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EXCITING ROCKET STOVE PROJECT IN RWANDA:    Inyenyeri is a pretty amazing non-profit organization which is providing very low cost super efficient home cook-stoves and locally produced fuel pellets. The impact in cleaner indoor air, less charcoal burning, and breaking the cycle of energy poverty is something to behold. Check out their website: https://www.inyenyeri.com/                                                     Weekly Gardening Tip : Soil Testing                                                                    Yes, you should...

  Book Review: The Lean Farm    As the title indicates, this book is about how to run a successful farm. It isn’t about gardening. But if you do farm to make money, you really ought to take a look at this book.     Ben Hartman explains how one of his CSA customers turned him on to the principles of lean manufacturing, which Ben and his crew redesigned for a small vegetable farm. Farming diverse vegetable crops is extremely complex. If you want to make a better living on a small organic farm, systems like are described in this book will make your life so...