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85Sustainable Agriculture - The 100 Mile Diet: Benefits and Difficulties
The one-year experiment in local eating that Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon began in 2005 has fired the imagination of widely diverse people in a way they may never have imagined. Their experiment, documented in a series of articles, and culminating in the publication of two books to date on the 100 Mile Diet, has inspired thousands of individuals, and even whole communities, to change the way they eat...to the benefit of local producers; sustainable agriculture; carbon footprint; new organic; f
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8230 Years Of Assaulting Mount Mitchell
Micky Dee, Richard Dunn, Ed Anderson, Kirk Clark-1986-Helmets weren't required! As of this May it's a 35 year-old bicycle ride up the tallest mountain east of the Rockies. Located in a 1,855-acre North Carolina State Park, Mount Mitchell is 6,684...
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84May 15, 2012 Assaulted On Mount Mitchell - Training Ride
. I'll ride the Assault on Mount Mitchell Monday – tomorrow.. . It’s just another lonely day. . Not much different than 22,000 other days I’ve had. . I’ll be with a couple thousand people.. They won’t really know I’m...
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762010 Rivers Bridge Ramble Century- Orangeburg, South Carolina
This is my all time favorite bike ride in South Carolina! The start/finish for the Rivers Bridge Ramble starts in the beautiful Orangeburg, South Carolina Edisto Memorial Gardens, The Veterans Memorial...
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78How To Start A Local Food Buying Club
Food fresh from the field is what we all seek, but only a small number of us can grow it. So what can we do to see that our families get the healthy and tasty foods that they need? Furthermore, can we do so and contribute to the development of our...
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75Why Arabian Horses Are Not Crazy
Noted for its beauty and mystique, the Arabian horse is the foundation horse of all our light breeds and some of the draft breeds. Pretty is and pretty does, the Arabian is highly intelligent, graceful, and affectionate. The Arab's long smooth...
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74The Roan Moan
I consider the origin of the Roan Moan “Century” to be one of a couple of rides with the Yancey and Mitchell County boys. These boys were Wade Barnett, Donnie Laws, and Chris Boone. It may have been the...
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71Leaving TX, Alternative Country Rock Band
Chris Patterson & his Band "Leaving, TX" "One part Irish, one part Scottish, one part Norwegian, one part Cuban, add a telecaster, a pedal steel, an old beat up Gretsch, and a case of PBR, mix it up, and...
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69Alaska: Resurrection Pass Run 2008--100 Miles of trail running
The 2009 Resurrection Pass 100-Miler will be held on July 31st. Meet at the Hope School on Friday afternoon at 2 pm. There will be aid stations at miles 12, 50 & 88. This event is another must do for the serious mountain runner. Starts in the historical mining community of Hope, Alaska. Very minimal support.
5 comments68Global Climate Change: Seeing The Opportunity In The Threat
The debate over whether or not human beings have contributed to global climate change is a distraction. It distracts our energy from the work that we need to do and channels it into a never ending debate over whether we are having an effect...
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