The mental and physical benefits of fruits and vegetables
By: Karely Valdez As one of PICA’s focuses includes food systems and food production, where we learn about how to grow sustainable food...
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Oct 26, 2020
An Intro to Crop Rotations
By Ailee Arias :-) Intro: Long before the use of pesticides, herbicides, or synthetic fertilizers there was crop rotation. Basically...
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Oct 23, 2020
What is PICA? Learn about us!
By the PICA Team: Claire, Ailee & Karely Check out our below to learn more about what is PICA, our mission statement, our situation...
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Oct 23, 2020
How to Build a Crop Rotation
By the PICA Team: Claire, Ailee, & Karely Check out our video below to learn about how to build a crop rotation, information about...
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Oct 8, 2020
PICA's Fall 2020 Documentary List
Every week the PICA team gets together and watches a documentary in topics related to sustainability, environmental issues, food justice...
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Sep 8, 2020
What’s Underneath Your Garden?
Written by: Brian Banh Cultivating your garden into beautiful greens, reds, or any color you can think of takes hard work and dedication....
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Aug 28, 2020
Let’s Start With Basil!
Written by: Claire Swetlin Cooking and eating good food is one of the best things about being alive. And while the first step is...
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Aug 21, 2020
Biodiverse Gardens
Written by : Ailee Arias Hey folxs, with all this spare time we have it’s a great idea to invest some of it into your own garden space!...
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Aug 14, 2020
Tackling Food Deserts Through Community Resilience
By: Brian Banh Farm Manager Clifton Maxwell on his way to compost Food desertification has been a chronic issue widespread across the...
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Aug 7, 2020
You Have It, Now What?
Writer: Claire Swetlin (Compost Coordinator 2019-2021) So you’ve made some compost. That’s exciting, but can be overwhelming if you don’t...
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Jul 31, 2020
If You’ve Never Composted Before, This Is For You
The purpose of this post is to give an introduction to composting for students. It will give a variety of options for composting.
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Jul 29, 2020
Gardening 101: Everything You Need to Get Started
What better way to utilize this time while confined in our homes to learn how to garden (if time and space permits of course)!
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Mar 12, 2020
PICA's Spring & Summer 2020 Documentary List
Every week the PICA team gets together and watches a documentary in topics related to sustainability, environmental issues, food justice...
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