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• New grants for Agraria —  Kids get the dirt on soil education

  By Megan BachmanNovember 15, 2018

  

  The architect and inventor Buckminster Fuller often used a metaphor to illustrate how small targeted actions can move massive systems. Fuller noted that the “trim tab,” a tiny mechanism of a ship’s rudder, can change the ship’s course with a minute movement. At the Agraria Center for Regenerative Agriculture, soil is seen as that “trim tab.”

• Maple sugaring at Flying Mouse

  By William DrewingMarch 8, 2018

  

  2018 is Flying Mouse Farms’ tenth year producing maple syrup, and maple sugaring season came early this year, as it did the year before, and the year before that.

• Public is invited — New ways to fight weeds

  By Megan BachmanMarch 1, 2018

  

  The last time the Village of Yellow Springs sprayed pesticides on public land commonly used by residents was on June 12, 2013. Five years later, Village practices have changed.

• Sutton Farm land— Village moves closer to sale

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 7, 2016

  

  At their March 21 meeting Village Council moved a step closer to selling 76 acres of Village-owned land to Glen Helen.

• Celebrate Earth Week at the Glen

  By Lauren HeatonApril 16, 2015

  

  Earth Day events will be held in the Glen all week, beginning this weekend.

• Pining for a greener forest

  By Jeff SimonsOctober 4, 2012

  

  The Glen’s pine forest wasn’t all that big — less than 50 acres. For runners, bird watchers, and weekend trekkers it was a delightful destination. But the forest is disappearing, and it’s not the result of global warming, logging, or pollution.