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	<description>JJ Murphy &#124; Writer, Hiker, Wild Foods Forager and Nature Photographer Freelance</description>
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		<title>Mushroom University: Learning to See</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When scientific study is fun, it's the best of both worlds. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of the Plant Kingdom</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discovering that plants can adapt to the most abusive human practices is a source for hope.]]></description>
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		<title>When Food is Scary: What does GMO mean?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If we are what we eat, we may be in more trouble than we realize. If GMO's are not harmful, why the secrecy?]]></description>
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		<title>When Winter is Scary</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The snow is waist deep. I&#8217;ve been snowed in since Thursday. It&#8217;s fun and at the same time, scary. What&#8217;s up with that? When did I become afraid of nature?
The dense heavy snow is good for making a quinzee. But considering I spent close to four hours moving enough snow away from my door to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Many Tom Turkeys Are There?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many Tom turkeys can you spot?
As icy pellets make winter hiking an ordeal, it&#8217;s soothing to recall the one day this week that promises Spring is on the way.
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		<title>Happy Trails: When Minds Meet</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Word Play]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sharing interests with a fellow nature writer reveals our shared use of words.]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review &#8211; Food Rules: An Eater&#8217;s Manual</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Pollan is both articulate and diplomatic. What he calls "edible foodlike substances," I call "corporate chemical concoctions."]]></description>
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		<title>Wild Winter Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shallow snow reveals details of tracks. Repeat visits provide opportunities to study track aging.]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Abundantly Wild</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foraging field guides are worth collecting, since no two foragers have the same recipes and techniques.]]></description>
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		<title>Finding the First Fresh Wild Mushrooms of 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even a few warm days between cold spells can encourage certain species of mushrooms to fruit.]]></description>
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