Sunday Videos: Welcome to HaFoSaFo

...http://vimeo.com/73592758 Hafosafo Chorus & Sunsetfootclinicsign.com by Jessica Cowley and Bennett Williamson from machine project on Vimeo. Our neighborhood’s icon is this rotating podiatrist’s sign depicting a happy foot on one side and a sad foot on the other (we call our charming ‘hood HaFoSaFo after the sign). It looks like we have the beginnings of an annual ritual....

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Saturday Tweets: Mini Gabions and Citrus Liqueurs

...erm Drought http://t.co/WUKPGGqfqn — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 28, 2014 http://t.co/XJ8eVdDCzM — Ron Finley (@RonFinleyHQ) November 27, 2014 Join the movement to end Black Friday madness. http://t.co/KlaQFCYNYC @DewAbides #takebackfriday @rootsimple @electricitylife — The Dew Abides (@DewAbides) November 25, 2014 Citrus liqueurs are not limited to lemon. Try it with oranges, be they standard navels or colorful blood oranges. http://t.co/f...

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Saturday Tweets: Animals Sounds, White Bread and LA’s Worst Politician

10 terabytes of animal sounds, yours for the (free) listening. http://t.co/XDHqtEAC7u pic.twitter.com/hCik9dliPx — Xeni Jardin (@xeni) August 6, 2015 How to Work in Engineering for Global Development http://t.co/RjEwcfnHZn — lowtechmagazine (@lowtechmagazine) August 7, 2015 Yesterday, Council Member @GilCedillo gave the legislative middle finger to #BikeLA and the future of mobility in LA. pic.twitter.com/Ms9DNOUkWM — fig4all (@fig4all) August 5,...

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071 Farmer Mai Nguyen

...we discuss: Southeast Asian vegetables Growing rice Dry farming No-till agriculture Growing wheat Sonora wheat Red Fife wheat Dark rye Managing risk Sheep and draft horses on a small farm To find out more about what Mai is up to check out her blog farmermai.com. If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to rootsimple@gmail.com. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and o...

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Saturday Tweets: Peppercorns, Fig Trees and Your Inner Cleveland

Why Bury Fig Trees? A Curious Tradition Preserves A Taste Of Italy http://t.co/wmFQIZBmoh — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 27, 2014 A Tablet for Africa? http://t.co/vsCls4QyTe — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 27, 2014 Flooded Crypt of San Francesco: Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water http://t.co/CJPiv46xpq — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 27, 2014 The “Inner Cleveland” of Trendy Cities http://t.co/HNrH9pmlEW...

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