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December 2010 Blog Posts (4)

The 'Fed'

I've been studying the markets again recently and have come to the realization that our centralized bank, the central planner of our monetary policy known as The Federal Reserve is up to some very strange activities. "Creating liquidity", "quantitative easing", "monetizing debt", these are all fancy ways of saying that they are printing more money. In fact they are printing money in order for the US government to pay it's debt. On the 'free market' side of things, gold is at an all time…

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Added by Eric on December 31, 2010 at 5:00pm — 6 Comments

Lessons in Regeneration Inspired by a House Party

Since there isn't much gardening going on, I would like to revisit the subject of regeneration. Instead of talking about agriculture, in honor of the Winter Solstice, which is a perfect time to reflect as we wait

out the longest night of the year in anticipation of the birth of the

light, I would like to talk about Spirit....read the entire story at The…

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Added by Tracie L. Hellwinckel on December 22, 2010 at 12:43am — No Comments

Dirt!

I started The Agrarian Urbanite in June 2009, and from the first issue, I have preached about dirt. Whether through teaching about compost, sheet mulching, or how simply digging in the dirt intrinsically affects the spirit, I have advocated for healthy soil as an important element for a healthy… Continue

Added by Tracie L. Hellwinckel on December 15, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments