The Boiled Down Juice

(the links for the seed shop and the foodbank’s blog can be found at the bottom of this post).

I am learning more everyday about the importance of eating locally grown food, especially food grown from heirloom seeds (a catchall term for seeds that have not been genetically modified). A few recent conversations with a close friend who is involved with Slow Foods and the Fayetteville Farmers Market reminded me about how I have been wanting to post some information about a great place to get heirloom seeds in Arkansas. (more…)

According to a recent 67 page report published by Human Rights Watch, “although whites commit more drug offenses, African Americans are arrested and imprisoned on drug charges at much higher rates, the reports find.”

This report by Human Rights Watch also includes suggestions for how to help address this problem, including directing funding to inner city programs and:
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