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August 06, 2007
By: Cathi-Lyn Dyck, Managing Editor
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As of last Monday, we now know that soil management is one major point in the organic rationale, and it’s not actually cow doo-doo. A couple of years back, CTV (one of Canada’s national television networks) aired a comparison of the nutrient value of a potato today and fifty years ago.
I didn’t know potatoes used to contain Vitamin C. Apparently they basically don’t anymore, so I guess I wasn’t missing anything. At least in one sense. Also, potatoes now have only about half the Vitamin A they used to. There’s also genetic selection by growers to blame, but we’ll tackle that one another time.
Ultimately, the organic concept is not just about how food is grown, or whether it makes better food, but whether it makes a better life overall. In order to be a certified organic grower, for instance, the entire growing chain must be organic, not just the final product. The soil must be chemical-free for a certain period (length of time depends on the certifying body), the seed must be organically sourced, the greenhouse seedlings must be chemical-free, and of course, we don’t use synthetic chemical controls on the food.
Soil management is the core of organic growing. Soil depletion provides one possible rationale for why organic foods don’t weigh in better than synthetically-produced ones in nutrient value, when you look at the long-term changes in food nutrition. So, here’s to dirt. Oh, and cow doo-doo. But sustainability is not just a practice; it’s a cultural movement, one that a lot of Christians have joined. What are the implications?
Lemme know what you think.
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July 30, 2007
By: Cathi-Lyn Dyck, Managing Editor
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Today’s cool topic of semi-obscurity: Sustainability. It’s like a catchy piece of jargon you hear your kids using, but you’re not really sure what it means. The sustainability movement is a reaction to the idea that many of our North American cultural and economic practices are geared to fail in a couple of generations, or even after a couple of decades. Non-sustainable practices are often billed as things like strip mining, Big Oil, deforestation, and urban sprawl. Oh, and let’s not forget the Exxon Valdez. Very non-sustainable for a lot of seagulls.
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July 29, 2007
By: Cathi-Lyn Dyck, Managing Editor
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Urgh… Groan… There’s a Monday looming somewhere, full of foggy-brainedness and weekday drudgery. And, worst of all, no live, interactive Marty-and-Bob broadcast till Tuesday. Gasp!
Fear not! My name is Cathi-Lyn Dyck, and I am here to rescue you from Mondays. I’m a freelance writer and editor, and I’m not from your neck of the woods. I can just about guarantee this because there are so very few people in my neck of the woods.
I live in the Canadian prairies, six miles from the Middle of Nowhere. I am a Master Gardener, I’ve been experimenting with the development of a Community Supported Agriculture
project, I raise a lot of my own food, and I milk my own cow. No joke.
I also homeschool four wild (but not uncultivated) children whose online names are Spazzerific, Banana Brain, Squirrelly Girlie, and Brat Boy. That should explain a few things about them.
I have spontaneously popped into view like a little mushroom in order to share cool topics of semi-obscurity. These include things like sustainability, Christian homesteading, organic gardening, and the occasional (no, really, occasional) opinionated opinion. Meet me here on Monday—bring coffee, and I’ll be nice to you.
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June 21, 2007
By: Marty
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The Show
You just found one of the fastest growing LIVE INTERACTIVE TALK AND MUSIC SHOWS on the Internet.
Humble O Radio is a conversation about Christianity and Culture and the Sub-Culture of Christianity and how it all mixes together. Each week we’ll have interesting guests talking about topics as varied as the latest book, movie and music release to Theology. At some point we may talk about the theology of various books, music and movies, who knows?!?
One thing for sure, the show will be fun. Hopefully challenging and informative. No bashing those outside or inside the church just an opportunity to wonder out loud, ask about, discuss and challenge the mindset of both.
Humble O Radio gets its name from the saying “My Humble Opinion” or online “MHO” but it perfectly describes what this site is really all about. We want to hear your opinion and in kind provide ours too. It seems to have escaped our culture but it is called an exchange of ideas.
THE HOST
Marty Daniels
Marty is a Comedian who yucks it up with dozens of churches, civic groups and corporate organizations around the United States each year.
Prior going full time in Stand Up Comedy back in 02 he spent 17 years in radio in great cities around the country.
Marty is currently looking for a publisher for his two books “Individually Warped” and “The Twelve Step Program For Coffee Drinkers.” He lives in Columbus with his wife, Trina and NEDD THE WONDER PUPPY!
In his free time Marty likes to design digital artwork that pays tributes to historical figures.
THE BLOGGERS:
- Trina Daniels: Is a published writer and photographer who is currently working on her first screenplay. She is an advocate of integrated health care and is married to Marty.
She is the founder of “Dogs Reign” an upstart organization bringing together the very best information and resources for the care of your dog.
- Cathi-Lyn Dyck: Cathi-Lyn and her family live in the wildly adventurous Canadian Prairie. She is a freelance writer and editor, Master Gardener, wife and Mother who homeschools four WILD though not uncultivated children who online are identified as Spazzerific, Banana Brain, Squirrelly Girlie and Brat Boy.
She spontaneously popped into view like a little mushroom in order to share cool topics of semi-obscurity. These include things like sustainability, Christian homesteading, organic gardening, and opinionated opinions.
- Patrick Oden: Patrick has a history and theology degree from Wheaton College and a Master of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary. He lives, writes, runs, watches birds, and kayaks in Lake Arrowhead, California.
Patrick is the author of It’s A Dance
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- Olivia Stallings: Olivia is a single mom of two boys ages 10 and 3 who currently works as a Senior Business Analyst for the government. She is a mentor to teen youth children in her community where she is able to help them with challenging situations because of her past troubled childhood. She is a writer and enjoys writing about spirituality. She is also in the process of publishing a book titled You Are Never Alone and tells about her life journey, a struggle to overcome the trials and tribulations of rape, child neglect, abortion and just surviving.
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