If you're interested in getting more actively involved in your own sustenance, you might be interested in a new non-profit organization called "Kitchen Gardeners International" which some kitchen gardening friends and I have started. Our goal is to "celebrate home-grown, home-cooked foods in their many international forms". There are already 300 or so people involved coming from the US, Canada, Mexico, France, Ireland, UK, Belgium, etc.
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