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fight the good, clean fight. stand up to toxins and words you can’t pronounce! join the people against dirty! i am a brand new, proud member of the people against dirty – but i guess you may have gathered that from my latest get-up, huh? but, you guys — i’m inspired!! a couple of days ago you may have seen a bunch of us bloggers tweeting up a storm about... 
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buy local calendar & tea towel in one, from terrain. one of my favorite things to do is hit the farmer’s market on the weekends. we’re pretty lucky in san francisco, and there are several to choose from (even during the week, like the castro farmer’s market). i visit one i can walk to each saturday – the noe valley farmer’s market, and i often... 
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i’d known about gayla trail and her blog, you grow girl for years, and had admired her from afar. but this year, i was lucky enough to meet her, and share a panel with her at the alt design summit. and, we shared some great sushi, over some wonderful conversation. i found gayla’s enthusiasm for gardening, growing great food highly contagious. and her new book,... 
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