Saturday Linkages: Big Chickens, Drought and More

...ple) September 30, 2014 https://twitter.com/rootsimple/status/516669379421798401 Frightening RT @voxdotcom: Chickens have gotten ridiculously large since the 1950s: http://t.co/8dRdrDiXXw pic.twitter.com/7vEYJGEVqC #CivilEats — Susan Marquis (@susanlmarquis) October 4, 2014 https://twitter.com/rootsimple/status/517828609382174720 https://twitter.com/rootsimple/status/517823771562885120 https://twitter.com/rootsimple/status/516611839078043648 https...

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Saturday Linkages: Fire Plows, Kite Fishing and Roundup-Ready Turfgrass

...tp://feedly.com/e/x1zb0NgL Low-Tech Kite-Fishing in the Indo-Pacific http://feedly.com/e/vKNPtHlq The Public Food Forest: Clever Solution or Future Flop? by Evelyn Hadden http://feedly.com/e/6x1OCfMz Coming soon – Roundup-Ready Turfgrass | Garden Rant http://gardenrant.com/2014/02/coming-soon-round-up-ready-turfgrass.html … Author Builds Tiny Solar-Powered Off Grid Cabin for Under 2000 http://inhabitat.com/author-builds-tiny-solar-powered-off-grid...

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Building a Makeshift Treadmill Desk

...been blogging at Livingsmallblog.com since 2002. I’ve written for Culinate.com, Ethicurean.com and have a cookbook review column at Bookslut.com. I’ve been published in the Best Food Writing of 2010, and am currently working on a book proposal for a nonfiction book about finding and building a home saw me through and got me past some devastating personal losses. Here’s Livingsmallblog.com’s first treadmill desk post. And an update here. Thanks Chr...

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Saturday Linkages: Expensive Grapes, Martha Stewart’s Drones and Sunscreen

...ment-report-finds/ … Can using sunscreen increase your risk of dying? http://www.riskscience.umich.edu/can-using-sunscreen-increase-risk-dying/ … New York’s Oldest Phone Number : Need to book a room at the Hotel Pennsylvania? Just dial up 6-5000 http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/new-york-s-oldest-phone-number-pennsylvania-6-5000 … “The universe is comprised of subjects to be communed with, not objects to be exploited.” – Wendell Berry via @LarryS...

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