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Michael Levin's Blog Posts Tagged 'mycol' (16)

Know What You Eat

A total of 27 products were analysed, with ten of them containing horse DNA, while 23 of them tested positive for pig DNA.

The days of small, rural homesteads like the…

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Added by Michael Levin on January 15, 2013 at 4:09pm — No Comments

Happy Enchiladas

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Added by Michael Levin on January 14, 2013 at 2:20pm — No Comments

Springtime at the Garden

Springtime at the McRorie Community Garden

Plants are blooming, bees are buzzing, and all's well at the garden. We made a delicious dinner last night using the florets from our prolific broccoli. This was an easy meal: we sauteed the broccoli florets in a little olive oil,…

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Added by Michael Levin on May 11, 2012 at 10:30am — No Comments

Sprouting Some Anticipation

I've been out of town a long weekend with my sprouts safely watered and growing in my kitchen. I'll be back later today, hopefully to a five day growth of tomato and basil sprouts. Anticipation!

Keep your eyes peeled for some new content in the Coffee Zoo, too...

The garden patch is cleared of those pesky weeds for the…

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Added by Michael Levin on April 2, 2012 at 2:00pm — 2 Comments

Botany Everyday with Marc Williams - Class starting tomorrow

Marc Williams leads an online botany class from his website, Botany Everyday. It starts tomorrow, March…

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Added by Michael Levin on March 22, 2012 at 10:30am — No Comments

Mycol Stevens ::: Ethnobotany in the mountains of NC - Part 2

Mycol Stevens walks the trails at Pisgah Forest, outside Asheville, NC. Mycol is a degreed engineer specializing in habitat restoration with Florida Wildlife Commission. He's got a WWOOFer farm, teaches mycology and earth skills. More info about Finca Mycol, his off the grid haven in North Florida is at…

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Added by Michael Levin on February 19, 2012 at 6:50pm — No Comments

Frank Cook - Flow

Frank Cook discusses a concept he calls flow, which is the interrelatedness of all things in the world. Frank's work has influenced many of the people here on Zoobird, particularly Mycol Stevens, Marc Williams and the folks at the Hostel in the Forest. You'll hear people at many of the botany related festivals and gatherings mention Frank Cook…

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Added by Michael Levin on February 19, 2012 at 8:57am — 2 Comments

Florida Earthskills Gathering 2012 - The Aftermath

The 2012 Florida Earthskills Gathering is now behind us and still in our hearts, so I ask you all that attended (I couldn't make it) to please add your thoughts, impressions, hopes and desires for the future and anything else that you want to this Zoobird blog post. That includes photos (links are best),…

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Added by Michael Levin on February 11, 2012 at 10:30am — No Comments

Ethnobotany of the Pisgah Nat'l Forest in North Carolina

Check out this and the dozen or so related videos on Ethnobotany! These were recorded in the Pisgah Nat'l Forest in North…

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Added by Michael Levin on January 5, 2012 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Firefly Primitive Skills Gathering 2011

Coyote tells us about the Firefly Primitive Skills Gathering:

"We just got back from Firefly Primitive Skills Gathering in Asheville, NC and this is a summary of what we got into…

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Added by Michael Levin on July 21, 2011 at 7:00am — No Comments

Bluebird at Finca Mycol

The Irish love the spoken word...reciting poetry from memory is an admired skill...

I was at Finca Mycol (Living off the Grid)… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on October 15, 2010 at 6:43pm — No Comments

Greetings from the Congo

Hello, Zoobirds!

I'm in Brazzaville and the air is thick with all sorts of diffternt smells. Mycol Stevens could probably identify the fungi growing on the tree I see right now. There is a big trash fire spewing smoke down the road. I hear birds singing, mostly parrots. I haven't eaten yet, for a while now, since it was a… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on August 24, 2010 at 11:37am — 6 Comments

Gainesville Garden Bike Tour 2010

The Gainesville Garden Bike Tour 2010 occurred yesterday. Click the photo above to see the entire set. No, this is just a draft and you'll get more, but right now I am headed to Finca Mycol for a day of learning about sustainability with the UF Sustainability group...before it pours down rain! I'm bringing some famous Zoobird… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on April 25, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

Finca Mycol and Sustainability

Mycol Stevens has the ultimate home organic garden: 20 acres just north of Gainesville, FL. I wrote about Mycol's place on Elephant Journal here. He's cultivated his property with edible plants from all over the world. Just last weekend, Mycol taught an Ethnobotany Intensive workshop at the Forest Hostel in Brunswick, GA. If I… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on April 24, 2010 at 8:54am — No Comments

Random Thoughts

Thanks to all of you for contributing your ideas, blog posts, discussions and media to Zoobird! It's a lot of fun and informative, too, isn't it? Thanks also for inviting your friends.

Check the "Latest Activity" section at the bottom of Zoobird's homepage to see what's new in general.

I see that Bob Tuskin is having an event on web radio with… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on November 21, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

Living Off-The-Grid

Mycol giving a presentation at www.indigogreenstore.com workshop

(photo by Michael Levin www.zoobird.com)

"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination" ---Oscar Wilde

Living off-the-grid means living without public utilities like electricity. People who live off-the grid may not depend on municipal water, sewage, or natural gas. It also can mean you're self-sufficient in various ways. There are many third-world… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on October 30, 2008 at 3:30pm — No Comments

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Russian Rye, Anyone?

Have you always wanted to make your own bread? Well, here's a little article about making rye bread with a bread machine. This bread machine came from a thrift store and only cost $11.99! The ingredients to make Russian Rye were so simple you won't believe how easy it was. Enjoy!