Cilantro

This publication is part of the Create Better Health Guide to Eating Healthy and includes tips on selecting, growing, preparing, and storing cilantro

From sensorimotor dependencies to perceptual practices: making enactivism social

Proponents of enactivism should be interested in exploring what notion of action best captures the type of action-perception link that the view proposes, such that it covers all the aspects in which our doings constitute and are constituted by our perceiving. This article proposes and defends the thesis that the notion of sensorimotor dependencies is insufficient to account for the reality of human perception, and that the central enactive notion should be that of perceptual practices. Sensorimotor enactivism is insufficient because it has no traction on socially dependent perceptions, which are essential to the role and significance of perception in our lives. Since the social dimension is a central desideratum in a theory of human perception, enactivism needs a notion that accounts for such an aspect. This article sketches the main features of the Wittgenstein-inspired notion of perceptual practices as the central notion to understand perception. Perception, I claim, is properly understood as woven into a type of social practices that includes food, dance, dress, music, etc. More specifically, perceptual practices are the enactment of culturally structured, normatively rich techniques of commerce of meaningful multi- and inter-modal perceptible material. I argue that perceptual practices explain three central features of socially dependent perception: attentional focus, aspects’ saliency, and modal-specific harmony-like relations

Cafe 2010

Welcome! Herein you will find the recipes from the CAFE 2010 evening classes and a little bit more. Mexican soul food (Gloria Fernandez), Philippine cuisine (Betsy Engle), German pastries (Angela Dirks-Eicken), zucchini and chicken in all forms and variations (Marsha Munsell), a touch of the gourmet (Jeanne Yoder), and Alaskan berries front and center (Roxie Dinstel)—all brought to you through the extraordinary coordination of June Ulz. Late in 2009 June was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Like every other obstacle that life put in her path, she faced it straight on, moving forward and making the most of every day. She resolved early on that she was going to make it through the summer and she viewed the classes as a gift that gave her the reason she needed to keep going. With the help of her two daughters, Kim and Traci, June pulled it off one more time. Humbly we dedicate this cookbook to the multi-talented, ever smiling, courageous, outrageously funny and loving June who passed away on September 2, 2010. She lives on in her many kindnesses and in the minds and hearts of those who cherish her memory

Statename Ladders

Creating word ladders out of US state names

Evaluating Plant Brushing as a Strategy for Height Control in Edible Crop Species

Greenhouse growers producing edible crops can encounter specific challenges when optimizing growing conditions. One challenge is soft growth associated with rapid tissue expansion. Soft growth can lead to plants falling over or soft, floppy leaves. These plants can suffer from increased disease pressure and lower market value. Controlling plant height is one way of reducing soft growth. Outdoors, winds or other external forces can create mechanical stress on plants, triggering a naturally occurring plant hormone called ethylene that reduces plant growth. I conducted an experiment during the summer of 2017 in the MacFarlane Greenhouses at the University of New Hampshire to introduce mechanical stress to hydroponic leafy greens, potted herbs, and seedling vegetables to test whether that stress would lead to reduced growth. I used an automated boom to brush plants with light plastic every hour and compared the growth of the brushed plants with the growth of plants that were not brushed. I found that the effects were species-dependent, with basil, sage, and tomato showing the greatest reductions in plant height. We also found that all brushed species showed a total reduction of shoot growth, and no significant difference in quality as defined by “leaf greenness.

Cross-Disciplinary Analysis of the On-Farm Transition from Conventional to Organic Vegetable Production

This farm-scale analysis of the three-year transition to organic from conventional vegetable production tracked the changes in crop, soil, pest and management on two ranches (40 and 47 ha) in the Salinas Valley, California. Many small plantings of a diverse set of cash crop and cover crop species were used, as compared to only a few species in large monocultures in conventional production. The general trends with time were: increase in soil biological indicators, low soil nitrate pools, adequate crop nutrients, minor disease and weed problems, and sporadic mild insect damage. Some crops and cultivars consistently produced higher yields than others, relative to the maximum yield for a given crop. Differences in insect and disease damage were also observed. These results support the value of initially using a biodiverse set of taxa to reduce risk, then later choosing the best-suited varieties for optimal production. The grower used some principles of organic farming (e.g., crop diversity, crop rotation, and organic matter management), but also relied on substitution-based management, such as fertigation with soluble nutrients, initially heavy applications of organic pesticides, and use of inputs derived from off-farm sources. The organic transition was conducive to both production goals and environmental quality