What the article doesn’t say is late summer disease pressure was greatly reduced by near drought conditions.

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http://www.ediblegeography.com/how-wine-became-metropolitan-an-interview-with-david-gissen/

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And the news, with its drumbeat of economic decline and ecological catastrophe, feeds the prophecies. In this dystopia to come, permaculture won’t be a lifestyle choice, but a necessity.

“We know what’s right,” Mr. Weiseman said. “We know what’s best. We feel this thing in our bones and in our heart. And then we don’t do anything about it. Or we do. And I did. And it’s bearing fruit.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/28/garden/permaculture-emerges-from-the-underground.html?pagewanted=all

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Taylor says the populations have dropped by an average of 40 percent since the beginning of the decade, and he says he thinks he knows why.

A leading culprit, he says, is the widespread adoption of genetically modified crops — strains of corn and soybeans with genes added so they are herbicide-tolerant.

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Echinacea, yarrow, peppermint, chamomile, lemon balm are on my list too plus few other…

Grow a Medicinal Herb Garden; Help bees

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here is a slide show for an interesting article from NY Times… now, this guy represents the growers not the big distributors… to grow grapes is fun but also lot of work…

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/07/03/us/20110703-thompson.html

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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/article.cfm?c_id=39&objectid=10729479

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http://www.examiner.com/organic-industry-in-national/usda-organic-wine-biodynamic-new-documentary-wine-from-here-out-july

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