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Late Blight Blooms for Area Tomatoes

Here’s the news story that Dave referred to below from the Morning Call this morning reporting the continued threat of the Tomato Blight.

Hey everyone,

Please check out these websites for more information on this disease that could be effecting your tomatoes and potatoes.  Please watch your plants carefully, as this could easily spread around to other plots!

Here’s a couple websites with more information on the disease and what to do if you find it…

From the Morning Call: Penn State Master Gardeners Late Blight

“We’ve mentioned in recent blogs that late blight, a very serious disease of your tomatoes and potatoes, is hitting really early this year. Many home gardeners may be wondering what they can and should be doing. Here are some suggestions. Most of this material is from a 2004 fact sheet by A. A. McNab”

Picture and information from Morning Call.

Penn State Website: Serious Disease Threatens Home Gardens, Commercial Fields

Hey everybody, check out this new documentary currently in theaters called Food, Inc.

Here’s the review:
Forget buckets of blood. Nothing says horror like one of those tubs of artificially buttered, nonorganic popcorn at the concession stand. That, at least, is one of the unappetizing lessons to draw from one of the scariest movies of the year, “Food, Inc.,” an informative, often infuriating activist documentary about the big business of feeding or, more to the political point, force-feeding, Americans all the junk that multinational corporate money can buy. You’ll shudder, shake and just possibly lose your genetically modified lunch. — Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

Unfortunately it’s not in theaters too close to Easton, but it’ll be playing at the Pocono Community Theater on July 24th.  Check out the website for more info!

If you get a chance to see it, please comment here about your thoughts!

Hey everybody,

Here’s a link to an article in the Express Times on Wednesday:

This is a nice compilation of local, sustainable, and responsible food links from Barbara Kingsolver & Steven Hopp , authors of the great book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. Their book is well worth the attention of anyone who cares about these issues.

Just wanted to share this story from the NY Times: Obamas Prepare to Plant Garden at White House

It’s so exciting to hear even the president is thinking about this!!

Jenn