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COMMENTARY: Urban farming is an urban myth
Editor's Note by Rich Keller: This opinion article below is written by Maurice Hladik, author of Demystifying Food from Farm to Fork. He grew up on a farm in western Canada and was an active farmer into his early adult years. He earned two degrees in agricultural economics, served as an agricultural diplomat in several countries and also worked for an international agricultural company. Hladik explains how some activist are completely off base to suggest growing food in urban settings will have real impact on feeding the world as the population increases. It would require a widespread starvation situation in the U.S. and Canada before those who think it would be good for urban gardens to actually try to grow 1/16 of an acre of food crops, and then most of them would fail miserably.
By Maurice Hladik
I recently read an article that waxed eloquently about the virtues of urban farming in the U.S. and Canada, using the example of someone who was growing lettuce in the saddlebags of a rusted, old bicycle leaning against a garage. True, this was the delightful handiwork of a resourceful and imaginative gardener, but the author got carried away and used this as yet another example of how the urban farming movement has a meaningful impact on the nation's overall food supply. As if four heads of lettuce were really going to have an impact on feeding the world!
First a little disclosure – I spend many happy hours in my half-acre urban garden attempting to grow raspberries, cherries, pears, apples, hazelnuts, kiwis, tomatoes, zucchinis, etc. with varying degrees of success where I once had lawns. Unfortunately, natural maples (I also harvest the syrup) have matured and rendered my fruit trees unproductive in recent years. Furthermore, squirrels, groundhogs, and birds, including gold finches and the occasional wild turkey, share my harvest. As enjoyable as my hobby is, highlighted by more tomatoes than we can possibly eat or preserve over six weeks, my efforts have little impact on our family's food requirements, although relatives, friends and neighbors do appreciate my fleeting bounty. This year has been a disaster; a hail storm has left my veggies a tattered mess. Indeed, to compare my gardening effort to farming would be akin to elevating a stamp collector to postmaster.
Taking a look at the big picture of national land use places the movement in perspective. The US landmass is classified at 2.1 percent urban and 19.5 percent cultivated farmland (pasture and rangeland are not included). While the farmland is 100 percent dedicated to and capable of producing food, the urban landscape was originally selected because of a natural harbor or other factors usually related to convenient transportation. Thus, the quality of the urban terrain is often marginal for food production. Indeed, the world is a better place where cities do not spring up on prime farmland. Then there is the clutter of houses, schools, hospitals, roads, railways, office buildings, historic sights, universities, airports, etc. where nothing can be planted. Realistically, I would be surprised if the food production potential of the available urban land would amount to even one percent of that available on conventional farms utilizing open fields, pastures and rangeland.
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Kudos, AgProfessional, for your effort to provide readers with some comedic relief. In my 10+ years of involvement with community food, food security, food justice & right to food issues, I have never read anything so outrageously misinformed.
Wow... This person is clearly mis educated. Has the author looked into the Growing power model? Or how about Cuba and organiponicos? Further the central valley of California which was once prime land for food is turned into a urban collapsing mess... He also forgets to include rain water harvesting and the use of compost and mulch which is widely available in all urban areas. Don't beleive the large ag hype... Enjoy your gardens etc.
Whose burden is it to feed the world? Much of what I read from agribusiness suggests that it is the burden of agribusiness, often presented with a dismissive nod to urban farming. In this piece, the author additionally confounds urban farming with urban gardening. From a food sovereignty, food justice, and community food security perspective, the burden of feeding the world is an illusory claim that diverts attention from the capacity of each community in the world to feed itself and to thereby enjoy the local economic benefits of the production and exchange of healthy local food. For those who claim that such a localized system is highly inefficient, let's celebrate that inefficiency--which leaves more local cash in local pockets. The global consolidated system would otherwise extract this cash from local communities for the exclusive benefit of a small number of shareholders.
Good points!
You must not have ever heard of a country called Russia where small family gardens are producing 51% of all their agricultural goods... 14 billion bucks worth a year. Who do you work for, Mr. Hladik? http://thebovine.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/in-1999-35-million-small-family-plots-produced-90-of-russias-potatoes-77-of-vegetables-87-of-fruits-59-of-meat-49-of-milk-way-to-go-people/
Go on Facebook and look up Occupy The Dirt group, Mr. Hladik. I think you have a bad case of 'going about it the wrong way'...or just really don' t want to mess with the whole deal. Just because you can't seem to get the hang of it or can afford to pay high prices for groceries, there are those of us that are filling in those food gaps. You go piddle in your garden sir while I feed my family with mine. By the way, I am doing this in drought conditions using mulching practices, stored rain water, and gray water.
I have never read so much mis-information in one article. I will mail a free gardening/minifarming dvd to anyone who request it from email@example.com
I too use my half acre urban property for food production. On this land, we have placed four small greenhouses made almost completely from recycled materials, a high tunnel, a chicken house, a duck house, three ponds with waterfalls (topped off with creek water from a nearby creek), a rainwater collection system with five 350 gallon tanks which provide us with water to keep our crops from dying in this hot climate, a multitude of raised bed boxes. We build our own soil with compost from our municipal center, chicken manure, vermiculite, etc. and with this system feed ourselves high quality organic food and have enough to sell at a local farmers market to the tune of another $12K yearly to supplement our income.
How many innovative, small plot, permaculture-influenced, urban and suburban farms did you visit to write this? Fortunately, you are mistaken, urban farming is no myth...
Urban Ag, its feats, and its potential are not a myth. Could urban ag feed the US today? Of course not. Could it one day feed the entire country? Of course not, and I hope no urban farmer hopes for it to do so. Our relationships with farmers outside the city is vital in creating networks, cooperatives, policy changes, etc that will help change our food system. As an urban farmer, education and community outreach coordinator, urban ag has several different niches it fills: feeding the hungry, educating urban populations about where their food comes from, examining and changing food policy, and environmental remediation to name a few things. At the same time, urban Ag operates in the same markets conventional farming does by supplying local restaurants, grocery stores, etc with fresh produce. Urban ag is a lot more of a complete package than what conventional farmers have traditionally been engaged in, which has been to perpetuate (willingly or unwillingly) the problems of our food system.
For a comprehensive critique of Hladik's commentary, please visit the Environmental and Food Justice website (if you dare): http://ejfood.blogspot.com/2012/07/urban-farms-or-myths.html
Man, this guy is trying to farm his book sales! I think this view point comes from a fair amount of Class privilege, he misses the whole idea of the need for control or engagement in ones food and health system. He mentions, so casually that he owns his own half-acre plot in an urban area, wow just a half acre? Well he has his food security, no need to worry about anyone else : ( Hladik just sees the urban areas as suburbs/real-estate and has a limited view on what possibilities exist for urban areas and the people who live in those areas. We should read the information he offers, and then shred it, and send it where it belongs to the compost.
bad journalism, just poor.
"Those that say it can't be done should get out of the way of those doing it" Chinese Proverb As many have stated urban agriculture enthusiasts are not claiming to feed the world; that would be as ludicrous a thought as believing Big Ag can do the same. No matter how much those attempt to force the issue through monoculture and field crops; nature will insist on providing what she can, when she can under the conditions she has been given, combined with those she creates herself. Urban agriculture activists simply contribute to a stellar example of Food Solidarity. Learning to work together to each provide a solution to the puzzle of our food security issue is admirable. Consistently searching for innovative methods that help (not hurt) the ecosystem is brilliant. Kudos to those unwilling to be deterred by yet another naysayer who's time and words are wasted on those willing to take the chance and offer a unique approach to not just feeding the public but educating them as well so they might learn to feed themselves. Sorry Mr. Hladik - in the name of Food Solidarity we remain unswayed - next!!
Urban Ag is primarily about educating low income/nutritionally disadvantaged communities about the health benefits of eating locally grown produce. We encourage residents to garden at home and to support local farmers and farmers markets. Urban Ag is one initiative in a food security model that is continually adjusting to the needs of the community. Ardent supporters of big ag are fooling themselves to think that they're the only model for feeding the world. Big Ag should be our 2ndary food option with the 1st being resident & community gardening. If Big Ag was the only solution then there would be less hunger in America & worldwide. All the best,
Balderdash! This article may salve the conscience of the AG Professional market and readers. While true that urban ag cannot feed the world today, it does not mean we should not create alternative systems of production. Eighty percent of Americans live in urban areas. We will continue to build local food economies to feed ourselves. Havana provides 90% of its food, locally. I am sorry the magazine finds it necessary to publish articles like this not based on actual facts, just personal ruminations. If you want to see a model that works, chek out Truly Living Well in Atlanta or Growing Power in Milwaukee. Peace
The writer has forgotten how many modern neighborhoods are located on what was farmland not too long ago, and yet he says that the soil in urban settings is not suitable for growing vegetables. Also, he admits that in other countries, people grow a significant amount of produce in urban settings. There is no reason why, in America's future, our living circumstances could change to make urban ag. more suitable to our lifestyles. I can see the movement growing to the point where I could totally see urban ag a reality. I think the writer just hasn't been involved in the movement so he can't see it.
Even if we want to call it "urban gardening" it produced 40% of the food eaten by American during WWII. And gosh, "The cost of such gardens run at $270 a square foot or over $11 million per acre, which is about 3,000 times more expensive than some of the very best prime farmland. Not much promise here to feed the world." The cost of $270.00 per square foot includes the cost of the roof (something every building needs) as well as the cost of the "garden." Retrofitting an existing roof can be a lot cheaper, in some cases just the cost of the garden. Let's try to be reasonable. Cities have lots of leaves and some grass clippings, good ingredients for city soil. In pluvial climates, little watering is needed.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this 'article.' What is the message here? Is the message that people should not grow anything? Is it a not-so-subtle PR piece for the corporate control of food? Does the author realize how many people are out of work & hungry? Does the author know that WWII Victory Gardens produced up to 40% of the food people ate during that time? Is he really arguing AGAINST independence for Americans? Amazing. A good rebuttal here: http://occupysecession.com/2012/08/03/urban-farms-or-myths/
I agree with so many of these comments. I was flabbergasted by the author's comparison of "saddle bags" to urban farming. I agree that it is not agribusiness role to "feed the world". It's everyone's responsibility as neighbors, community members, and citizens to feed people. A distinction needs to be made between feeding the world and feeding our communities. Furthermore, feeding the world should be about empowerment and sovereignty of individual countries and communities to be able to feed themselves instead of dependent on strangers from thousands of miles away. Speaking of sustainability, if it's hardly sustainable to keep our water tables (which is not simply a city gardener's fault, but more of an indicative consequence of our industrial food system), it's definitely not sustainable to spray massive pesticides, utilize GMO's, and make thousands of people dependent instead of independent.
If so, some percents are not so "only". Add to that the regional, closely grown vegetables plus food according to their season, and you have lessened the food-transportations a good deal. Large-scale import of exotic fruits for example hinders earth-reforms, homegrown fruits and food-security. Add to that the enjoyment and social values of growing your own food. Mattias in northern Sweden
The giant corporations of the industrial food system don't want people to grow their own food, or in any way rebuild communities around food. They know that a population that actually knows more about food, will not swallow the very profitable, heavily marketed crap they sell. Urban agriculture threatens them, not because it can replace rural agriculture (unlike the writer, I have met no-one who claims it can), but because it helps to educate and inform the massive urban populace about what real food is, and why it should be valued. The 'feeding the world' talk is pure spin. Industrial agriculture has created way more crops, but has patently failed to feed the world. You don't feed the world by growing massive excesses of environmentally damaging commodity crops, then dumping them in foreign markets, which drives local farmers out of business. Urban farming is not THE answer, but it is part of the answer, and for this reason it will continue and grow. First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they attack you, then you win. - Ganghi (I think!)
What a strange article. I'm really stumped by what the message was here. It betrays a shocking lack of experience with the real world. The author also seems to completely deny the possibility of cultural change, as if the hobbies and interests of the population are entirely stagnant. The greatest short term potential for urban farming in North America has always been to increase the consumption of fresh produce in cities, particularly in places where it is commonly unavailable. In food deserts, the simple prospect of throwing a handful mustard seeds in a makeshift container with whatever kind of medium is available would provide fresh greens in places where a true fresh market might be impossible to access or pay for. For the cost of a single family-size box of pre- washed salad mix, I could easily grow several baskets worth of whatever greens were appropriate for the season. At least for the moment, no one is suggesting that we can grow the vast quantities of grains and legumes that our diets depend on on city rooftops. But vegetables? It's almost comical that the author ignores the many, many developments in container gardening that have made his objections about concrete and irrigation irrelevant. Seriously, an article disparaging urban gardening in a magazine for professional agriculture? It's nails on a chalkboard cliche.
While I don't agree at all with Hladik, I do wonder just what portion of inner city folk could be bothered with food gardening, even with much help and encouragement. The demographics have changed greatly, and I don't think the present bunch are that interested in growing things. If they were, they'd cobble together the resources for at least a small garden. The number of citizens doing this is small. In Africa, some populations are given seed,equipment and supervision, and their gardens do well. Remove the constant supervision and assistance, and it goes to h*ll.
Wyandotte-- In your estimation, are "inner city folk", aka " the present bunch" homogenous in their views about farming/gardening? If so, that's a pretty blanket statement.
I agree with many of the comments. I had my own urban agriculture business in in the late 90's through the 2000's, before it got popular. I retrofitted homes with drip irrigation systems, rainwater catchment and greywater that was diverted to the garden. San Francisco has mandatory composting. It's a joke to think that topsoil is being taken from productive farmland for urban hobby gardens. Most bagged soil is byproduct of industrial organic waste from poultry and municipal composting to name just two. Bad journalism.
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An AIDS activist, Ms. Curtis has a deep and active connection to many children's charities including Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. In addition Curtis is on the board of the Starlight Children's Foundation and is the official spokesperson for CAAF (The Children's Affected by AIDS Foundation) on whose executive Advisory Board she is a serving member.
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"If we don't take care of the soil which is just the first five centimeter layer of life that is on the earth, our future is totally condemned." – Miguel Altieri, Dirt! The Movie
Pierre Rabhi: Philosopher, Agroecologist Farmer turned philosopher
Pierre Rabhi has worked relentlessly to build awareness of the interrelationship between people and the environment. A prolific writer, Rabhi explores this intricate relationship in all of his acclaimed books, including "As in the Heart, So in the Earth;" "Reversing the Desertification of the Soul and the Soil;" and "Words of the Earth: An African Initiation and The Humming Bird." Putting his words in action, Rabhi has promoted the development of agro-ecology around the world, particularly – though not exclusively – in arid countries. In 1981, Rabhi was invited by the government of Burkina Faso to share his discoveries with struggling African farmers. He also started numerous development programs in Morocco, Palestine, Algeria, Tunisia, Senegal, Togo, Benin, Mauritania, Nigeria, Mali, Poland and the Ukraine. In 1997 and 1998, at the request of the United Nations, Rabhi presented proposals for the implementation of his plan for world sustainability. He founded the "International Movement for Earth and Humanism." Rabhi is also vice president of the Kokopelli Association, which protects biodiversity with the production and distribution of organically and biodynamically grown seeds, and promotes the regeneration of cultivated soils.
"Africa is not poor. Ethiopia alone, if properly cultivated, could feed the entire African continent." – Pierre Rabhi, Dirt! The Movie
David Orr: Professor of Environmental Studies, Oberlin College
David W. Orr is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics and Chair of the Environmental Studies Program at Oberlin College. He is also a James Marsh Professor at Large at the University of Vermont. He is the author of several influential books: "Design on the Edge: The Making of a High Performance Building," "The Last Refuge: Patriotism, Politics, and the Environment ," and "The Nature of Design" (Oxford, 2002.) He has published 150 articles in scientific journals, social science publications, and popular magazines. He has lectured at hundreds of colleges and universities in the U.S. and elsewhere. Orr is the recipient of a Bioneers Award (2003), a National Conservation Achievement Award by the National Wildlife Federation, a Lyndhurst Prize awarded by the Lyndhurst Foundation "to recognize the educational, cultural, and charitable activities of particular individuals of exceptional talent, character, and moral vision." He was named "an Environmental Hero for 2004″ by Interiors & Sources Magazine, holds three Honorary Doctorates and has been a distinguished scholar in residence at University of Washington, Ball State University and Westminster College in Salt Lake City. In a special citation, the Connecticut General Assembly noted Orr's "vision, dedication, and personal passion" in promoting the principles of sustainability. The Cleveland Plain Dealer described him as "one of those who will shape our lives."
"This is a fabric of life being torn apart that can never be put back together again." -David Orr, Dirt! The Movie
Majora Carter: Founder, Sustainable South Bronx
Born, raised and residing in the South Bronx, NY, Carter believes residents shouldn't have to move out of their neighborhood to live in a better one. She is committed to creating intensive urban forestation with green roofing and water permeable open spaces. This robust horticultural infrastructure cleans the air, reduces the urban-heat island effect, efficiently manages storm water runoff and creates jobs.
In 2001, Carter founded the nonprofit, environmental-justice solutions corporation, Sustainable South Bronx (SSBx). Carter's first major project was writing a $1.25 million federal transportation planning grant for the South Bronx Greenway, which led to the area's first new waterfront park in over 60 years. Two years later, SSBx opened the Bronx Environmental Stewardship Training program (BEST) – one of the nation's first urban green-collar job training and placement systems. After 5 years, it boasts an 85% employment rate. Carter's local environmental solutions rest on poverty alleviation through green economic development; the local jobs they create can empower communities to resist bad environmental decisions. Carter is a 2006 MacArthur Genius Fellow, one of Essence Magazine's 25 most influential African Americans, one the New York Post's 50 Most Influential Women for the past two years, co-host of The Green on Sundance Channel, and a board member of the Wilderness Society. She is also president of the green-collar economic consulting company, The Majora Carter Group, LLC.
"You don't have to move out of your neighborhood to live in a better one but you sure do have to fight if you want to reconnect your life into a more natural state that actually includes poor people."- Majora Carter, Dirt! The Movie
James Jiler: Program Director, The Greenhouse at Rikers Island Prison Systems
Author James Jiler has directed the Horticultural Society of New York's jail-to-street GreenHouse program on Rikers Island since the program's inception in 1997. Jiler, with a background in forestry and social ecology, holds an MS degree. James Jiler is Director of the Greenhouse Project, a renowned horticultural job-training program for inmates at New York City's Rikers Island jail system. He provides instruction in horticulture and greenhouse management integrated with a math, science and English literacy curriculum. Jiler also oversees job placement and after-care services for released inmates while directing the GreenTeam.
"When we talk about dirt, we're not just talking about dirt, we're talking about the spiritual as well as the physical attributes of one's life, so it's no longer dirt, it's a metaphor for a healthy life." – James Jiler, Dirt! The Movie
Fritjof Capra: Director of Center for Ecoliteracy, Theoretical Physicist
Fritjof Capra has published many technical papers and lectured extensively on the philosophical implications of modern science. His most notable works include "The Tao of Physics" (1975), "The Turning Point" (1982) and "The Web of Life" (1997). Capra is also a visiting lecturer at Schumacher College in England and director of the Center for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley, California, which is dedicated to nurturing new ecological visions and applying them to current social, economic and environmental problems.
"The living organisms on earth have used the very same molecules of air, water and soil over and over again. Not just the same types of molecules but the very same molecules." – Fritjof Capra, Dirt! The Movie
Peter Girguis: Assistant Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Peter Girguis is an assistant professor of microbiology at Harvard University, and his research focuses on microbes that live in extreme environments. He is involved in developing microbial fuel cells as power systems in both the developed and developing world. He is also known for designing state-of-the-art bioreactors to grow the so-called "unculturable" microbes, including anaerobic methane oxidizing archaea and sulfur-reducing bacteria. He received his B.S.c from UCLA, his Ph.D. from UC Santa Barbara, and did postdoctoral work at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.
"What we often call dirt, you know, the stuff you are trying to wash off our car or wash off our driveways, are really these soils and sediments that are vital to keeping our biosphere healthy, which is all about keeping the plants and animals and ourselves alive. Soils and sediments are really more like a living skin on the earth, and they are the stewards of our planet." – Peter Girguis, Dirt! The Movie
Alice Waters: Founder, The Edible Schoolyard
In 1971, after graduating from the University of California at Berkeley and training at the Montessori School in London, Waters opened Chez Panisse with a fixed-price menu that changed daily. The menu format is the heart of Waters' philosophy of serving only the highest quality products, only when they are in season. Over its more than three decades of existence, Chez Panisse has developed a network of mostly local farmers and ranchers whose dedication to sustainable agriculture assures Chez Panisse a steady supply of pure and fresh ingredients. In 1997, Waters helped launch the Edible Schoolyard on the campus of the local Martin Lurther King Jr., Middle School. On the one-acre plot, students not only raise fruits and vegetables but also learn about food production and preparation in gardening and cooking classes. Waters has authored and co-authored eight food-related books. In 2001, Chez Panisse was named Best Restaurant in America by Gourmet magazine. Waters has received numerous awards, including the Bon Appetit magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000 and the James Beard Humanitarian Award in 1997. She was named Best Chef in America by the James Beard Foundation in 1992 and Cuisine et Vins de France listed her as one of the world's 10 best chefs in 1986. Alice Waters is a strong advocate for farmer's markets and for sound and sustainable agriculture.
"The experience in nature is so comforting to these kids who have never had their hands in the ground before. They just need to be here. They want to be in the garden." – Alice Waters, Dirt! The Movie
Gary Vaynerchuk: Host, WineLibrary.TV
Gary Vaynerchuk is a 32-year-old self-trained wine expert. His webcast, "The Thunder Show", on www.winelibrarytv.com, attracts over 80,000 viewers each day. Gary's cult-like following is the result of his unconventional, often irreverent commentary on wine. In the name of "expanding one's palate", Gary convinced Conan O'Brien to lick salted rocks and shared samples of dirt and grass with Ellen Degeneres. He routinely pans popular wines. At age 27, Vaynerchuk was the youngest winner of Marketwatch's Business Award, Market Watch Leader, and has recently launched first book, "101 Wines Guaranteed to Inspire, Delight, and Bring Thunder to Your World."
"With the amount of species that live in a teaspoon of dirt, I think it's very obvious dirt might be more alive than we are." – Gary Vaynerchuk, Dirt! The Movie
Janine Benyus: Founder, The Biomimicry Institute
Janine Benyus is a natural sciences writer, innovation consultant and author. In her latest book, "Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired By Nature," Benyus coined the term biomimicry to identify an emerging discipline of bio-inspired innovation, for example, solar cells that mimic leaves. David Perlman of the San Francisco Chronicle called the book Biomimicry "one viable answer to the wake-up call that Rachel Carson sounded a generation ago in Silent Spring." Since the book's 1997 release, Benyus has evolved the practice of biomimicry by consulting with sustainable business, academic and government leaders, founding the nonprofit Biomimicry Institute and serving on the Eco-Dream Team at Interface, Inc. In addition to her biomimicry work, Benyus teaches interpretive writing, lectures at the University of Montana, and restores and protects wild lands. She serves on a number of Montana-based, land-use committees and is president of Living Education, a nonprofit organization dedicated to place-based living and learning. Benyus has received several awards including the Rachel Carson Environmental Ethics Award, the Lud Browman Award for Science Writing, the Science Writing in Society Journalism Award and the Barrows and Heinz Distinguished Lectureships.
"Our wealth is imagenary. It comes from soil." – Janine Benyus, Dirt! The Movie
John Todd: Biologist, Ecological Designer
John Todd is a Buckminster Fuller 2008 Challenge-winning biologist working in the field of ecological design. His principal interests include solving the problems of food production and waste-water processing. During the 1970s, Todd and his colleagues at Spry Point on Prince Edward Island applied biological science to technology and developed what they called "living machines," a self- contained, innovative treatment system designed to treat a specific waste stream using the principles of ecological engineering. It achieved this goal with diverse communities of bacteria and other microorganisms, algae, plants, trees, snails, fish and other living creatures working symbiotically. In 1990, Todd developed a greenhouse waste treatment plant in Cape Cod that yields clean water from sewage. Todd has received numerous awards, including in 1996, the Environmental Merit Award from the Environmental Protection Agency in 1996 and, the Bioneers Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998.
"Dirt is very much alive. It probably has in it and around it all of the kingdoms of life." – John Todd, Dirt! The Movie
Kevin Rowell: the Natural Builders
Kevin Rowellhas devoted himself to the study of sustainability, working extensively on international development, particularly in Asia and Latin America. He is currently program director for Kleiwerks International a non profit that helps communities use what they have more efficiently (www.kleiwerks.org). In 2005 he cofounded the Natural Builders,(www.thenaturalbuilders.com) a contracting company that works around the world doing cutting-edge work in green building and development, as well as large scale art installations. His passion for natural materials and their use in construction has shown through his publications with groups such as the World Monuments Fund in preserving traditional architecture In Haiti, and with the United Nations where he has facilitated dialogues about the use of local materials in construction for development.
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CenterStage Theatre
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Bad Jews
A comedy by Joshua Harmon
"Bad Jews is extremely funny, extremely thought-provoking! Exceptionally well directed and acted."
Area Premiere
Things get personal when three cousins ignite a vicious brawl over who "deserves" a treasured family heirloom. A no-holds-barred dark comedy about family, faith and survival, JCC CenterStage is the first theatre in the country to license this acclaimed Off-Broadway sensation. If your family dynamics have ever been touched by a sense of entitlement, issues of inheritance or the legacy of an ancestor, you will love uncovering the good and bad in these "Bad Jews".
- Saturday, November 1 at 8 PM (Post-show chat)
- Sunday, November 2 at 2 PM
Tickets also available at the door
Sponsored by Debby Landsman
With addition support from Dawn and Jacques Lipson in memory of Bruce Newman
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Naked in Encino
A World Premiere comedy by Wendy Kout
Naked truths...and more...are exposed when five women of diversely different backgrounds gather for a self-help seminar. This laugh-out-loud comedy from the award-winning screenwriter of the film "Dorfman in Love" and the creator of the TV series "Anything But Love," makes its official world premiere at JCC CenterStage after an acclaimed developmental production in Denver.
Playwright Wendy Kout will be in Rochester working with the cast and director for this World Premiere production and for a screening of "Dorfman in Love" on November 8, 2014.
Directed by David Runzo
- Saturday, December 6 at 8 PM (Opening Night Reception and Q&A with Author Wendy Kout)
- Sunday, December 7 at 2 PM (Post-show chat with cast and Author Wendy Kout)
- Thursday, December 11 at 7 PM
- Saturday, December 13 at 8 PM
- Sunday, December 14 at 2 PM*
- Thursday, December 18 at 7 PM
- Saturday, December 20 at 8 PM
- Sunday, December 21 at 2 PM
*ASL Interpreted performance for the deaf and hard of hearing by StageHands. Please note "interpreted section" when you order to be seated in this section
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Big Wigs on Broad(s)way
Aggy Dune and Kasha Davis are back to high kick-off the New Year with an all-new show. Big Wigs on Broad(s)way is a tribute to the leading "ladies" of Broadway. Featuring dead on impersonations of the legendary Carol Channing, Ethel Merman and Dolly Parton along with Barbra, Cher, Judy, Liza (with a "Z"), Madonna and more, your favorite Broadway tunes come to life as you have never seen them before.
- Saturday, December 27 at 8 PM
- Sunday, December 28 at 2 PM
- Wednesday, December 31 at 9 PM (New Year's Eve)
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Stardust and Butterflies
Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins and Joan Baez have enjoyed long careers in music, beginning as the female faces of folk in the 1960s. American Songbook series creator Linda Foster leads a team of singers in a concert that explores the legacy of these amazing singer-songwriters.
- Wednesday, December 31 at 7 PM (New Year's Eve)
- Saturday, January 3 at 8 PM
- Sunday, January 4 at 2 PM
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And Then They Came For Me
Remembering the World of Anne Frank
by James Stills
Presented by JCC CenterStage and Rochester Children's Theatre
Holocaust survivors Eva Schloss and Ed Silverberg lived in the same apartment building as Anne Frank. Like Anne, Eva's family was arrested and sent to concentration camps. Eva and her mother survived and her mother eventually married Otto Frank, Anne's father. A unique multimedia blend of videotaped testimony, live performance and projections of historical photographs put a human face on what might otherwise be just a chapter in history books.
Directed by Deborah Haber
- Saturday, January 17 at 7:30PM
- Sunday, January 18 at 2 PM
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The Hit Factory
A look back at the "Brill Building Sound"
*World Premiere*
In the 1950s and 60s, at NYC's legendary Brill Building, you could write a song, sell a song, record a song and publish a song…sometimes in the same day. Producers like Don Kirshner and Phil Spector and songwriters like Carole King, Neil Sedaka and Leiber and Stoller dominated the airwaves with chart-topping hits for The Shirelles, Coasters, Drifters, Righteous Brothers, Bobby Darin, Connie Francis, Lesley Gore, Little Eva, Fabian, The Shangri-las, Ben E. King, Dionne Warwick and many more.
Featuring over three dozen enduring tunes, this all-new musical, from the creators of last season's Burt Bacharach show, revisits the legacy of the time and place known as The Hit Factory.
Written and conceived by Ralph Meranto and Sandy Foster
Directed by Ralph Meranto
Musical Direction by Casey Filiaci
- Saturday, February 7 at 8 PM
- Sunday, February 8 at 2 PM
- Thursday, February 12 at 7 PM
- Saturday, February 14 at 8 PM
- Sunday, February 15 at 2 PM
- Thursday, February 19 at 7 PM
- Saturday, February 21 at 8 PM
- Sunday, February 22 at 2 PM
Sponsored by Dawn and Jacques Lipson
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Our Suburb
by Darrah Cloud - It's Our Town...Only Wilder!
*New York Premiere*
"A fresh take on a beloved classic. This beautiful, brand-new play is so full of honest human heart, humor, hurt, and hope that it is destined to become a classic." - DCMetroTheaterArts
This whimsically innovative reinterpretation of Thorton Wilder's Our Town moves the action from fictional Grover's Corners to the very real Skokie, Illinois in 1977. As neighboring families prepare for Christmas and Hanukkah, two teenagers fall in love, and the world is about to give everyone a serious dose of reality.
Our Suburb made it's world premiere in D.C. last year and playwright Darrah Cloud will be in Rochester to open this New York Premiere. Our Suburb is also available for school performances.
Directed by Kerry Young
- Saturday, March 14 at 8 PM (Opening Night Reception and Q&A with Author Darrah Cloud)
- Sunday, March 15 at 2 PM*
- Thursday, March 19 at 7 PM
- Saturday, March 21 at 8 PM
- Sunday, March 22 at 2 PM
- Thursday, March 26 at 7 PM
- Saturday, March 28 at 8 PM
- Sunday, March 29 at 2 PM
*ASL Interpreted performance for the deaf and hard of hearing by StageHands. Please note "interpreted section" when you order to be seated in this section.
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Into the Woods
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by James Lapine
Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and Rupunzel are just a few of your favorite storybook characters that collide in one epic adventure. Wishes will be granted, but when there are witches and giants about, "happily ever after" is not always the end of the story. Delightfully humorous and beautifully poignant, this Sondheim masterpiece is not a kids' story, but a wildly entertaining, family-friendly, adult fairy tale about the consequences of "I wish."
Directed by Ralph Meranto, Music Direction by Brian Clickner
- Saturday, May 2 at 8 PM
- Sunday, May 3 at 2 PM
- Thursday, May 7 at 7 PM
- Saturday, May 9 at 8 PM
- Sunday, May 10 at 2 PM*
- Thursday, May 14 at 7 PM
- Saturday, May 16 at 8 PM
- Sunday, May 17 at 2 PM
*ASL Interpreted performance for the deaf and hard of hearing by StageHands. Please note "interpreted section" when you order to be seated in this section
Presented in Memory of Hon. Wilmer J. Patlow
Sponsored by Elaine P. and Richard U. Wilson Foundation
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CHICAGO, (UPI) — A 3-week-old baby died after being attacked by a pit bull at a home on the west side of Chicago, police said.
The infant was in a car seat inside the home at the time of the attack Thursday, The Detroit News reported.
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Dear Fellow Members of the NYU Community,
On behalf of the Provost and the Chief Financial Officer, I am pleased to share with you the key elements of the budget for New York University for fiscal 2014 (which covers the period September 1, 2013 to August 31, 2014). The consolidated operating budget for New York University is $6.544 billion, as shown below. The budget presentation in the pages that follow focuses only on the parts of New York University other than the NYU Langone Medical Center (i.e., the School of Medicine and the Hospitals Center). The budget for the "University" totals $2.775 million and includes all academic, auxiliary and administrative units at Washington Square, in Brooklyn, the portal campuses of NYU Abu Dhabi and NYU Shanghai, and all global sites.
The budget provides the financial framework for the University's mission of teaching and research. Balancing resources with need and aspiration, the budget includes for the first time the following major new initiatives: the formal integration of NYU-Poly as the Polytechnic School of Engineering, the opening of our new degree-granting campus at NYU Shanghai, the initiation of the combined Global Public Health major that is available to undergraduates in multiple schools, and the entry of our first classes of master's degree students at the Center for Data Science, at the Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP), and in the multi-school Media and Games Network (MAGNET).
The University continues to increase our institutional aid for students. Ten years ago, the average grant-in-aid for freshmen receiving scholarship assistance from the University covered 34% of tuition and fees, while last year (fiscal 2013), those grants met 55% of the cost tuition and fees for freshmen enrolled at the Washington Square Campus. Although the budget for undergraduate financial aid has grown significantly over the past ten years (to $212 million in fiscal 2014 for the Washington Square campus alone), we are not yet where we want to be to adequately support our students and their families. Accordingly, the NYU Board of Trustees approved the launch of NYU's "Momentum Campaign" with the goal of raising $1 billion over six years for scholarship funding for all undergraduate, graduate and professional students across New York University, including the School of Medicine. The campaign is anchored by a number of our Trustees, who have partnered to pledge more than $70 million in lead gifts.
NYU will continue to be vigilant about its budget to ensure that support of academic excellence remains our highest priority. I hope you will find this outline of NYU's fiscal 2014 budget to be informative.
Anthony P. Jiga
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Sigh…my apartment smells like a barbecue pit. Why? Well, it's my fault and it's a funny story (which I will get to in a moment)…
First, I must admit that my boyfriend Tim and I rarely go out for dinner. I would guess that we take a night off from cooking once every few months, if that. Saturday just happened to be one of those rare occasions when we didn't feel like cooking. Where did we go? To a small place called Blossoming Lotus. The restaurant (a cafe really) is located in the hipper/trendier section of Portland called the Pearl District. We don't hang out in the Pearl District much because we are far from hip. Anyways, Blossoming Lotus is inside a yoga studio, so the environment is very calming. You don't actually see the yoga classes in action, but you do have to take off your shoes in order to access the potties.
The cafe has an open kitchen and a 100% vegan menu that includes raw foods and desserts. So far so good, right? Hmpf. That's what we thought too. We were seated promptly next to a window (making for awesome people-watching) and given menus. I forgot my camera, so there are no photos, but the website has pictures! The cafe was out of both the Eight Herb House Iced Tea and the Lavender Lemonade, so we had water. We ordered the Heavenly Hummus with raw flax crackers as an appetizer. Unfortunately, our hummus arrived after our main courses (and only when we politely asked our server for the second time "Where is our hummus?"). For the main meal, I ordered the Monk Bowl which had beans, rice, steamed kale and my choice of spicy peanut sauce or a ginger sauce…so hard to choose…until my server said I could have both! Cool. When my meal arrived, it only had the ginger sauce. Tim ordered the BBQ Tempeh Platter (which came with black bean chili, green salad & spicy corn bread). Both of our meals were good, Tim's perhaps a bit more.
Since we were seated right next to the dessert case, it was hard to resist some vegan soft-serve and a piece of Live Strawberry Shortcake. The soft-serve had a lovely lemony-vanilla flavor which paired nicely with the shortcake. All in all, the food was decent, but the service was very slow and we were pretty much ignored. Maybe the servers sensed we never eat out? We aren't hip enough? We don't do yoga? I don't know. Maybe we will give it a second chance…
Now the reason why our apartment smells like a barbecue pit:
After our dinner, a thunderstorm rolled in. Portland never gets thunderstorms. Tim and I both grew up along Lake Erie where thunderstorms are very common, so we really enjoyed listening to and watching the storm. It seemed like the perfect night for baking, so I made mini chocolate cupcakes (recipe halved from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World) with chocolate cream cheese frosting. While I was getting the ingredients out of the cupboard, I managed to knock over a bottle of liquid smoke seasoning. The bottle didn't break, but the lid did, spilling liquidy yellow smoke flavor all over the floor. If you have ever used this stuff, you know that a wee drop will do…an entire bottle is extremely potent! We ended up having to mop the kitchen, wipe down cupboards, drawers and ourselves. To make matters worse, we couldn't open the windows because the rain was falling sideways. The smell is slowly fading a day later…
I also made a Lemon Currant Granola with Sliced Almonds (recipe follows). I created this recipe after being intrigued by ATXVegn's Earth Day post where she mentioned buying a bag of Lemon Currant Granola. Who doesn't love lemons?! I have not had this with soy milk yet, but I did snack a bit on it, and it tastes very good!
Lemon Currant Granola with Sliced Almonds
2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup sliced almonds
1/6 cup canola oil
1/4 cup agave nectar
1 T maple syrup
1 1/2 t lemon extract
1/2 t vanilla extract
1/2 t fresh lemon zest, optional
1/2 t cinnamon
pinch of salt
1/2 cup dried currants (or cranberries)
1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees F.
2. Stir together oats and sliced almonds. Add canola oil, agave nectar, and maple syrup. Add in extracts and lemon zest if using. Stir in cinnamon and salt.
3. Spread mixture onto a rimmed baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake for about 20-25 minutes, or until the granola is golden. It might be wise to stir/rotate pan halfway through baking.
4. Stir in the currants once the granola has been removed from the oven. Allow to cool before transferring to an airtight container.
The rain continued through Sunday morning and afternoon, so I made something I have been wanting to make for a long time: homemade graham crackers! Yep! I adapted this recipe from a backpacking/trail foods cookbook I borrowed from the library years ago called Simple Foods for the Pack. These are so tasty and simple to make. They take some time because you need to roll out the dough, but they are worth it! I promise.
Cinnamon Graham Crackers (I halved this recipe, and they turned out just fine)
3/4 cup vegan margarine
1/2 cup agave nectar
1 1/2 t vanilla extract
3 cups graham flour (or whole wheat flour)
1/2 cup raw wheat germ
1 t cinnamon
1/2 t baking powder
3/4 cup water
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
2. Beat margarine, agave nectar, and vanilla until fluffy.
3. Combine dry ingredients in a small bowl. Add dry ingredients alternately with water to the creamed mixture.
4. Roll out onto a floured surface to about a 1/4″ thickness. Cut into desired shapes and place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment. Prick with a fork. I sprinkled mine with cinnamon-sugar, but you don't have too. They just taste yummier this way!
5. Bake for about 20 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack.
Lastly, I baked bagels. I used a recipe from Happy Herbivore. These bagels were incredible! Seriously. The recipe is perfect because it makes four bagels, just right for two people. I made two sesame seed and two cinnamon-sugar bagels. Try this recipe! Go do it now! They are easy and have little rising time, so you can eat them faster. I have made several batches, including the everything bagels from the photo below:
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Harrisonburg, VA – Senior forward David Imes had 10 points and six rebounds for Hofstra but Rayshawn Goins had 16 points and six rebounds for James Madison to lead the Dukes to a 62-41 victory over Hofstra on Thursday evening at the JMU Convocation Center.
Goins scored 11 of his points in the opening 20 minutes to allow the Dukes to take a 30-24 halftime advantage.
Hofstra also got eight points and three assists from sophomore guard Taran Buie.
Hofstra drops to 5-16 and 2-5 in Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) play with the loss. It marked the Pride's fifth straight defeat. James Madison won its fourth straight game and improved to 13-10 and 7-3 in league action.
The first four-plus minutes would see the two squads battle back and forth with the score knotted at seven following a three-pointer from Buie with 15:34 left in the first stanza.
JMU would answer with back-to-back field goals from Goins over the next two-plus minutes to lead 11-7 before Hofstra tied the score once again as a jumper from Buie and a dunk from Imes made it 11-11 with nearly ten minutes expired in the half.
At that point the Dukes scored five straight points and nine of the next 12 in the game to lead 20-14 with 5:59 to play. Goins has the last two field goals during the run.
James Madison opened its largest lead of the stanza at 28-20 with 2:12 left before a layup from sophomore forward Moussa Kone and two free throws from Imes brought the deficit back down to four for the Pride at 28-24 with 1:10 showing on the clock. Taylor Bessick would close the scoring in the half with 50 seconds left to account for the halftime score.
Senior guard Matt Grogan had a strong first half for Hofstra with six points, including two three-pointers. It marked his first made three-pointers since the Tulane game on December 22 and the first time he had hit multiple three-pointers since December 4 against Wagner.
Hofstra would close the gap to 30-29 to open the second half as they scored the first five points of the stanza and had the deficit at one following an Imes layup 3:11 into the second stanza.
That would turn out to be as close as the Pride would get though, as James Madison immediately answered with a 16-2 scoring run to give the Dukes a commanding 46-31 lead with 9:44 to play in regulation. Andre Nation had four points during the JMU run to pace a balanced attack.
In all Hofstra would go just short of five minutes without a point as the Pride went scoreless from the 14:34 mark (Imes layup) until 9:37 remained and Mejia hit one of two from the free throw line.
Hofstra would get as close as 12 the rest of the way but JMU managed to hold the Pride at bay the remainder of the contest on their way to the victory.
Hofstra returns to action on Saturday when it travels to William & Mary for a 12 p.m. game. That game will air on the MSG Network in the New York area.


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What Do We Learn about God's Justice in Romans Chapter 9?
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This week, we're headed to Hong Kong! An area full of rich people, culture and of course Streamzoo users! Lets get started!
To begin, we have @chho amazing photo from his last travel!
Up next is @Kut_Lam and his fantastic and colorful photo of the river front!
It really is amazing what you can see from the top of the world. @louis_kr proves that here in his most recent photo.
And to finish us off, we have @VensonLee and his own ride home!
Hope you all enjoyed this weeks trip! Be sure to upload your photo to the #TravelTuesday stream for next week, and we hope to see you again!
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Welcome back! We're headed to Greece this week! This area is made up of amazing sights, wonderful views, and fantastic Streamzoo users!
Starting us off, we have @misios with their wonderfully colored morning sky!
Next up we have @ecm1pl and a very green shot of a local rail road.
Nothing like a day on the water. @malagas really knows how to use his spare time!
To finish things off we have an artistic shot from @ElpidaMaria showing off Greece's city streets.
And with that we end out tour! This week brought some interesting colors and sites to the table. Be sure to upload your photos to the #TravelTuesday stream on Streamzoo for a chance to be featured next week. Happy travels!
Bob has been gracing Streamzoo with his awesome shots for over a year.
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I am a computer programmer living in Maryland, in the United States. I really started seriously taking photos a little over a year ago. At that time I posted to a different photo sharing site, but its problems and limitations made me explore other options. Last November I found streamzoo and loved it. I came to streamzoo only interested in macro photography. But as I met people, chatted with them, and visited them in their homes and on photo shoots, I become interested in much more. Now I photograph almost anything and I post unedited photos, slightly enhanced photos, and more extreme edits, including HDR. So streamzoo has really helped me grow as a photographer and and to some extent, an editor as well.
Almost a year. I started streamzoo in the middle of last November. In the other photo sharing web site, as problems arose there was a lot of discussion of alternate sites. To be honest, I picked streamzoo randomly, When I found I really liked it, I didn't bother looking at others. People were very welcoming, private messaging me advice and comments and helping me along the way.
I post 6-10 photos per day, spread out through the day. I should probably post fewer, but I really love sharing with all my friends. I check notifications throughout the day - that's normally the first thing I do whenever I open the app. When people ask questions, I like to answer as soon as I can.
I love the shoutout capability, since it let's me recognize the wonderful photos people post. I also really like the private message feature - it truly aids in developing deeper friendships. My least favorite features are blocking because I feel it is incompletely implemented. There are a number of predators/stalkers who torment ladies of streamzoo. When they block these people, the blocked individual can still see their pics. If someone wants privacy from an individual, I think they should be able to get it. I've also recently reported a bug which allows someone to give themselves as many likes as they want - I am hoping that will get fixed since I have seen people get on the leaderboard with very few people liking their photos - because they added their own likes.
Love the site! You did a great job creating it and tuning it to form a wonderful social community around photo sharing.
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We are highlighting the group Things With Wings today. You'll never guess what the group is all about!
As you can see in the group's description below, this group is for "birds, butterflies, bees, insects, dragonflies, damselflies, fireflies, angels, airplanes.. Etc.. Just make sure it has wings."
Do you like taking pictures of things with wings? Well, this is the group for you! Let's see what these Streamzooers have been sharing lately.
That's it for this week's #GroupThursdays highlight. Until next time, have fun!
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This week, we're headed somewhere a bit more tropical then your average travel destination. Our users have been quite busy out in Fiji, and we want to show off their photos!
To begin, we're spreading our wings as user @parkjc1 comes in for a landing.
There is nothing like the beach in the evening. User @lightwithflames knows that all to well.
It really is amazing how some places can be so beautiful. @Jestepar found quite the spot on his travels!
To finish things off, we have @Susanne_mc and her fantastic photo of a beautiful hidden water fall.
The world is truly full of wonderful places. Our users on Streamzoo have been busy showing us everything they have seen. Be sure to upload your photos to the #TravelTuesday stream on Streamzoo for a chance at being featured next week.
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I am a Real Estate Agent and one of my favorites hobbies is photography. Not a pro but I just try to put my heart in my pics. All pics are the reflection of all the beauty I see and all pics are taken by me with Iphone 4 and Android Galaxy S4.
I have ve been an user of SZ since a year and a half ago and I knew about SZ from a friend. I open SZ everyday and the first thing I do is open the notifications. Then I post a picture and I check the feed in order to enjoy the pics and give the shoutouts!
Another thing I love is the people in SZ!! I have made a lot of friends there from all parts of the world!! I would say this is the most I like!! The least I like is in the group area I can not choose to post a photo in a group I want unless that group is in the list.
I want to give the thanks to all my friends on SZ for their support and love that they have showed and for let me be part of the SZ family!
Hello Streamzoo!
It's just after lunch here in California, and we waited till now to share today's featured group. Why? The group #Food Pics is all about—your guessed it, FOOD!
A group for foodies, by foodies, #Food Pics is definitely not a group to look at if you're hungry. Even when you are feeling full and satisfied, all the yummy photos here will make you hungry again!
Check out what Streamzooers are eating these days.
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This week, we're headed to the misty lands of England. This area is full of wonderful sights, amazing landscapes, and breathtaking views. Our users on Streamzoo have been quite busy around the town taking some spectacular photos, and this week we're showing them off!
To get us started we have @Adora and her morning cup of Jo' in the heart of town. It really is amazing what can be gained when taking away the color.
Next up, we have a great shot of a street performer doing what he does best. Taken by our very own @sheenalf
User @Nyako really seems to enjoy the street life, as she shows off her local town in this fantastic photo.
Last, but most certainly not least, is this fantastic shot of a small shop hidden in the busyness of England. Taken by our very own @D_art_corner
We hope you enjoyed this weeks trip around the world! Be sure to stop by next week for more amazing photos. Also be sure to upload your own photos to the #TravelTuesday stream on Streamzoo to have a chance at setting the location next week!
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Get an early start to summer in NYC with a short walk through this classic poem about a journey through Hell, in its brilliant translation by Robert Pinsky (Farrar, Straus and Giro
April 27, 1995
Known for his focus on history, political ironies, and homosexual themes, C.P. Cavafy (1863-1933) is the most important Greek poet of this century.
May 11, 1995
This documentary, produced by Haydn Reiss in 1994, was filmed at each of the poets' homes in Oregon and Minnesota and uses their friendship to examine the role of poetry in contemporary America—its
May 12, 1995
William Stafford (1914-1994) committed himself to a poetic stance of neutrality and susceptibility to the moment.
May 25, 1995
Poetry in ten different languages—including French, Tagalog, Japanese, Dutch, Mandarin, Old English, Xhosa, and Serbo-Croatian.
June 05, 1995
In our first program of a three-year collaborative with selected New York Public Library (NYPL) branch libraries, Pulitzer Prize winner Philip Levine reads and discusses his work a
September 28, 1995
Acknowledged as one of the greatest of French poets, René Char (1907-1988) began as a Surrealist but later embraced existential and metaphysical themes.
October 25, 1995
Poets Lorna Goodison, Linton Kwesi Johnson and Marlene Nourbese Philip will read from their work as part of a series celebrating the 40th


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Perfect for a future pop princess, this stylish bedroom exudes imagination. A sheer purple canopy is draped down from a crown of shimmering beads. Colorful paper lanterns add dimension in the corner. The daybed provides a comfy sitting space with plenty of storage below.
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