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	<title>Rare Forms by Amy Goldman &#187; Gardening</title>
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	<description>Amy Goldman is preserving the agricultural heritage and genetic diversity of heirloom fruits and vegetables.</description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Heirloom Tomato&#8221; has inspired me in many ways</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The Heirloom Tomato&#8221; book was a prize find at my bookstore and I felt like the luckiest person to get the last copy on the shelf. I carried it around for weeks to work, to friends&#8217; houses, and even to the doctors. I love tomatoes but was so unaware of the varieties and different flavors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growing Miracles</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In her gardens in New York&#8217;s Hudson Valley, Amy Goldman does more than tend to fruits and vegetables: She is &#8220;growing miracles.&#8221;

Her specialty is a unique category of plant known as the heirloom vegetable.  Many of these seeds, passed on from generation to generation much like any family heirloom, are a direct link to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Post-Harvest Storage of Pumpkins and Squash</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The best way to lengthen the postharvest life of pumpkins and winter squashes is to store them at a happy medium between 50 and 60 degrees Fahrenheit, with a relative humidity of 50 to 70 percent. These conditions, often found in basements, keep respiration and loss through shrinkage to a minimum and preserve color and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saving Heirloom Tomato Seeds</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fully ripe disease-free tomatoes are the best candidates for seed saving. Seeds can be saved casually by, for example, squeezing them out in a paper napkin and air drying them, but fermentation is a better route. It removes germination inhibitors and the gelatinous sheath from seeds, and it may treat some seed-borne diseases.
Here’s how it’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saving Seeds from Heirloom Watermelons or Squashes</title>
		<link>http://www.rareforms.com/gardening/saving-seeds-from-heirloom-watermelons-or-squashes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Collect seeds from standard or open-pollinated varieties only—not from store-bought fruit or F1 hybrids whose seeds may be impure or not breed true. To ensure maximum seed purity, grow melon or squash in isolation from other varieties with which they could cross-pollinate—or learn to hand pollinate. To ensure viable seed, it is important to allow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Become A Seed Saver</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a growing movement worldwide to preserve the genetic diversity of garden plants. By growing, saving, and handing down heirloom seeds, you become a steward of our diverse and fragile garden heritage. Find out more about seed saving.

Where to Purchase Heirloom Seeds and Learn More About Seed Saving
You can purchase heirloom seeds from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You have helped elevate the tomato to a higher pedestal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just received your Heirloom Tomato book from Amazon and I&#8217;m gob smacked on its sheer brilliance!  It is so gorgeous.  You have helped elevate the tomato to a higher pedestal.  Thank YOU!  I have a quite a few tomato books and gardening books however your book was the most inspiring. 
I have ordered the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your book is inspiring and I wanted to let you know that it has made an effect</title>
		<link>http://www.rareforms.com/gardening/your-book-is-inspiring-and-i-wanted-to-let-you-know-that-it-has-made-an-affect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Correspondence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I liked tomatoes before but not feverishly.  Since your Martha Stewart segment last year, I joined Tomato Mania and heirloom gardening Yahoo groups.  I was very successful germinating tomatoes last year using a soilless mix.  So the task wasn&#8217;t so daunting as purported to be.  I had more tomato seedlings than I had room for.
Your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recommended Readings</title>
		<link>http://www.rareforms.com/gardening/recommended-readings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rareforms.com/gardening/recommended-readings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 14:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Defense of Food: An  Eaters Manifesto. Pollan, Michael, Penguin Press (2008)
Seed to Seed: Seed  Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners. Ashworth, Suzanne, Chelsea Green  Publishing (2002).
The New Seed Starters  Handbook. Bubel,  Nancy, Rodale Press (1988).
The Field and Garden  Vegetables of America. Burr, Jr., Fearing, The American Botanist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On-line Sources</title>
		<link>http://www.rareforms.com/gardening/on-line-sources/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rareforms.com/gardening/on-line-sources/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 11:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration (ETC) 
American Horticultural Society 

American Society for Horticultural Science
Center for Food Safety 

Chefs Collaborative 
The Cucurbit Network 
ETC Group (formerly known as RAFI) 
Garden Organic (Henry Doubleday Research Association)
Global Crop Diversity Trust
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
International Society for Horticultural Science
Just Food
Martha Stewart
Native Seeds Search 
National Gardening Association [...]]]></description>
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