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		<title>Garment Creation: the Sloper &amp; Block</title>
		<link>http://essentialstuff.org/index.php/2012/02/22/Cat/garment-creation-the-sloper-block/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Topics: Sewing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topics: Survival; Primitive Living]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Catherine Haug, February 12, 2012 (All diagrams and sketches by C. Haug, unless otherwise noted). This is the second article in a series. See Making Simple Garments for the first article. Today, we can just go to a fabric store or online to purchase a pattern for the garment. But what if this was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Learning Opportunities at Purple Frog Gardens, Whitefish</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Topics: Agriculture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Catherine Haug, February 20, 2012 Purple Frog Gardens offers learning &#38; experience opportunities at their farm outside Whitefish: Volunteer Day is on Wednesdays from 9 AM to Noon. Work and learn, and take home a good armload of fresh produce. Contact Pam Gerwe or Mike Jopek (see contact information below) for more info. See [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Event Notice: Creston Auction &amp; County Fair, Mar 30-Apr1, 2012</title>
		<link>http://essentialstuff.org/index.php/2012/02/18/Cat/event-notice-creston-auction-county-fair-033012-040112/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 05:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events: Other]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topics: Community]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Catherine Haug, February 18, 2012 What: 46th Annual Creston Auction &#38; County Fair; a fundraiser to benefit the Creston fire Department. Sell quality, used items to support a good cause. When : Friday March 30 &#8211; Sunday April 1, 2012; see below for times Where: Creston School, MT HWy 35, 12 miles east of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GMOs: Government People who Worked for Monsanto</title>
		<link>http://essentialstuff.org/index.php/2012/02/15/Cat/gmos-government-people-who-worked-for-monsanto/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Topics: Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topics: Food & Nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topics: GMO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Catherine Haug, February 15, 2012 One of the reasons it is so hard to get our government to stop the expansion of approved GMO crops, or even to label foods containing GMO ingredients, is because so many of our government officials are former counsel to, or employees/executives of Monsanto. That&#8217;s like the fox protecting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Simple Garments</title>
		<link>http://essentialstuff.org/index.php/2012/02/13/Cat/making-simple-garments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Topics: Sewing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topics: Survival; Primitive Living]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Catherine Haug, February 10, 2012 (garment and photo of Turkish Coat, by C. Haug) For truly simple living, we need to be able to make our own clothing, perhaps even from fabric we create ourselves. People did this for centuries, making not only simple garments for everyday, but also more elaborate garments for special [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Event Notice: Gardening in Montana, with Julian Cunningham, February 18, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Projects:  Community Garden]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[from Bigfork-Ferndale Community Garden, Feb 13, 2012 What: Bigfork/Ferndale Community Garden hosts Julian Cunningham, of Swallow Crest Farm in Creston When: Saturday, February 18, 10:00 AM Where: St Patrick&#8217;s Episcopal Church, 30631 MT Hwy 209  Bigfork; across from the Ferndale Fire Station. Please enter through the basement. Who: Open to the public; no pre-registration required Additional Information: Julian’s topics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colorado&#8217;s Boulder County Outlaws GMO Crops &#8211; We can too</title>
		<link>http://essentialstuff.org/index.php/2012/02/09/Cat/colorados-boulder-county-outlaws-gmo-crops-we-can-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Topics: Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topics: Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topics: GMO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Catherine Haug, February 7, 2912 Boulder County in Colorado recently approved a transition process that would eventually ban GMO crops from county open space. This action came after citizen outcry that led to a policy recommendation crafted by the county&#8217;s Food and Agriculture Policy Council, despite fears the county would lose farmers and revenue. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Organics: New NOSB Chairman is a Montanan</title>
		<link>http://essentialstuff.org/index.php/2012/02/07/Cat/organics-new-nosb-chairman-is-a-montanan/</link>
		<comments>http://essentialstuff.org/index.php/2012/02/07/Cat/organics-new-nosb-chairman-is-a-montanan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Organics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topics: Food & Nutrition]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Catherine Haug, February 5, 2012 The NOSB, or National Organic Standard Board: Assists the Secretary of Agriculture in developing standards for substances to be used in organic production; and Advises the Secretary on other aspects of implementing the national organic program. See Montana Organic Association&#8217;s NOSB page for the summary of the NOSB&#8217;s Fall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why a Decrease in Organic Grain Production?</title>
		<link>http://essentialstuff.org/index.php/2012/02/07/Cat/why-a-decrease-in-organic-grain-production/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Organics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Catherine Haug, February 4, 2012 (photo from Wikipedia) Montana Organic Association&#8217;s Organic Matters Winter 2012 edition reports that organic grain production in Montana as well as Washington, Idaho and North Dakota is down significantly. Over 30,000 acres of Montana land has reverted to non-organic management over the past 2 years; this is over 20% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>20 Most-Healthful Foods in your Grocery Store</title>
		<link>http://essentialstuff.org/index.php/2012/02/07/Cat/20-most-healthful-foods-in-your-grocery-store/</link>
		<comments>http://essentialstuff.org/index.php/2012/02/07/Cat/20-most-healthful-foods-in-your-grocery-store/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Topics: Food & Nutrition]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Catherine Haug, February 6, 2012 With all the talk about what NOT to eat, perhaps you&#8217;d like to know what is good to eat, that you can find in your local grocer or farmers market. LiveStrong.com provides a list of 20 foods. Many of these foods help fight cancer, but then I think all [...]]]></description>
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