Protesters rally and march against Monsanto
Examiner.com
Hundreds of people gather at the Utah State Capitol Building to rally and march against Monsanto, the Monsanto Protection rider and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in our food system. The rally ... (See a video on the importance of gardening here ...

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Agents approach Shurtleff ally; investigations heat up
Salt Lake Tribune
Federal and state agents handling the investigation into alleged misconduct within the Utah attorney general's office have met with a close friend of former Attorney General Mark Shurtleff. Meanwhile, on another investigative front, the state has begun ...

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Lessons from the garden: Growing great kids, relationships
Deseret News
When they married, they started their own garden, Duke Mossman said, and it seemed to get bigger as the kids grew. Today, Sarah, 21, isn't too heavily involved in the 50-by-60-foot garden at their home in Heber City, Utah. But Bret, 17, does his share ...

Shirley Theobald- Peterson
Daily Herald
She loved traveling, dancing, gardening, sewing, crocheting and making afghans for children and granddaughters. After Milton's death in 1990, she married another home-town classmate, Arland J. Peterson, in Provo, Utah in 1996. They enjoyed traveling ...

Western administrator retires after 34-year career
Western Front
Her parents are Greek and emigrated from Greece to New York before relocating to Utah. After graduating from Weber ... Sentkowski shares her free time with her pet schnauzer Heidi and enjoys reading, sewing and gardening. She also has a passion for ...

Living History: Around the globe, through the ages, all in my garden
Salt Lake Tribune
For instance, about 3,000 years ago, the first agriculture in Utah was based on a maize/bean/squash diet. Maize, or corn, is an all-American, native-born, new-world invention. Before Columbus, Europeans couldn't have imagined anything as improbable as ...

School gardens plant seeds for healthy eating
CBC.ca
Researchers in Utah found that community gardeners were less likely to be obese or overweight than their non-gardening neighbours. Their study found that the 198 gardeners generally had a lower BMI than both their neighbours and same sex siblings.

Store and Use Gardening Tools in One Location with New Lifetime Garden Tool ...
PR Newswire (press release)
CLEARFIELD, Utah, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Take the stress of organizing garden tools off the ground and into the Lifetime Garden Tool Caddy from Lifetime Products, a leading manufacturer of blow-molded lawn and garden products.

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Utah University Study Shows Gardening Linked to Lower BMI
SBWire (press release)
San Francisco, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/14/2013 -- A study from the University of Utah has shown correlation between the hobby or general activity of gardening and eating healthy. It appears that getting involved directly with food production on even a ...

Utahns get gardening book
StandardNet
The book, “A Guide to Common Gardening Questions,” has been co-written by Utah State University Horticulture Extension Assistant Professor Katie Wagner, USU Agricultural Extension Professor Shawn Olsen, and Dan Drost, USU Extension vegetable ...

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