought tolerant plants.
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Here is a list of plants that have been grown in the PG climate.
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In Sierra Magazine (May/June, 2009, p31) are two lists of foods taken from the Shoppers Guide to Pesticides. One list tells which foods are most likely to be pesticide free and the other the least likely to have pesticide residue.
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Take a look at this old victory garden book from the war years ( World War I that is, published 1918)!
War Vegetable Gardening and the Home Storage of Vegetables
Most all the info is still right on for us today. ( courtesy of Sharon Lloyd )

Updated March 2, 2011.