articles by: Judi Gerber

4 Simple Green Life Lessons

While I am writing this post on Friday, it will actually go “live” on Monday, May 14, which happens to be my 50th birthday. I have pondered whether or not I should publicly disclose this milestone, bu…

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Make It A Green Mother’s Day

As I have written about many times on Care2, no matter what the occasion, there are lots of simple ways to give your loved one a beautiful gift while showing the planet some love too. For instance,…

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Know What’s In Your Food: Buy Local

In the past decade, the stories about food recalls seem endless and have included tainted eggs, peanut butter, ground beef and even spinach. And, just last week, a case of “atypical” BSE (Mad Cow Dise…

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Celebrating Earth Day Heroes

Last week I wrote about some of my Earth Day heroines. So, this week I am writing about some of my Earth Day heroes. There are so many people that do so much for our planet and that much has been writ…

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Celebrating Earth Day Heroines

As I have written before, during Women's History Month, many green women leaders have been recognized and honored for their work on behalf of our planet. Earth Day provides us with another opportunity…

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Get In The Garden

Not only does April bring Earth Day, but it is also National Garden Month. Each April, the National Gardening Association (NGA), sponsors National Garden Month to encourage individuals to garden. I th…

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What Is Intensive Farming?

This post is part of a series of Care2 Earth Day posts. Click here for more in this series. The goal of most types of farming methods is the same: to be as productive as possible while making the …

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5 Simple Life Lessons From The Garden

As I have written about before, gardening is good for us in so many ways. If you grow an edible garden, there’s the most obvious way: it provides nutritional, delicious food. There are also physical b…

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Create An Heirloom Garden

As I wrote about last week, if you are planning your edible garden, you might want to make it a “themed” garden. One theme you can try is to plant an heirloom garden. What is an heirloom garden? Ac…

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Easy Themed Edible Gardens

With spring officially starting on March 20, most gardeners have already planned what they are going to plant and started their seeds in January and February. Still others are working on gardening pre…

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Judi Gerber is a University of California Master Gardener with a certificate in Horticultural Therapy. She writes about sustainable farming, local foods, and organic gardening for multiple magazines. Her book Farming in Torrance and the South Bay was released in September 2008.

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