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Paul Deaton

Grew up and lives in Iowa
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Environment

Time for Garden Planting

Home gardening represents a step toward a local food system. The danger of frost appears to be past. It's time to start planting.

My Vegetable Life (Blog) (in Iowa City Patch)

Immersion in the local food culture is having me re-think my vegetable life.

Bottling Apple Cider Vinegar

Six months work produced the first bottle of ultra local apple cider vinegar for our kitchen.

Getting Started in the Garden (Blog) (in Iowa City Patch)

Spring has sprung in the garden, and it is about time.

Urban Eggs (in Iowa City Patch)

Urban chickens produce urban eggs. Good stuff if one is willing to do the work, which some are not.

Spring, But Not All

Spring has not been what this gardener expected.

Leaving Food Miles Behind (in Iowa City Patch)

Food miles is a unit of measure of the distance a food product travels from producer to consumer. The author recommends leaving food miles behind.

Beginning the Local Food Season (in Iowa City Patch)

The first work day with a local food producer.

Framing the Iowa Medicaid Expansion Discussion (in Iowa City Patch)

Some basic info on how lower income Iowans get access to health care to help frame the coming public discussion.

Rastetter v. Schnoor (Elections Matter) (in Iowa City Patch)

It is no surprise governor Terry Branstad appointed Bruce Rastetter to the board of regents. While some have called for Rastetter's resignation, don't look for it to happen under Branstad.

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