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Blackberry preservation workshop
Blackberries, a staple fruit of our region, are coming in fast in this heat. They are healthy, delicious when eating raw, and make excellent jam that can be stored, when canned, for years. There are two major kinds of blackberries. … Continue reading
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Backloaders or Frontloaders?
The cargo bike market in the US is growing fast. This is partially so because there are relatively few of them on the roads. The other component is the love-fest the US had/is having with the car, and attachment to … Continue reading
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Drawing Bikes
To keep you up with news about what’s happening in the world of cargo bikes: a new cargo bike joined that scenery just this week: the Yuba Boda-Boda. And it wasn’t just a stealth process, we knew it was coming, … Continue reading
Carrying Cargo with Bicycles
Coming from Hungary I never really got into wanting to own or use a car, and when I had easy access to one, I would very rarely choose to use it. And when I did, I found myself being angry … Continue reading
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Bikeable Communities Workshop
MassBike is running a Bikeable Community Training on June 30th in Northampton from 1-4pm. This is the first of several trainings designed to give tools for effective local citizen engagement, and will go through case studies of successful bike-projects from … Continue reading
Building Bamboo Bicycle Trailers
Do you want to build your own bamboo bicycle trailer? We do! As the first of Transition Amherst’s monthly skill workshops, twelve of us got together on March 24th at the Neighborhood Bicycle Resource Center, for the first of a … Continue reading
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Reskilling: All About Water (and Elderflower Syrup)
On June 23rd (the 4th Saturday in June) we will meet at 44 Beston street (Gabor’s) from 3 to 5 pm to look at ways to save on our water and sewer bills, gain resiliency in access to clean water, … Continue reading
Meeting: Growing food in Community
Amherst Growing Food in Community Meeting Amherst Town Hall June 7, 2012 (Pdf version) Who is in the room and what is your interest? Betsy Krogh – growing at home since the early 70’s including an edible forest garden, root … Continue reading
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The State of Biking
Along with the additional pictures I talked about last time, I thought I mention some more things about the bike week or about biking in general. To start with a line of invigorating data, Massachusetts ranked as the 3rd most … Continue reading
