Re: Announcing a new gardening magazine

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Tom,

Fantastic! This is SO needed. From what I am seeing, it's hard for beginning
gardeners without much background in the sciences or even in gardening to
get reliable information these days. I will look for it and if I don't see
it at area suppliers, suggest that they get in touch with you.

Miranda Smith

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Tom Alexander <tom@growingedge.com> wrote:

> Now I know I just posted an email predicting the switch of print
> books, magazines and newspapers to the web... but it is not at that
> point, YET! So with that caveat, I announce a new print magazine for
> organic, sustainable soil gardeners and farmers:
>
>
> Announcing The Growing Edge, Sustainable Soil Edition
> What does "sustainable" gardening mean for the home gardener? Fads and
> buzzwords come and go, but a healthy respect and understanding for the
> soil and environment has always been the key ingredient to gardening
> success. A healthy soil is a "living" soil, full of a complete
> component of healthy micro and macro organisms working in conjunction
> with the roots of plants to support the long term health and growth of
> garden, farm and horticultural flora.
>
>        For twenty years The Growing Edge magazine has reported on the
> latest
> developments in year round greenhouse and hydroponic gardening and
> farming. The Growing Edge has become the "voice of the industry" and
> the "journal of record" for greenhouse and hydroponic growers.
>
>        Now, as soil growers increasingly utilize sustainable practices in
> cultivating plants in the soil, an informative publication is needed
> to be the journal of record for this "growing" sustainable soil
> industry as well.
>
>        The Growing Edge, Sustainable Soil Edition, will be that journal.
> Expected to launch in late spring 2009, it will report on the
> gardeners and growers who feed the soil food web and grow successful
> organic and/or biodynamic plants. Following in the footsteps of our
> extremely successful format for The Growing Edge, Greenhouse &
> Hydroponic Edition, the new magazine will have a human interest angle
> in each article in addition to the technical details of how that
> grower builds the soil food web in their garden or on their farm.
> We'll feature diverse writers: some with PhDs in horticulture and
> others who are experienced gardeners or growers seeking to share their
> expertise with the gardening world. In all cases, the articles will
> contain world-class information, edited in a manner that even beginner
> gardeners will be able to understand but still entice the amateur or
> professional soil scientist.
>
> Look for The Growing Edge, Sustainable Soil Edition, at your local
> independent garden center or nursery in May 2009. It will be available
> free every three months initially, going bi-monthly later. The
> original bi-monthly Growing Edge, celebrating its' 20th anniversary in
> April, will continue to be published and renamed The Growing Edge,
> Greenhouse and Hydroponics Edition.
>
> For more information, contact Tom Alexander, Publisher, at
> 541-745-7773 or tom@growingedge.com .
>
>
>            #####
>
>
>
> Now we won't be another Organic Gardening, or Horticulture, or Garden
> Design. For those of you who have read the original Growing Edge, it
> will be like that but about soil gardeners and farmers. Their
> techniques and secrets of building a sustainable soil food web, the
> human interest angle of the grower, and successful examples of
> sustainable growers will all be included in each article of the new
> magazine.
>
> As for our anchor writers, Jeff Lowenfels and Dr. Elaine Ingham will
> be holding down those honors. They both have been writing in the
> original Growing Edge for the past few years and are considered gurus
> of the soil food web. I will be switching their columns to the new
> magazine.
>
> Now I tossed around launching this new mag just on the web but we
> aren't there yet. I need a few issues in print to kick start it into
> motion. Eventually I am planning to put all my magazines on the web
> only in a few years (I also publish a third magazine on the retail
> gardening business, which is a small run {1,200 copies} digital print
> on demand.)
>
> We already have the first issue of the new magazine mostly laid out
> and ready to go and are working on the second issue. I think it is
> going to be a good interesting read for soil growers.
>
> Questions? Bring them on.
>
> Tom Alexander, Publisher
> The Growing Edge
> tom@growingedge.com
> 541-745-7773
>
>
>
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