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This paper is part 1 of a two-part study that evaluates the climatic effects of recent landscape change for one of the nation's most rapidly expanding metropolitan complexes, the Greater Phoenix, Arizona, region. The region's landscape evolution over an approximate 30-year period since the early 1970s is documented on the basis of analyses of Landsat images and land use/land cover (LULC) data sets derived from aerial photography (1973) and Landsat (1992 and 2001). High-resoultion, Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS), simulations (2-km grid spacing) are used in conjunction with consistently defined land cover data sets and associated biophysical parameters for the circa 1973, circa 1992, and circa 2001 time periods to quantify the impacts of intensive land use changes on the July surface temperatures and the surface radiation and energy budgets for the Greater Phoenix region.
The main findings are as follows: since the early 1970s the region's landscape has been altered by a significant increase in urban/suburban land area, primarily at the expense of decreasing plots of irrigated agriculture and secondarily by the conversion of seminatural shrubland. Mean regional temperatures for the circa 2001 landscape were 0.12C warmer than the circe 1973 landscape, with maximum temperature differences, located over regions of greatest urbanization, in excess of 1C. The significant reduction in irrigated agriculture, for the circa 2001 relative to the circa 1973 landscape, resulted in dew point temperature decreases in excess of 1C. The effect of distinct land use conversion themes (e.g., conversion from irrigated agriculture to urban land) was also examined to evaluate how the most important conversion themes have each contributed to the region's change climate.
The two urbanization themes studied (from an initial landscape of irrigated agriculture and seminatural shrubland) have the greatest positive effect on near-surface temperature, increasing maximum daily temperatures by 1C. Overall, sensible heat flux differences between the circa 2001 and circa 1973 landscapes result in a 1 Wm-2 increase in domain-wide sensible heating, and a similar order of magnitude decrease in latent heating, highlighting the importance of surface repartitioning in establishing near-surface temperature trends. In part 2 of this study, we address the role of the surface budget changes on the mesoscale dynamics/thermodynamics, in context of the large-scale environment.

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Jake Kiddell shares the cotton t-shirt, representative of fashion clothing that has some of the shortest lifetimes ever known. Cotton helped start Britain’s Industrial Revolution, with its ‘ghost hectares’ of colonial cotton plantations echoed today in environmental conditions of reduced water availability and quality where cotton is grown and processed.
Museum of the Anthropocene: Cotton-based T-shirt
Consider yourself. What are you wearing today? You may think of a style or a brand name that represents your clothes — but look deeper. What materials encompass the matter which makes up these objects of clothing? Cotton, viscose, something else? Deeper still, what do these materials represent? Where do they come from? What have they seen? What stories can they tell us about the progress of humanity into the new geological epoch we call the Anthropocene?
Historically, cotton can tell us many things about the Anthropocene. Following the Columbian encounter in 1492, the empires of Europe began expanding their influence on land and people. It was in many of these new colonies, southern and south-eastern Asia for Britain, where cotton was grown.
These cotton plantations acted as ‘ghost-hectares’ for the British Isles. Britain could never hope to produce domestic cotton for profit due to poor growing conditions and limited land space. However, by growing cotton elsewhere in the empire, land and labour could be spared at home while exploiting it overseas.
In some ways the Industrial Revolution can be said to have begun with cotton as James Arkwright’s factory, built in 1771 and the first of its kind, was made to sew cotton into cloth. This same cloth could then be crafted further into clothing or other fabric products. These historical points demonstrate how cotton can be used to visualise the Anthropocene impacts of these processes today.
Political issues arise from the production of clothing through forms of unequal exchange, on both a global and sometimes local level. Globally cotton is produced in many areas which are lacking in water, such as Egypt, and cotton being a water-intensive crop only exacerbates this problem.
The environmental hardship of reduced water availability and quality is felt where the cotton is grown and processed. However, the largest benefits are felt elsewhere on the planet where the final clothing product is sold. This is a modern process of unequal ecological exchange very similar to the British ‘ghost-hectares’ of old.
Locally, factories producing viscose for clothing, in industrialising nations such as China generate many environmental pollutants — particularly those affecting water, and to a lesser extent air. This contaminated water then affects the communities surrounding factories, leaving people with a worsened quality of life which the factory will rarely be held accountable for and sometimes outright deny. Once again, those benefitting most from the production of clothing are not the same as those feeling the greatest environmental effects.
Clothing is entwined in a modern culture of consumption. In current times, clothes are seeing some of the shortest lifetimes ever known as some articles of clothing are only worn a few times before being discarded. Continuing this culture of fast fashion is only likely to enhance other environmental issues with clothing production.
Looking at your own clothing again, is it better to be looking into the past or into the future of the Anthropocene?
The cotton-based t-shirt was contributed by Jake Kiddell. Jake is an avid geographer with wide-ranging interests often focused on cleaner, greener, more sustainable futures. “After finishing my bachelors degree I am hoping to continue with further study into sustainability and the environment through similar lenses of history, politics, and culture as used in this piece of work.”


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LUCKNOW: Reacting sharply to Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's demand for free treatment of black fungus, the Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday asked him to come out of his "self-conceived notions" and accept the arrangements made for the benefit of people in the state.
In an official release, UP government spokesperson Sidharth Nath Singh asked Yadav to come out of his self-conceived notions and accept the ground reality of arrangements made by the government.
The SP leader is no longer aware of the problems faced by the people and he should step out of his "comfort zone" to see the reality, Singh said.
In a tweet, Yadav had said that the BJP government in UP had made tall claims of paying for the treatment of coronavirus patients in private hospitals.
"Now, the BJP government should put out how many public bills have been paid so far. The government should show the data in front of the public. Along with this, the government should also immediately announce free treatment of black fungus cases," the former chief minister said in a tweet in Hindi.
To this, Singh said, "The problem with Akhilesh Yadav is that his politics is just confined to Twitter, far away from people and their issues.
It is high time, he stepped out of his comfort zone to see reality and accept it." The Minister for Micro, Small and Medium enterprises (MSME) added that Yadav should stop his deliberate attempts in defaming the UP government for his "petty political gains".
He further said it was extremely shocking to hear that a political leader is not even aware that all the patients with mucormycosis (black fungus) or any post COVID illness are being treated free of cost and the expenses have been covered by the state government.
Lashing out at the SP chief, Singh said, "Unlike what used to happen during SP's tenure, the people are being directly benefited under the Yogi Adityanath regime." The state government is continuously covering the cost of treatment of patients moved from COVID command centres to private hospitals.
"The government is working for the people by being among them. Akhilesh Yadav is tweeting while sitting in AC rooms in the house. He should himself visit the medical institutions and then come to any kind of conclusion," Singh added.

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Sidhu Born Subhdeep Singh Sidhu on June 11, 1993, Moose Wala rose to prominence as a rapper, songwriter, actor, politician, and international sensation after emerging from the remote countryside of Punjab, India. Well, In this blog we are going to know the complete Sidhu Moose Wala biography in the given below post.
Sidhu Moose Wala Biography
Sidhu Moose Wala was an Indian artist, lyricist, politician, and actor who was born in Musa village in Punjab on June 11, 1993. Moosewala’s full name was Subhdeep Singh Sidhu. To further his studies, he enrolled in the Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College in Ludhiana. It was there that he earned his electrical engineering B.Tech in 2016. Sidhu Moose Wala has been influenced by rapper Tupac Shakur since he was a young child.
In sixth grade, he became interested in hip-hop music. He later studied music with Harvinder Bittu in Ludhiana. He relocated to Brampton in the Ontario province of Canada after earning his diploma. He started off penning the lyrics to the popular song “License.” The music was sung by Ninja. He did a lot of live performances in Canada as well. He went back to India in 2018 and began making his debut in the Punjabi music industry.
He became well-known all around the world for his song “So High.” His debut album, “PBX 1,” which was later made public, peaked at number 66 on the Billboard Canadian Albums Chart. Additionally, his song “47” charted in the United Kingdom. He made his acting debut in the Punjabi film Yes I Am Student, which was produced by his firm, Jatt Life Studios. He made appearances in films Teri Meri Jodi (2019) and Gunah (2020). He performed in Jattan Da Munda Gaun Lagya and Moosa Jatt, two Punjabi films.
Sidhu Moose Wala used to live in his hamlet of Moosa since he was very connected to it. He had a close relationship with his grandmother. That’s what his grandmother pushed him to do. Afsana Khan, Amrit Maan, and Gippy Grewal, among others, noted that Sidhu Moose Wala’s demeanor differed significantly from his musical compositions. Sidhu Moose Wala and Karan Aujla got into a spat, responding to each other on social media, in live performances, and songs. Due to their performances of songs that promote violence, both performers have drawn criticism. Sidhu Moose Wala’s former colleague Elly Mangat states that once the management of Aujla saw the leaked video of Sidhu Moose Wala disrespecting them in one of his songs, they threatened to beat Sidhu Moose Wala.
This is how the argument between the two singers began. Following the meeting, they both started pursuing each other on social media. Although Sidhu Moose Wala’s work was highly appreciated, he refrained from discussing their rivalry.
It was believed that Sidhu Moose Wala’s total net worth was more than 31 crores. In the Punjabi music scene, he was a well-known vocalist. He performed most of the popular songs. His main sources of revenue were live performances, motion pictures, and television appearances. He also has over 10 million users on YouTube, where he used to make a lot of money by submitting videos. He was one of the most-paid Punjabi singers in the industry. In a single month, Sidhu earned almost 35 lakhs. For a song, he used to demand anywhere from 6 to 8 lakh rupees. Furthermore, he had a live performance fee of up to 20 lakh rupees. He used to make a ton of money by endorsing a lot of different companies.
In 2017, Sidhu Moose Wala and Byg Byrd released “So High,” a gangster rap song that became his breakthrough hit. The song “Tochan” by Sidhu Moose Wala was released in May 2018. He was nominated for “Issa Jatt” in the Best New Age Sensation category at the 2018 PTC Punjabi Music Awards. In October of 2018, Sidhu Moose Wala’s debut album, PBX 1, featuring pop music with a hip-hop tinge, was released. It made it possible for him to win the Brit Asia TV Music Awards‘ Best Album category in 2019.
“Mafia Style” by Sidhu Moose Wala was released after “East Side Flow.” Unfortunate incidents during his previous concerts forced the cancellation of his scheduled June 2019 engagement at the Surrey Music Festival. Published in Sidhu Moose Wala’s song “Sohne Lagde,” a collaboration with The PropheC. His music for Sikander 2, “Hathyar,” was also released in that same month. In August of 2019, Bohemia collaborated with Sidhu Moose Wala on the song “Same Beef”. In December 2019, Sidhu Moose Wala released the single “Dhakka,” which marked the end of the year. He released the song “Dear Mama” in the same month to commemorate his mother’s birthday.
After debuting in the top 50 in Canada and New Zealand, the song reached its highest position on the Apple Music chart in India at number one. The September 2020 release of “Game,” a song by Sidhu Moose Wala and Shooter Kahlon, is their first hit to chart on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 chart. The singles from the album peaked at the top of various additional charts, such as the New Zealand Hot Singles List, the Canada Hot 100, and the Billboard Global 200. The first Indian musician to perform at this festival was Sidhu Moose Wala. It debuted at number 73 on the Billboard Top Canadian Albums list.
“Levels” peaked at number 195, “The Last Ride” at number 103, and “295” at number 73 on the Billboard Global Excl. His song “SYL” reached a posthumous peak in June 2022 at positions 27, 81, 3, and 200 on the Global Excl.
When Charan Kaur, his mother, was elected Sarpanch of Moosa village in December 2018, Sidhu Moose Wala aggressively backed her. On December 3, 2021, Sidhu Moose Wala became a member of the Indian National Congress to run for the Punjab Legislative Assembly in 2022. Mansa’s congressman, Nazar Singh Manshahia, rebelled and declined Sidhu Moose Wala‘s nomination.
Even though Sidhu Moose Wala of the Mansa constituency received only 20.52% of the vote, Vijay Singla of the Aam Aadmi Party defeated him by a margin of 63,323. Sidhu Moose Wala was charged with breaking the electoral code of conduct during the 2022 election, so contravening Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code.
In his song “Scapegoat,” which was released on April 11, 2022, Sidhu Moose Wala bemoaned his loss in the Punjab state assembly elections. The Punjabi members of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) were allegedly called “gaddar” (traitors) by Sidhu Moose Wala in his song for their support of the AAP. Furthermore, they asserted that Sidhu Moose Wala’s song supports the “anti-Punjab” stance of the Indian National Congress.


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ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Artist Jim Hutchinson, 81, works on a portrait He Dog, a BrulÃ© Sioux Indian, while in his home studio in Stuart on Wednesday November 27th. Hutchinson, who has bee inducted into the Florida Artist Hall of Fame, spent four years living with Seminole Indians in his younger days.
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Optimization problems in non - equilibrium thermodynamics: Methods and resultsAuthor(s): Ivan Sukin
Thermodynamics estimates for ultimate capacity of various systems exist for a long time. Such estimates include Carnot effi ciency and Gibbs minimum work of separation. These classical estimates do not take irreversibility into account. Sources of the irreversibility are heat and mass transfer phenomena. For some processes, such as the heat transfer, classical estimates simple do not make any sense, since the process is suffi ciently irreversible. These problems lead to the creation of the fi nite-time thermodynamics, which divides the system into union internally reversible subsystems. The interaction of these subsystems is irreversible and leads to the entropy generation. One could solve optimization problems within this framework. The general approach is following: 1. Write the balance equations. These are mass, energy and entropy balances. The entropy balance equation contains the entropy generation. 2. Minimize the entropy generation for given system structure and fl uxes. 3.Construct the feasible set of the system, substituting the minimum entropy generation into balance equations. The talk summarizes solutions of the abovementioned problems for systems of heat and mass transfer, chemical reactions, separation processes, heating and cooling engines.


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US doughnut maker and retailer Krispy Kreme has named Stephen Cooper as its new CEO, replacing Scott Livengood who has retired from the position of chairman, president and CEO of the company.
Krispy Kreme said the management change was one of a number of “important actions to address the company’s current situation”. The company has been struggling over the last year, with US sales hit by the popularity of low-carbohydrate diets.
Steven Panagos has been named president and chief operating officer. Cooper is the chairman and Panagos is a managing director of Kroll Zolfo Cooper, which the company has retained to be its financial advisor and interim management consultant.
James Morgan, who has served as a director of Krispy Kreme since July 2000 and vice chairman since March 2004, has been elected chairman of the board of Krispy Kreme. In addition, Robert Strickland, a Krispy Kreme director since 1998, has been elected vice chairman.
The company also announced that the results for its fourth quarter ending 30 January 2005 have been, and may continue to be, adversely impacted by significant sales declines. For the eight weeks ended 26 December 2004, systemwide and company average weekly sales per factory store have decreased approximately 18% and 25%, respectively, compared to the corresponding weeks of the prior year.
Krispy Kreme said results are also being adversely affected by legal and regulatory costs, and the company warned it may report a loss for the current quarter.


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MMDA to motorists: Expect traffic jam along España Blvd from Oct 1-6
MANILA, Philippines — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Wednesday advised motorists of possible traffic build-up along España Boulevard in the city of Manila due to scheduled roadworks from October 1-6.
According to the MMDA, the Department of Public Works and Highways will conduct road repairs from Extremadura Street to M. Dela Fuente Street on España Boulevard.
The affected roads, the MMDA said, would not be closed to traffic as the repairs would be done in portions, according to the MMDA.
“Motorists are advised to expect traffic build-up in the area within the duration of the road repair and take alternate routes,” the MMDA said.
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MIRI, June 9: Telang Usan State assemblyman Dennis Ngau has described Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg’s “jab first, register later” policy for rural folks as the best approach to encourage people to get vaccinated.
“This will help ramp up the vaccination drive, especially in rural areas, otherwise people have difficulties (getting vaccinated),” he opined on Wednesday when contacted.
With more than 1,000 people in Telang Usan constituency having received their first and second dose of Covid-19 vaccines out of 4,000 of those who have registered via the MySejahtera app, the recent announcement by the Chief Minister is most welcome in order to encourage more people to get vaccinated, Dennis said.
For the record, Telang Usan constituency has a total population of over 25,000 people.
Dennis described the walk-in approach as a brilliant strategy by the State government to inoculate rural folks as fast as possible in order to achieve herd immunity against Covid-19.
Dennis pointed out that getting vaccinated in rural areas was difficult, with many logistic challenges, as most folks have no smartphones in order to register through the MySejahtera app for the vaccines.
Currently, only one vaccination centre (PPV) is operating within Telang Usan constituency, in Long Lama.
However, beginning June 12, two PPVs will be open for to administer the vaccines.
These two PPVs are the Long Bedian and Long San Health Clinics.
When asked on whether the PPV in Long Lama was facing any manpower shortage in handling the vaccination process, Dennis said, that so far, they have sufficient manpower capacity. — DayakDaily


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This is the poem from brothers Ameen Misran, one of Langit Illahi.com members. This poem also give me one spirit and I don't know where is come but what my heart said "A gift for me" a gift from Allah to me is my lovely mum.
Title: A gift for me
Performer: Ameen Misran
You are a gift to me,
you are a living inspiration for all of humanity.
You are a mother,
You are a sister,
you are a daughter,
you are a wife,
but whoever you are,
you certainly give life.
You were the first one to listen to my maiden cry,
you were the one who raised me without questioning why.
You are the sholder for me to cry on,
You were the one who corrected me when I was wrong.
You are a gift to me from the start,
how can I not love you with all my heart?
The prophet said "Ashabi kan nujum,"
"My companions are like stars",
choose whoever star you want to be and never be doomed.
Be like Khadijah, Aisyah, Hafsa, Safiyyah,
the best women with best names,
who astounded the world with their fiery flames.
Who says that you are weaklings?
You are no different from us,
you are mujahids in feministic beings.
You don't deserve to bear a child of an infertile man,
you do not deserve to be taken away by absurd gentlemen.
Your love is too sacred,
Only those who are qualified are able to make it.
No poetry in the world can describe my feelings when I see you dress up properly,
no word can define how I feel when I see your shyness in preservation but firmness in determination.
You are blessings in disguise,
You are valuable manisfestations,
priceless creations and you should know that.
Now, I beg you,
you will never give up,
you will never just quit,
you will never give in,
you will never submit.
You truly are a gift to me,
A gift to us all of humanity,
The future of Islam is in your hands,
it begins from where you stand.


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Speaking during the launch MCL managing director, Bakari Machumu said the initiative intends to provide relevant content that would show farmers that agriculture was a productive undertaking and that it remains the backbone of Tanzania’s economy. It is an initiative that will see MCL acting as a content creator while Vodacom Tanzania takes the role of communication platforms that enables agricultural information to reach farmers more quickly.
“What we have witnessed today has not just come suddenly. We started with Mwananchi Thought Leadership Forum (MTLF),” he said, noting that after collecting views from various agriculture stakeholders, the company then came up with ‘initiative.
While publishing several informative, well researched and articulate articles on crops that are currently making a change in lives of Tanzanians under the ‘Seeds of Gold’ banner, the company kept receiving more views from stakeholders. The views focused primarily on the need for MCL to come up with solution based reporting for farmers.
“Thus, with the launch of Farm Clinic, we promise to focus on creating content that will bring opportunities to youth so they can join the farming fraternity and thus bring about an agricultural revolution,” said Machumu.
On his part, Vodacom Tanzania’s acting managing director Hilda Bujiku said the telecommunication firm values the contribution of technology in developing a nation hence the need for partnerships in realizing the noble goal to accelerate the growth of the agricultural sector.
“Through the launched Farm Clinic, we intend to come up with a platform whereby farmers will be registered so that we can know their total population in the country. This also helps the government to solve and identify various challenges that farmers face,” she said.
Source link : https://farmersreviewafrica.com/tanzania-mcl-and-vodacom-launch-farm-clinic/
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Venus Optics has released another new Laowa lens for full-frame sensor cameras. This time, it’s a compact, yet wide Constant Aperture Zoom.
The lens offers an ultra-wide 84°-121.9° field of view, with a minimum focusing distance of just under six inches (15cm).
Made of 15 elements in 11 groups, including 2 aspherical elements and 3 ED elements, the 12-24mm constant F5.6 aperture zoom offers a 5-bladed iris, which creates 10-point Sunstar bokeh.
With a constant aperture of f5.6 iris, the lens maintains a consistent lens speed up and down the focal length, giving photographers one less thing to manage when shooting manual. Users can step down the lens to F22 if desired.
The 12-24mm F5.6 doesn’t enjoy the addition of Laowa’s popular Zero-D anti-distortion lens coatings, however, but the company says that even without them, the overall performance keeps distortion to an absolute minimum.
The lens does have a water and dust repelling “Frog-eye” coating, however, for all-weather protection against the elements.
Compact and light in construction, the lens measures about 2.73 inches by 3.30 inches, and weighs just over a pound (497g), making it a solid option for runners and gunners looking for an easy-to-carry lens out in the field.
The filter size is 77mm, and in a rare instance, Venus Optics has made the lens accept screw-on filters, with an adapter ring that also acts as a small lens hood.
The 12-24mm F5.6 is a completely manual affair, however, with three rings for focusing, a zoom ring that is measured in 2mm increments from 12mm-24mm, and an aperture ring that enables users to select from F5.6 to F22.
The focusing ring measures in both imperial (feet) and metric ranges.
The 12-24mm F5.6 constant aperture zoom lens is available for Leica M mount, Sony E mount, Nikon Z mount, and Canon RF mount platforms.
The retail price is listed at $649 for most mounts, with the Leica M mount getting a $50 bump to $699 because … well, it’s Leica.
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this is a CLOSED species until I finish the ref sheet for this type of pony. It will then become a open species afterwards.
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At the beginning of the 1830s, nearly 125,000 Native Americans lived on millions of acres of land in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Florida–land their ancestors had occupied and cultivated for generations. By the end of the decade, very few natives remained anywhere in the southeastern United States.
Working on behalf of white settlers who wanted to grow cotton on the Indians’ land, the federal government forced them to leave their homelands and walk hundreds or even thousands of miles to a specially designated “Indian territory” across the Mississippi River (where Oklahoma is today). This difficult and sometimes deadly journey is known as the Trail of Tears.
When many people think of the Native American Trail of Tears, they think of the Cherokee tribe, but there were other tribes who also had a “Trail of Tears.” All of the “Civilized Tribes” were removed.
The “Indian Problem”
White Americans, particularly those who lived on the western frontier, often feared and resented the Native Americans they encountered. To them, American Indians seemed to be an unfamiliar, alien people who occupied land that white settlers wanted (and believed they deserved).
Some officials in the early years of the American republic, such as President George Washington, believed that the best way to solve this “Indian problem” was simply to “civilize” the Native Americans. The goal of this civilization campaign was to make Native Americans as much like white Americans as possible by encouraging them convert to Christianity, learn to speak and read English, and adopt European-style economic practices such as the individual ownership of land and other property (including, in some instances in the South, African slaves).
In the southeastern United States, many Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, Creek and Cherokee people embraced these customs and became known as the “Five Civilized Tribes.”
But their land, located in parts of Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, Florida and Tennessee, was valuable, and it grew to be more coveted as white settlers flooded the region. Many of these whites yearned to make their fortunes by growing cotton, and they did not care how “civilized” their native neighbors were.
They wanted that land and they would do almost anything to get it. They stole livestock; burned and looted houses and towns; and squatted on land that did not belong to them.
State governments joined in this effort to drive Native Americans out of the South. Several states passed laws limiting Native American sovereignty and rights and encroaching on their territory.
In a few cases, such as Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) and Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the U.S. Supreme Court objected to these practices and affirmed that native nations were sovereign nations “in which the laws of Georgia [and other states] can have no force.” Even so, the maltreatment continued. As President Andrew Jackson noted in 1832, if no one intended to enforce the Supreme Court’s rulings (which he certainly did not), then the decisions would “[fall]…still born.”
Southern states were determined to take ownership of Indian lands and would go to great lengths to secure this territory.
The Trail of Tears Begins with Choctaw Indian Removal
Andrew Jackson had long been an advocate of what he called “Indian removal.” As an Army general, he had spent years leading brutal campaigns against the Creeks in Georgia and Alabama and the Seminoles in Florida–campaigns that resulted in the transfer of hundreds of thousands of acres of land from Indian nations to white farmers.
As president, he continued this crusade. In 1830, he signed the Indian Removal Act, which gave the federal government the power to exchange Native-held land in the cotton kingdom east of the Mississippi for land to the west, in the “Indian colonization zone” that the United States had acquired as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
The law required the government to negotiate removal treaties fairly, voluntarily and peacefully. It did not permit the president or anyone else to coerce Native nations into giving up their land. However, President Jackson and his government frequently ignored the letter of the law and forced Native Americans to vacate lands they had lived on for generations.
In the winter of 1831, under threat of invasion by the U.S. Army, the Choctaw became the first nation to be expelled from its land altogether.
Nearly 17,000 Choctaws together with 1000 slaves made the move to what would be called Indian Territory. After ceding nearly 11,000,000 acres (45,000 km2), the Choctaw emigrated in three stages: the first in the fall of 1831, the second in 1832 and the last in 1833. This period included the devastating winter blizzard of 1830-31 and the cholera epidemic of 1832. They made the journey to Indian territory on foot (some “bound in chains and marched double file,” one historian wrote) and without any food, supplies or other help from the government. About 2,500 to 6,000 people died along the way. It was, one Choctaw leader told an Alabama newspaper, a “trail of tears and death.”
The Choctaw removal continued throughout the 19th century. In 1846 another 1,000 Choctaw were removed, and in 1903 another 300 Mississippi Choctaws were persuaded to move to the Nation in Oklahoma. Only 1,665 Choctaws remained in Mississippi.
The Creek Trail of Tears
After the War of 1812, some Muscogee leaders such as William McIntosh signed treaties that ceded more land to Georgia. The 1814 signing of the Treaty of Fort Jackson signaled the end for the Creek Nation and for all Indians in the South. Friendly Creek leaders, like Selocta and Big Warrior, addressed Sharp Knife (the Indian nickname for Andrew Jackson) and reminded him that they keep the peace. Nevertheless, Jackson retorted that they did not “cut (Tecumseh’s) throat” when they had the chance, so they must now cede Creek lands. Jackson also ignored Article 9 of the Treaty of Ghent that restored sovereignty to Indians and their nations.
“Jackson opened this first peace session by faintly acknowledging the help of the friendly Creeks. That done, he turned to the Red Sticks and admonished them for listening to evil counsel. For their crime, he said, the entire Creek Nation must pay. He demanded the equivalent of all expenses incurred by the United States in prosecuting the war, which by his calculation came to 23,000,000 acres (93,000 km2) of land.” – Robert V. Remini, Andrew Jackson
Eventually, the Creek Confederacy enacted a law that made further land cessions a capital offense. Nevertheless, on February 12, 1825, McIntosh and other chiefs signed the Treaty of Indian Springs, which gave up most of the remaining Creek lands in Georgia. After the U.S. Senate ratified the treaty, McIntosh was assassinated on May 13, 1825, by Creeks led by Menawa.
The Creek National Council, led by Opothle Yohola, protested to the United States that the Treaty of Indian Springs was fraudulent. President John Quincy Adams was sympathetic, and eventually the treaty was nullified in a new agreement, the Treaty of Washington (1826).
The historian R. Douglas Hurt wrote, “The Creeks had accomplished what no Indian nation had ever done or would do again — achieve the annulment of a ratified treaty.” However, Governor Troup of Georgia ignored the new treaty and began to forcibly remove the Indians under the terms of the earlier treaty. At first, President Adams attempted to intervene with federal troops, but Troup called out the militia, and Adams, fearful of a civil war, conceded. As he explained to his intimates, “The Indians are not worth going to war over.”
Although the Creeks had been forced from Georgia, with many Lower Creeks moving to the Indian Territory, there were still about 20,000 Upper Creeks living in Alabama. However, the state moved to abolish tribal governments and extend state laws over the Creeks. Opothle Yohola appealed to the administration of President Andrew Jackson for protection from Alabama; when none was forthcoming, the Treaty of Cusseta was signed on March 24, 1832, which divided up Creek lands into individual allotments.
Creeks could either sell their allotments and receive funds to remove to the west, or stay in Alabama and submit to state laws. The Creeks were never given a fair chance to comply with the terms of the treaty, however. Rampant illegal settlement of their lands by Americans continued unabated with federal and state authorities unable or unwilling to do much to halt it.
Further, as recently detailed by historian Billy Winn in his thorough chronicle of the events leading to removal, a variety of fraudulent schemes designed to cheat the Creeks out of their allotments, many of them organized by speculators operating out of Columbus, Georgia and Montgomery, Alabama, were perpetrated after the signing of the Treaty of Cusseta.
A portion of the beleaguered Creeks, many desperately poor and feeling abused and oppressed by their American neighbors, struck back by carrying out occasional raids on area farms and committing other isolated acts of violence. Escalating tensions erupted into open war with the United States following the destruction of the village of Roanoke, Georgia, located along the Chattahoochee River on the boundary between Creek and American territory, in May 1836.
During the so-called “Creek War of 1836” Secretary of War Lewis Cass dispatched General Winfield Scott to end the violence by forcibly removing the Creeks to the Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River. In 1836, the federal government drove over 15,000 Creeks from their land for the last time. Of those who set out for Oklahoma, 3,500 did not survive the trip.
Seminole Wars and Removal
The U.S. acquired Florida from Spain via the Adams–Onís Treaty and took possession in 1821. In 1832 the Seminoles were called to a meeting at Payne’s Landing on the Ocklawaha River. The treaty negotiated called for the Seminoles to move west, if the land were found to be suitable.
They were to be settled on the Creek reservation and become part of the Creek tribe, who considered them deserters; some of the Seminoles had been derived from Creek bands but also from other tribes. Those among the tribe who once were members of Creek bands did not wish to move west to where they were certain that they would meet death for leaving the main band of Creek Indians.
The delegation of seven chiefs who were to inspect the new reservation did not leave Florida until October 1832. After touring the area for several months and conferring with the Creeks who had already settled there, the seven chiefs signed a statement on March 28, 1833 that the new land was acceptable.
Upon their return to Florida, however, most of the chiefs renounced the statement, claiming that they had not signed it, or that they had been forced to sign it, and in any case, that they did not have the power to decide for all the tribes and bands that resided on the reservation. The villages in the area of the Apalachicola River were more easily persuaded, however, and went west in 1834.
On December 28, 1835 a group of Seminoles and blacks ambushed a U.S. Army company marching from Fort Brooke in Tampa to Fort King in Ocala, killing all but three of the 110 army troops. This came to be known as the Dade Massacre.
As the realization that the Seminoles would resist relocation sank in, Florida began preparing for war. The St. Augustine Militia asked the War Department for the loan of 500 muskets. Five hundred volunteers were mobilized under Brig. Gen. Richard K. Call. Indian war parties raided farms and settlements, and families fled to forts, large towns, or out of the territory altogether.
A war party led by Osceola captured a Florida militia supply train, killing eight of its guards and wounding six others. Most of the goods taken were recovered by the militia in another fight a few days later. Sugar plantations along the Atlantic coast south of St. Augustine were destroyed, with many of the slaves on the plantations joining the Seminoles.
Other warchiefs such as Halleck Tustenuggee, Jumper, and Black Seminoles Abraham and John Horse continued the Seminole resistance against the army. The war ended, after a full decade of fighting, in 1842. The U.S. government is estimated to have spent about $20,000,000 on the war, at the time an astronomical sum, and equal to $496,344,828 today.
Many Indians were forcibly exiled to Creek lands west of the Mississippi; others retreated into the Everglades. In the end, the government gave up trying to subjugate the Seminole in the Everglades and left fewer than 100 Seminoles in peace. However, other scholars state that at least several hundred Seminoles remained in the Everglades after the Seminole Wars.
As a result of the Seminole Wars, the surviving Seminole band of the Everglades claims to be the only federally recognized tribe which never relinquished sovereignty or signed a peace treaty with the United States.
Chickasaw Receive Compensation for Removal to Indian Territory
Resisting European-American settlers encroaching on their territory, the Chickasaw were forced by the US to sell their country in the 1832 Treaty of Pontotoc Creek and move to Indian Territory. Between 1832 and 1837, the Chickasaw would make further negotiations and arrangements for their removal.
Unlike other tribes who received land grants in exchange for ceding territory, the Chickasaw held out for financial compensation: they were to receive $3 million U.S. dollars from the United States for their lands east of the Mississippi River. In 1836 after a bitter five-year debate within the tribe, the Chickasaw had reached an agreement to purchase land in Indian Territory from the previously removed Choctaw. They paid the Choctaw $530,000 for the westernmost part of their land. The first group of Chickasaw moved in 1837. For nearly 30 years, the US did not pay the Chickasaw the $3 million it owed them for their historic territory in the Southeast.
The Chickasaw gathered at Memphis, Tennessee, on July 4, 1837, with all of their portable assets: belongings, livestock, and enslaved African Americans. Three thousand and one Chickasaw crossed the Mississippi River, following routes established by the Choctaw and Creek. More than 500 Chickasaw died of dysentery and smallpox on the way to Indian Territory.
The Cherokee were the last to travel the Trail of Tears
The Cherokee people were divided. What was the best way to handle the government’s determination to get its hands on their territory? Some wanted to stay and fight. Others thought it was more pragmatic to agree to leave in exchange for money and other concessions.
In 1835, a few self-appointed representatives of the Cherokee nation negotiated the Treaty of New Echota, which traded all Cherokee land east of the Mississippi for $5 million, relocation assistance and compensation for lost property. To the federal government, the treaty was a done deal, but many of the Cherokee felt betrayed. After all, the negotiators did not represent the tribal government or anyone else.
“The instrument in question is not the act of our nation,” wrote the nation’s principal chief, John Ross, in a letter to the U.S. Senate protesting the treaty.
“We are not parties to its covenants; it has not received the sanction of our people.” Nearly 16,000 Cherokees signed Ross’s petition, but Congress approved the treaty anyway.
By 1838, only about 2,000 Cherokees had left their Georgia homeland for Indian territory. President Martin Van Buren sent General Winfield Scott and 7,000 soldiers to expedite the removal process.
Scott and his troops forced the Cherokee into stockades at bayonet point while whites looted their homes and belongings. Some were able to flee and hide in the mountains, and decendants of those Cherokee are known today as the Eastern Cherokee.
Those that were located were marched more than 1,200 miles to Indian territory. Whooping cough, typhus, dysentery, cholera and starvation were epidemic along the way, and historians estimate that more than 5,000 Cherokee died as a result of the journey.
By 1840, tens of thousands of Native Americans had been driven off of their land in the southeastern states and forced to move across the Mississippi to Indian territory. The federal government promised that their new land would remain unmolested forever, but as the line of white settlement pushed westward, “Indian country” shrank and shrank. In 1907, Oklahoma became a state and Indian territory was gone for good.

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The Word on the Lake Writers Festival is less than two weeks away! Hooray!
A talented group of presenters has been assembled for the enlightenment and enjoyment of writers and readers.
Sessions include both skill development workshops and open forums with presenters, based on questions and answers in a relaxed and intimate setting.
This year, the festival has moved westward to the Sorrento Retreat & Conference Centre at 1159 Passchendaele Road.
Congratulations to Lynne Stonier-Newman, who signed on during Earlybird Registration and won a basket of goodies worth $200! The prize will be awarded at the festival.
But fear not, you can still join us. Regular registration will continue until April 24. Just go to www.wordonthelakewritersfestival.com.
Café Lit, the festival’s kick-off event takes place Friday from 7 to 10 p.m. and will feature presenters reading from their work.
Access is included in the weekend pass, and members of the public are welcome to attend. Tickets are $20 and will be available at the door. Refreshments will be available.
Café Lit will feature the following presenters: national and International bestselling author Gail Anderson-Dargatz; Canadian writer Kelley Armstrong; comedian, author and actor Charlie Demers; writer, scholar, researcher and grandmother Norma Dunning a; fiction writer, poet, and children's author Anne Fleming; writer, producer, script analyst, story editor and teacher Kat Montagu; multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and storyteller Ed Peekeekoot; author Jacqueline Turner and multiple award-winning playwright, screenwriter, TV showrunner and novelist Ian Weir.
Members of the public are also invited to attend Saturday Night Live, a gala at the Sorrento Centre’s kekuli. Enjoy the comedy of Charlie Demers, stories and songs with Ed Peekeekoot and a ukulele singalong with Anne Fleming.
Tickets at $20 are available online and at the door.
For the full lowdown on this year’s festival, go to www.wordonthelakewritersfestival.com.
Alice and Deb look on as Piccadilly Mall's Lynda Stepura draws the winner of the earlybird prize!


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If you didn’t know, mustard is the oldest condiment on record, dating back to an early Roman foodie (just like us). Maybe even thinking about mustard made their nostrils flare up with a hot flash - it sure happens often to the best of us! Perhaps that’s how you know that the mustard you’re eating is of a premium quality! This extra spicy yellow condiment has a long shelf life and variety of applications - you can use it as a dipping sauce, marinade for chicken BBQ, a salad dressing, and so much more!
We can all agree that mustard is the perfect condiment, but maybe it could get even better. If you’re looking to step up your mustard game, you’ve come to the right place because you’re about to be introduced to the selection of the best German mustard ever. After all, Germany is well known for its distinctive mustard varieties. At Yummy Bazaar, you can find carefully selected German mustard brands that can guarantee your satisfaction!
Let’s start from the top - Lowensenf extra hot mustard almost takes the title for the most sizzling German mustard, and that title would be well deserved - It’s a fire in a jar - if it weren’t for an even hotter option - Hengstenberg’s extra hot mustard! It comes with a bit of a twist: It has chili extract in it - that’s how you know it’s not for the faint of heart. So, bold tasters, It’s your time to shop!
Of course, we have options for people who appreciate the perfect balance in life as well. If you don’t like your mustard too hot or too sweet, we advise you to get Erika’s Pantry medium-hot German mustard, perfect for nearly everything. The same goes with Lowensenf mild mustard, but it’s richer and creamier in texture. However, if you feel safer with classic flavors, you must try hot German mustard immediately! It’s the perfect sauce for your hot dogs and burgers. Plus, it comes in a mug-shaped jar; how cool is that?!
Now, onto the sweeter options; if you want to taste that well-known German sweet mustard, we recommend you try our favorite Bavarian sweet mustard. It’s a meticulously crafted balance of juxtaposing aromas! And while it’s utterly stunning, we’ve still got a little something extra saved for last - we guarantee Lowensenf German whole grain mustard will blow your mind and taste buds alike! Whole mustard seeds turn this unique concoction into an incomparable sensory experience! It’s something quite like a party, and you’ve been invited!
If you like your mustard on the go (as all the real mustard lovers do! No shame in that) and if you want to keep it close to your heart, you can buy Lowensenf extra hot mustard tube. You never know when a dash of explosive flavors might come in handy, do you? We also happen to have Thomy medium-hot mustard tubes for those who don’t like their mustard quite as hot. On top of every other advantage, their comfortable packaging makes it super easy to add more flavor to your food when eating out.

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5 Renaissance Events in All Locations
May 11 8:00 PM
Renaissance: A Symphonic Journey New Jersey Performing Arts Center - Victoria Theater, Newark, NJ
Renaissance is on tour now and this is a concert event you don't want to miss. Don't pass up a chance to see Renaissance perform live. Choose from a large assortment of concert tickets for each stop on the Renaissance concert schedule.


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ExxonMobil Corporation News
Debate renewed over economic benefits of Keystone pipeline
The Keystone XL pipeline cleared a big hurdle by getting State Department approval
Cyprus: gas search will continue despite Turkish 'threats'
Cyprus says a search for oil and gas off its shores will "resolutely continue" after Turkey said that it would "take all necessary measures" to protect its own interests and those of breakaway Turkish Cypriots in the eastern Mediterranean
State department issues presidential permit for Keystone pipeline
The White House announced today it has signed off on the Keystone XL oil pipeline, authorizing the Canadian company behind the project to begin construction. According to a press release from the Department of State, a presidential permit was issued to TransCanada Corp., authorizing the energy firm
Today in History
Today in History Today is Friday, March 24, the 83rd day of 2017. There are 282 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 24, 1765, Britain enacted the Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers. On this date: In 1832, a mob in
South Texas school board gives Exxon $1.2 billion tax break
A South Texas school board has approved an estimated $1.2 billion in tax breaks to entice Exxon Mobil Corp. and its Saudi partner to build a $9.3 billion petrochemical plant within its district along the Texas Gulf Coast
AP sources: US to approve Keystone XL pipeline
Senior U.S. officials say the Trump administration will approve the Keystone XL pipeline on Friday, ending years of delay for a project that has served as a flashpoint in the national debate about climate change
Jared Taylor: Whites Deserve a Homeland
Editor of American Renaissance, Jared Taylor sits down with ABC News' Amna Nawaz on "Uncomfortable" for a blunt discussion of race and racism in America.
Massachusetts official: Exxon should preserve email accounts
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is asking Exxon Mobil to preserve all alias email accounts of company executives
Rex Tillerson wraps up his first overseas trip as secretary of state
Tillerson arrived in China for face-to-face talks on North Korea's nuclear program and other matters.
Exxon blasts NY AG over Tillerson-email accusations
Exxon Mobil is complaining about the way New York's attorney general disclosed that former CEO and current Secretary of State Rex Tillerson used an alias email account, saying it damaged the company by generating "sensational coverage in the press."

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Jace Jog Planned for August 25th
by: Bobby McDonald
Friends and family of recently passed, hometown hero, little Jace Glenn, have planned a benefit 5K Run/Walk, for August 25th, in his memory and to benefit Medical City Children's Hospital and the PKD Foundation, hoping to find a cure for Polycystic Kidney Disease>
The morning is to begin with a Kid's Fun Run, at Coleman Park, beginning at 7:30 a.m., for youth 10 years and under.
Then, the 5K Walk/Run will get underway at promptly 8:00 a.m. Entry fee is $25.00 and t-shirts will be provided for early registrants to the 5K.
The 1st Annual Jace Jog will raise awareness to kidney disease and pay tribute to this little boy, who fought the disease so valiantly.
"We hope to raise funds and awareness, so that others can benefit from the research that we help fund," expressed Yorri Franklin, one of the organizers of the event.
Early registration is from July 16-August 10th, and can be made at Anytime Fitness, on Broadway.
Make plans to come out and support this worthwhile endeavor and pay tribute to little Jace Glenn and his family!


Some statistics on how many tourists each prefecture receives can be found here.
There's a little English language summary of some key findings here.
Last year, the top ten prefectures for overnight stays by foreigners
Tokyo Osaka Hokkaido Kyoto Okinawa Chiba Fukuoka Aichi Kanagawa
The ten least popular prefectures were:
In Azerbaijan, Novruz is officially celebrated between 20th and 24th of March. When public holidays and weekends overlap here (which usually is the case with Novruz, because it lasts for 5 days), the holiday gets extra days. So this year it's celebrated till 26th. The peak orgasmic moment of Novruz is the night between 20th and 21st. Other than that, 4 ...
In March 2019 we were to both Baku and Shaki, two main cities that had claimed to have a wide range of Nowruz festivities. There were some small concerts in Şəki on 20th of March, but we were too late (see photo of schedule below), so be sure to know the exact time beforehand.
Speaking about Baku, there were some commercial tents/kiosks in several places of ...


A Senior Special Assistant on Political Matters for Ondo South to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Mr. Andrew Ogunsakin, has resigned his appointment.
Ogunsakin was said to be an ally of Deputy Governor of the State, Agboola Ajayi, who is the candidate of the Zenith Labour Party.
He was said to be among the many political appointees influenced by Agboola.
In his resignation letter dated September 18, 2020, Ogunsakin said, “The call of my constituents on me to join the train to actualize a common aspiration different from what is offered by your government and your party stands at the root of my decision to quit at this point
“Being an appointee, this will necessarily conflict with the performance of my duty to you. Hence my resignation.
“I thank your Excellency for the opportunity afforded me to serve the good people of Ondo State as SSA, for the period I was in office.”


Be Internet Citizens
ISD works to build young people’s digital citizenship skills across the UK, enabling them to critically evaluate information and forge safer and more accountable online spaces.
Young people are often early adopters of new and alternative media, and are therefore increasingly exposed to risk, be it targeted harassment and ‘doxxing’ or radicalisation and conspiracy theories. Now is a critical moment to increase their awareness of these harms, but more importantly to help them build a more inclusive and well-informed internet community going forward. We believe this is the time to redouble our efforts and provide educators with the support they so desperately need.
Be Internet Citizens is a programme for teenagers aged 13+, created and delivered in partnership with YouTube and a team of expert facilitators. The programme bolsters young people’s resilience to a range of online harms including hate and disinformation, while empowering them to become well-informed and engaged citizens in the digital era.
Since 2017, the programme has reached an estimated 70,000+ students and 750+ teachers across the UK. It has been formally accredited by the UK’s PSHE Association and celebrated by experts at the Department for Education (DfE), the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Ofcom. The programme has also received direct engagement from over 20 cross-party MPs, including current Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, former DCMS Parliamentary Chair Damian Collins, and Home Secretary Priti Patel.
In 2020, ISD launched a brand-new curriculum for schools and youth centres, reflecting the real lived experiences and challenges young people face online. The resources are free to download and include a series of action-oriented sessions, unpacking key topics such as:
- How to identify mis- and disinformation (e.g. conspiracy theories, clickbait, manipulated media);
- Exploring fact versus opinion, including how sensational content can be used to drive user engagement;
- The benefits and pitfalls of a ‘personalised web’, including algorithms and filter bubbles;
- Understanding unconscious bias and how it influences our worldview;
- Analysing ‘us vs them’ narratives, and how online echo chambers may widen social divides;
- Responding effectively to hate speech and forging more inclusive digital communities;
- Creating inspiring digital content to champion causes, promote positive messages and support peers
As our impact reporting shows, students who engage with the Be Internet Citizens curriculum are better able to critically analyse information, build empathy towards others and effectively respond to harmful content.
The programme is delivered via:
- Interactive school workshops to entire year groups of 150-200 students. Our latest evaluation shows that 71% of young people felt they would behave differently online as a result of participating in a workshop;
- Train the Trainer sessions delivered both in-person and remotely to teachers and youth workers, who are then equipped to lead the curriculum independently with their students;
- Larger, community-focused events in major cities across the UK, bringing together policymakers, teachers, students and youth workers to learn about and share their experiences of the programme.
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North Long Beach Crop Swap
Join us for the next Crop Swap in North Long Beach! We gather on the First Saturday of the Month from 10am-11am to share produce from our backyards and gardens. It’s
Join us for the next Crop Swap in North Long Beach!
We gather on the First Saturday of the Month from 10am-11am to share produce from our backyards and gardens. It’s always a surprise what people will be sharing at the Crop Swap including pomegranates, oranges, lemons, limes, basil, rosemary, passion fruits, avocados, eggplants, kale, lettuce, tomatoes, ice cream bananas, figs, chilis, sage and more.
NEW FOR COVID:
Long Beach Health Department asks that everyone:
* Wear a mask
* Observe six-foot distancing from other humans (we will put out extra tables to facilitate spacing.)
* Don’t over-handle the produce, por favor!
More about the Crop Swap…
Neighbors are encouraged to bring extra fresh fruits and vegetables they have grown from their home or garden plot and swap it with other neighbors who have grown food.
Let’s share in the bounty of all of our backyards and garden plots. Because our health begins locally with our home grown fruits and veggies.
1. Bring fruits and/or vegetables, fresh herbs, seeds, worms, flowers and native plants from your garden to the exchange site
2. No cash exchanges, prepared foods or dairy products
3. No pesticides or GMOs please
4. Swap is ongoing from 10am to 11am, we usually start the Swap by 10:15am.
DON’T HAVE A GARDEN?
If you don’t have a garden, you are still welcome to participate in the Crop Swap. Arrive by 9:30 and heIp the farm team harvest.
If you’re interested in learning to grow food or improve your green thumb skills, please connect with us. We teach classes and provide one-on-one support to get you going!
(Saturday) 10:00 am - 10:00 am(GMT+00:00)
Firehouse Community Farm
6509 Gundry Avenue

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