Tag Archive for ‘cnn’
BORN IN ACTIVISM
On Dec 18th, 9 years ago, Path to Freedom emerged on the Internet scene with a campaign to reunite father and son. The site was influential in spearheading the campaign and featured on MSNBC, CNN, GRANMA and many, many other print media outlets all over the world. In 2000, after four months of tireless campaigns, [...]
LESSONS FROM THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Photographed by Rothstein., ca. 1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Great Depression holds lessons for surviving tough economy (CNN) Memories of salvaging and stealing to avoid going hungry are part of the legacy of the Great Depression. Some iReporters say they can’t help but look at the current economy and feel the past holds lessons for [...]
SEEDING CHANGE
Freedom Gardeners of the World, Unite! Photo Copyright 2004 Path to Freedom Seeding Change: Website Seeks to Liberate Diets—and Wallets—from Supermarket Site’s “100-Foot Diet” Brings Local Food Movement Home PASADENA, CA. – July 7, 2008 – Think of it as Facebook meets the Farmer’s Almanac: A social networking site for backyard pioneers who want to [...]
HOMEMADE FUEL
Homemade Fuel 3:23 (CNN Video) People are converting their cars to run on alternative energy, such as used vegetable oil, to avoid high gas prices. View Video {Thanks Wendy for the email alert!} How We Got Into Homebrewing Our Own Fuel After simple living, smoothering the lawn, growing food, raising citified farm animals and energy elements were [...]
URBAN HOMESTEAD HAPPENINGS
The monthly co-op pick up is today. I am hoping the olive oil order will be on that truck since I need to make some soap soon. The herbs are drying well (thanks to the nice warm weather) and will be using them to make some secondary products for ourselves and possibly for other homegrown [...]
URBAN HOMESTEADERS ON CNN
Urban farmers living off land 2:40 CNN’s Thelma Gutierrez reports on a family living the ultimate green lifestyle on an urban farm in Pasadena, California. View Video
GOT CABLE?
PTF news byte on CNN today – this afternoon actually. Any of our readers have cable and could tape it for us. Thanks! Later on today, stay tuned for highlight of Farmer D’s power point presentation yesterday at Smith & Hawkens and last week’s menu wrap up.
CNN UPDATE
We whip up a bike blended smoothie made with frozen homegrown strawberries and organic vanilla yogurt In between treating a chicken for bumble foot, picking clients produce orders, planting summer crops, re organizing the produce packing area in the garage, building a squash arbor that will act as our second outdoor shower, putting together ‘Techniques [...]
SPREADING THE REVOLUTION
The urban homestead and farming movement, pioneered online here, is really taking off and finally is on the mainstream media’s radar. 20 plus years ago when we started implementing our countrified homesteading lifestyle into our current citified surroundings it took us years to finally put all the key elements of urban homesteading in place – [...]
