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Farm Journal – September 2010
	MaryAnne McMillan, HTR, introduces Allies, Inc., the company that helps people with special needs find a place they can call home; where they can grow and flourish mentally, physically and spiritually. She talks about who they are and their involvement with the CSA Farm. Read the article published on September 10, 2010

Farm Journal – end of June 2010
	Allies, Inc., based in Hamilton, NJ provides housing, health care, employment and recreational opportunities to people with special needs. Here, Allies, CSA Farm employees learn the value of up-potting plants. Read the article published on July 04, 2010

Farm Journal - April 2010
	Allies Farm CSA in central New Jersey prepares to grow crops for its Community Supported Agriculture project. Residents learn about farming and the employment skills needed. Read the article published on June 04, 2010

Amazonian Wisdom: Look Up at the Branches
	Teo Gonzales is a native Brazilian Amazonian Indian.He makes standards out of everything. His potager has standard hibiscus, espaliered apples. He gives wisdom gained by being close to nature. Read the article published on May 24, 2010

Farm Journal: An end to the season and a look at a new beginning
	Belgian Draft horses pulling a plow on a farm in New Jersey? Read here as MaryAnne McMillan tells us about the farm and Allies, Inc., a non-profit agency that serves the needs of the Developmentally Disabled. Read the article published on March 29, 2010

Growing Vegetables Outdoors in Winter
	If you get disappointed when winter comes and you veggie garden dies, take heed. Barbara Damrosch, market farmer with husband Eliot Coleman, tells how to grow fresh vegetables outdoors in winter without heat. It's easy. Read the story here. Read the article published on January 20, 2010

Why the St. Mary Healing Gardens Came To Be & What They Mean Now
	Greg Wozniak, president & CEO of St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, PA, tells why he contracted for three healing gardens at the hospital complex and why they are important to the Medical Center's mission. Read the article published on January 15, 2009

St. Mary Healing Gardens, where the view is important medicine
	Gardens soften the intricate outdoor spaces at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Langhorne, Pennsylvania and invite the visitor to explore these peaceful settings amid stress and healing. The most recent: three Healing Gardens where patients, families, friends, physicians and staff gather for some serious time out. Read the article published on January 15, 2009

The Saga of One Juicy Tomato

In the late 1960s and '70s, the commercial Ramapo tomato was available to home gardeners. Gardeners loved its color, taste and texture but those very attributes and their attendant yin-yang downsides helped make this Garden State goody obsolete. Rutgers University scientists tell why and how it came back and why gardeners are demanding it. Plus, where you can get it.
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published on May 19, 2008

Crossing Cranberries
	Grow your own cranberries by creating your own mini bog. Jennifer Johnson-Cicalese, research associate and plant breeder at Rutgers University's Philip E. Marucci Center for Blueberry & Cranberry Research and Extension Center in Chatsworth, New Jersey, tells all about bogs, cranberry research, and new varieties. Read the article published on January 13, 2008

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