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A Request from Greg Peterson to Help Build our Local Economy

By: Greg Peterson

Many of you know about my deep commitment to building our local economy and the local food system. In the process there are many local hero's that have created significant change in food and local business. During my time at ASU from 1999 to 2006 I had the great pleasure to attend an

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Tue 07 August 2012 09:17 Last modified: Tue 07 August 2012 10:04

This article was posted in It's a Movement I Tell Ya

Urban Orcharding - Growing Your Own Fruit Trees

By: Greg Peterson

When you think of an orchard, do you envision acres of perfectly spaced apple trees and workers on ladders picking the fruit with harvest colors in the background? Are you then discouraged because you realize you don’t have the property to produce a bountiful harvest to delight your family’s

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Wed 05 October 2011 15:56 Last modified: Wed 05 October 2011 16:07

This article was posted in Urban Farming at it's Finest and tagged with Fruit trees, Urban Farm, Greg Peterson, Urban Orcharding

Creating Healthy Soil - A Simple Primer

By: Greg Peterson

During our tours and classes over the past month I have chatted a LOT about the importance of healthy soil. The five components of healthy soil are water, air space, dirt (broken down rock), organic material and everything that is alive in the soil.

Typically our desert soils have only

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Mon 03 October 2011 10:33 Last modified: Never

This article was posted in Urban Farming at it's Finest and tagged with Urban Farm, edible landscapeing, lasagna gardening, sheet mulching, permaculture

Becoming an Urban Farmer

By: Greg Peterson

We are in the mist of a revolution. A food revolution to transform our industrial food system into local food systems that grow healthy, ripe in season food, provide local jobs and build community. There are many ways to participate from shopping at your local farmers market and supporting

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Mon 26 September 2011 06:45 Last modified: Tue 27 September 2011 09:46

This article was posted in Urban Farming at it's Finest and tagged with Urban Farming, The Urban Farm, Greg Peterson, Edible landscaping

Getting that much closer to my food!

By: Greg Peterson

I'm not a vegetarian which surprises some people given my stand about a greener world. But I am not one to be completely one thing or another. I don't take on any one thing completely. That being said I take many opportunities to eat a vegetarian diet.

However given that I am not,

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Tue 14 June 2011 12:51 Last modified: Wed 15 June 2011 05:10

This article was posted in Food Frenzy, Chickens and tagged with Meat chickens, urban farming, cornish cross chickens

Where do you place your heart?

By: Greg Peterson

I am currently taking an Anusara yoga Immersion at Desert Song Yoga with Meg Byerlein and our assignment yesterday was to write about shradda. Shradda is the Sanskrit word for faith. Apparently though literally translated it means "where I place my heart?" Where do you place your heart?

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Sun 05 December 2010 06:07 Last modified: Sun 05 December 2010 08:16

This article was posted in Tip of the Week

Nov Urban Farm Tour

By: Greg Peterson

I have had so many requests for another Urban Farm tourI scheduled one for this Saturday. The gardens are growing nicely and the citrus is just about ready to pick plus I have been putting a lot of energy into upgrading our garden beds and getting new veggies planted. Plus I have a nice crop of

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Tue 23 November 2010 17:20 Last modified: Tue 23 November 2010 17:26

This article was posted in Urban Farm Tour

LED Lighting Assessments

By: Greg Peterson

PrimeStarLED is a manufacturer of LED Lamps and that is all that we do. We are concentrating on evaluating and improving LED lamp offerings.

My journey with LED Lamps started when a friend called me in June of 2010 and said that he had just been given a proposal for $70,000 for LED lamps for the

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Tue 09 November 2010 17:05 Last modified: Fri 12 November 2010 13:45

This article was posted in LED Lighting

Why LED’s Lamps Are More Energy Efficient

By: Greg Peterson

There are several reasons that LED’s are more efficient.

LED lighting produces light is a completely different way making them more efficient than traditional sources. Conventional light bulbs (both incandescent & fluorescent) generate light through the ignition of gases or the glowing of a

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Tue 09 November 2010 15:31 Last modified: Tue 09 November 2010 15:31

This article was posted in LED Lighting

Top 12 Reasons To Install LED Lighting

By: Greg Peterson

The top 12 Reasons to Install LED Lighting

12. LEDs come in several colors including: Day White, Natural White and Warm White.

11. Many LEDs are dimmable.

10. LEDs are flicker-free eliminating the eyestrain and headaches commonly associated with fluorescent lighting. This is a real must for

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Tue 09 November 2010 15:23 Last modified: Tue 09 November 2010 15:23

This article was posted in LED Lighting

Never Buy Another Fluorescent Light Bulb Again

By: Greg Peterson

Or

How I Saved My Friend Over $38K Per Year

Just by Changing Light Bulbs

These days changing a few light bulbs can save hundreds or even thousands of dollars in electricity -- and that is just the beginning of the savings and the environmental impact that they make. I’ve been

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Tue 09 November 2010 14:17 Last modified: Wed 15 June 2011 04:59

This article was posted in It's a Movement I Tell Ya and tagged with The Urban Farm

Urban Farm Fruit Tree’s in the Ground

By: Greg Peterson

Hey all,

Many people ask me about my 'list' of fruit trees that I have here in the ground at the Urban Farm. So today I went out and did an official count...starting in the front yard.

8 apple trees (Anna, Dorset, Einsheimer and Pettingtill) This is the hedge just in the neighbors front yard by

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Wed 03 November 2010 14:05 Last modified: Tue 09 November 2010 14:02

This article was posted in Tip of the Week, LED Lighting

Green Living Simplified

By: Greg Peterson

Living Green Simplified
Monday Oct 25^th, 6:30 to 9 pm
Creative Living Fellowship
6530 N 7^th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85014
Offered Free with a $10 donation accepted…if you like what you see.

Do you mostly think that living a green lifestyle is hard and expensive?

How would you like to learn the secret

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Tue 19 October 2010 05:57 Last modified: Wed 20 October 2010 08:46

This article was posted in Events

Living Green What Does it Mean

By: Greg Peterson

This is my 4 week class on discovering what it means to live a green lifestyle...no suffering allowed.

Link to the Class http://www.dbg.org/shop/courses/living-green-what-does-it-mean-10-12

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Tue 21 September 2010 18:40 Last modified: Tue 21 September 2010 18:40

This article was posted in Tip of the Week

Living Green Primer Phoenix College

By: Greg Peterson

Join me for a lively discussion on Living Green. Room DB224/225

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Tue 21 September 2010 17:23 Last modified: Tue 21 September 2010 17:25

This article was posted in Events

Greywater Harvesting Class and Tour

By: Greg Peterson

Living is the desert has it’s own challenges when one wants to garden, not the least of which is making sure your landscape receives enough water. There are two sources of water that are delivered right to our property, many times in abundance, that we just need to take notice of. Rainwater

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Tue 21 September 2010 16:35 Last modified: Mon 25 October 2010 11:11

This article was posted in Events

Urban Farm Tour 10:30

By: Greg Peterson

Join us for a stroll through the front and back yard of the Urban Farm. We begin at 8am and work our way through the many different aspects of the Urban Farm with an eye to teaching you how to create your own Urban Farm. We will see over 80 fruit trees, a primarily edible landscape, 3 different

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Tue 21 September 2010 16:27 Last modified: Tue 21 September 2010 16:27

This article was posted in Events

Urban Farm Tour 8:30

By: Greg Peterson

Join us for a stroll through the front and back yard of the Urban Farm. We begin at 8am and work our way through the many different aspects of the Urban Farm with an eye to teaching you how to create your own Urban Farm. We will see over 80 fruit trees, a primarily edible landscape, 3 different

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Tue 21 September 2010 16:22 Last modified: Tue 21 September 2010 16:29

This article was posted in Events

Van Jones Movie

By: Greg Peterson

Listen to keynote speaker Van Jones, author of The Green Collar Economy, who shares his message of compassion for Mother Earth with wit, poignancy and great depth. Then following the DVD Greg Peterson and Michelle Whittington will facilitate a conversation about the movie.

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Tue 21 September 2010 16:04 Last modified: Tue 21 September 2010 17:09

This article was posted in Events

Living Green What Does it Mean, 4 Week Discovery Series

By: Greg Peterson

This is my 4 week class on discovering what it means to live a green lifestyle...no suffering allowed. Class meets 10/12, 10/19, 10/26 and 11/2 from 6 - 9 p.m.

Link to the Class http://www.dbg.org/shop/courses/living-green-what-does-it-mean-10-12

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Tue 21 September 2010 15:42 Last modified: Tue 21 September 2010 15:58

This article was posted in Events and tagged with Greg Peterson, Urban Farm, Sustainability, Living Green, greywater

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