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	<title>Rivenrock Gardens Cactus Blog... go to www.rivenrock.com for edible cactus</title>
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		<title>Food Safety</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2013/05/05/food-safety/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 12:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Food Safety is an important issue, and the United States has had some of the safest foods in terms of microbial contamination. But occasional outbreaks of food-borne illness strike fear into the electorate, and as a people we have demanded that our food be 'made safe'.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Pet Toxins of 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2013/03/15/top-pet-toxins-of-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Top Pet Toxins of 2012 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SuperSize Your Vegetables with Wood Chips &amp; Rock Dust in Your Garden</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2013/03/11/supersize-your-vegetables-with-wood-chips-rock-dust-in-your-garden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Most soils are missing some elements that are needed by plants.... Often a little rock dust will add the elements you need... a soil test will help know what you are missing. Wood chips help the natural fertility of the soils is released. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More than 2,800 dead pigs found in Chinese river</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2013/03/11/more-than-2800-dead-pigs-found-in-chinese-river/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environmental]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Water pollution, usually created by fertilizer run-off, chemical spills and untreated sewage, is a big problem in China. According to Reuters, the government will invest $850 billion over the next decade to improve the water supply system. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growing Your Own Food Is Like Printing Your Own Money!</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2013/03/10/growing-your-own-food-is-like-printing-your-own-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A TED Talk with Ron Finley, an artist who installs food gardens in South Los Angeles. He describes how he got in trouble with the city for planting the strip between the sidewalk and street with vegetables. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2013/03/10/aguirre-der-zorn-gottes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 13:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an interesting marriage.... the music of Juno Reactor and cuts from the German film 'Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes' AKA 'Aguirre: The Wrath of God' starring Klaus Kinski. Klaus was notorious for having a short temper, and the director is said to have goaded him during the weeks of filming in the jungle.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Convertible Greenhouse Idea!</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2013/03/10/convertible-greenhouse-idea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 11:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I came upon this company selling a unique idea for greenhouses.... I like the idea, and I hope the world 'beats a bath to their door'. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>cactus fries and avocado dip, yumm!</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2013/03/06/cactus-fries-and-avocado-dip-yumm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2013/03/06/cactus-fries-and-avocado-dip-yumm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cactus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cactus Growth Report]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Munchin with Munchkin has this 'so very tasty looking' fried cactus recipe. Yep, I'm gonna try this one! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>what grade of cactus for juicing?</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2013/03/02/what-grade-of-cactus-for-juicing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2013/03/02/what-grade-of-cactus-for-juicing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 21:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cactus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cactus Growth Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cactus recipes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A and B are the tender prime flat gourmet fancy ones meant to be served whole and pretty as anything... but only worth it for your boss or the President of Mexico when he visits :-) The weather and season has to be perfect for them for a couple of months, just one cold snap will cause enough deformities to reduce their prime qualities. So they are only available from April to October. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A cow can change things</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2013/02/23/a-cow-can-change-things/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2013/02/23/a-cow-can-change-things/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We talk of the unwillingness of Americans to work, and we'll talk of how our own grandparents raised pigs, cows, orchards, vineyards, sold eggs and raw milk and meat from a shed where they butchered animals. But we don't speak of how in the 'modern agribusiness climate' we must have a separate license and permit and training and sanitary facilities to be allowed to any of those processes. And with the 'economy of scale' that results from legislation, people are forced to curtail any activity that does not adequately pay for the cost of expenditures required by law. [...]]]></description>
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