Category Archives: food

OKC is once again threatening the abundance of my urban garden-yard.

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Bob

Oklahoma City has served me with a code violation and is claiming that I can’t have anything taller than 18 inches between the sidewalk and the street.  This is something new, as in the 16 years I have lived here … Continue reading →

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Ten Reasons Why I’m Voting for Dr. Ed Shadid for Mayor of Oklahoma City!

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Bob

1. Dr. Ed Shadid is a real person of compassion, conviction, and responsibility. He is concerned about the future of Oklahoma City. He has kids, he wants a city for them to grow up in, a place where they will … Continue reading →

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Another Regulatory “Obamanation”!

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Bob

President Obama’s Food and Drug Administration is set to deploy another regulatory “Obamanation” if their proposed rules for implementing the Food Safety and Modernization Act are allowed to go into effect.  Below is a press release from the Oklahoma Food … Continue reading →

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Why I’m going to Des Moines to Occupy the World Food Prize.

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Bob

I am headed out in a few hours by bus to Des Moines, Iowa to Occupy the World Food Prize. I don’t travel casually any more, so it takes something to get me out of Oklahoma and onto a bus … Continue reading →

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An open letter to the unknown person(s) who took my rosemary bush.

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Bob

I hope you really needed and will truly enjoy and appreciate the rosemary arp bush you took from my yard.  It was one of the first plants that I put into the ground here 14 years ago and it was … Continue reading →

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OKC’s new drought watering plan: sacrificing food gardens for swimming pools?

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Bob

The City sent everyone in town a brochure this week describing the new City contingency plans for watering restrictions during drought.  At first glance, it looks reasonable, even prudent, but there’s a big bamboozling devil in its details, and that … Continue reading →

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Ten years of drought susceptibility ahead of us.

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Bob

The Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts and the Oklahoma Conference of Churches have partnered on a project to encourage people to pray for rain to end the drought.  Some here in central Oklahoma may be wondering “What Drought?” but that … Continue reading →

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iPermie now on sale!

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Bob

My new book, iPermie! How to permaculture your urban lifestyle, is now on sale at these fine online sources.  Only $1.99! for 14 sections, 248 chapters, 399,000 words! http://www.ipermie.net https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/271541 Amazon Kindle Apple Store Kobo Versent eBooks Bookmark on DeliciousDigg … Continue reading →

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And here’s the rest of the story.

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Bob

And here’s the rest of the story. We didn’t get 23 drivers for the Oscar Romero Catholic Worker House November 2012 delivery day that I thought we needed, but we did get enough that all the deliveries were done as … Continue reading →

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An Open Letter to Oklahoma Conservatives

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Bob

Brandon Dutcher, of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, threw down a gauntlet today in a column in the Daily Oklahoman — It’s Time To do Something Great!  He notes the extraordinary lack of vision among Oklahoma Republicans, who dominate … Continue reading →

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