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Mezzacello Age of Steel Part 5
Blog, Steel, Tour Stop, Pergola, Infrastructure, classroom, Summer Camp, Summer Camps Jim Bruner 7/6/25 Blog, Steel, Tour Stop, Pergola, Infrastructure, classroom, Summer Camp, Summer Camps Jim Bruner 7/6/25

Mezzacello Age of Steel Part 5

This is part four of a multi-part detailing of Mezzacello Urban Farm's transition from wood to steel in its infratsructure. This is project bedtime dragon in the potager garden.

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Mezzacello Age of Steel Part 4
Blog, Steel, Tour Stop, Allee, Pergola, Infrastructure, classroom, Summer Camp, Summer Camps Jim Bruner 10/7/24 Blog, Steel, Tour Stop, Allee, Pergola, Infrastructure, classroom, Summer Camp, Summer Camps Jim Bruner 10/7/24

Mezzacello Age of Steel Part 4

This is part four of a multi-part detailing of Mezzacello Urban Farm's transition from wood to steel in its infratsructure. This is the hornbeam allee.

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The Age of Steel - Part 3
Blog, Farming, Farming Tips, Gardens, Infrastructure, Resources, Summer Camps Jim Bruner 8/3/24 Blog, Farming, Farming Tips, Gardens, Infrastructure, Resources, Summer Camps Jim Bruner 8/3/24

The Age of Steel - Part 3

As Mezzacello matures and becomes more active with camps and content, we are finding time and again that steel makes the most sense in terms of infrastructure.

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2024 Earth Day School Visits
Alternative Gardens, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, Infrastructure, outreach, resource, Science, sustainability, Tips, Workshop 3/27/24 Alternative Gardens, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, Infrastructure, outreach, resource, Science, sustainability, Tips, Workshop 3/27/24

2024 Earth Day School Visits

Introducing Mezzacello Mobile Labs for energy, bioengineering, and biotechnology! Just in time for Earth Day 2024! Learn More.

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2023 Mezzacello Annual Report
Alternative Gardens, Blog, News, outreach, Public Speaking, resource, sustainability, Systems Jim Bruner 1/25/24 Alternative Gardens, Blog, News, outreach, Public Speaking, resource, sustainability, Systems Jim Bruner 1/25/24

2023 Mezzacello Annual Report

This is our first official Annual Report for Mezzacello Urban Farm. I am pretty proud of it and I want to see much more growth!

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Revisiting the Chicken/Duck Run in 2024
Alternative Gardens, Blog, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, Infrastructure, Recycle, resource, Science Jim Bruner 1/5/24 Alternative Gardens, Blog, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, Infrastructure, Recycle, resource, Science Jim Bruner 1/5/24

Revisiting the Chicken/Duck Run in 2024

Updating my original Paris sewer model for a cleaner French Drain Model. Kid designed! Stay Tuned.

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Mezzacello Urban Farm and the Story of Two Maps
Blog, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, Infrastructure, sustainability, Systems Jim Bruner 12/23/23 Blog, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, Infrastructure, sustainability, Systems Jim Bruner 12/23/23

Mezzacello Urban Farm and the Story of Two Maps

This is a blogpost of Mezzacello's evolution from a side yard farm to a 21st Century applied STEM Learning Lab.

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Mezzacello Urban Farm As A Formal Garden
Blog, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, Infrastructure, sustainability, Systems Jim Bruner 12/23/23 Blog, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, Infrastructure, sustainability, Systems Jim Bruner 12/23/23

Mezzacello Urban Farm As A Formal Garden

This is a blogpost of Mezzacello's Formal Garden plan (the gardens that front 20th Street to the east of the farm.

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Glyphosate and The Hormone Regulation Mystery
Alternative Gardens, Blog, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, Infrastructure, outreach, resource, Science, sustainability, Systems Jim Bruner 11/21/23 Alternative Gardens, Blog, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, Infrastructure, outreach, resource, Science, sustainability, Systems Jim Bruner 11/21/23

Glyphosate and The Hormone Regulation Mystery

The role Glyphosate and Glyphosate-Resistant Genetically-Engineered grains has on egg production and health.

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BioDome Curriculum Design
1521-2023, Alternative Gardens, BioDome, Blog, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, Infrastructure, resource, Science, sustainability, Systems Jim Bruner 11/12/23 1521-2023, Alternative Gardens, BioDome, Blog, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, Infrastructure, resource, Science, sustainability, Systems Jim Bruner 11/12/23

BioDome Curriculum Design

After building and testing the BioDome at Mezzacello Urban Farm I needed to know how difficult it was to build a real model!

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BioDome Automated Systems 2023
1521-2023, Blog, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, News, Project Martian, resource, Science, sustainability, Systems Jim Bruner 11/10/23 1521-2023, Blog, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, News, Project Martian, resource, Science, sustainability, Systems Jim Bruner 11/10/23

BioDome Automated Systems 2023

This is the blogpost that touches on the ecology and technology in the biodome for 2023.

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Time To Upgrade The BioDome Again
1521-2023, Blog, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, Infrastructure, resource, Science, sustainability, Systems, Tips Jim Bruner 10/30/23 1521-2023, Blog, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, Infrastructure, resource, Science, sustainability, Systems, Tips Jim Bruner 10/30/23

Time To Upgrade The BioDome Again

It's year three for the biodome and I am innovating the design by integrating an outdoor classroom and the dome structure.

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The Moon and Other Garden Jewels
Blog, Energy, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, Infrastructure Jim Bruner 10/28/23 Blog, Energy, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, Infrastructure Jim Bruner 10/28/23

The Moon and Other Garden Jewels

After a review of the grounds at Mezzacello, the moon showed me some issues I was unaware of as being real pressing issues.

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The Golden Ticket Presentation
1521-2023, Alternative Gardens, Blog, Farming Tips, Infrastructure, internship, News 10/27/23 1521-2023, Alternative Gardens, Blog, Farming Tips, Infrastructure, internship, News 10/27/23

The Golden Ticket Presentation

The YouTube video of the talk I gave at the October 2023 Global innovation Field Trip on what i created Mezzacello to be.

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Why I Hate To Eat In Public
1521-2023, Alternative Gardens, Blog, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, Infrastructure, resource, Science, sustainability Jim Bruner 10/12/23 1521-2023, Alternative Gardens, Blog, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, Infrastructure, resource, Science, sustainability Jim Bruner 10/12/23

Why I Hate To Eat In Public

This is the jumping off post for the reason Mezzacello is so committed to food and ending food deserts! It's all here. #MakeMoreFood

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The Revised Brand at Mezzacello Urban Farm
Blog, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, Infrastructure, resource, sustainability Jim Bruner 10/10/23 Blog, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, Infrastructure, resource, sustainability Jim Bruner 10/10/23

The Revised Brand at Mezzacello Urban Farm

Most of the world could not read our cursive logo. Those who could not read it called it red house/green leaf farm.

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1521-2023, Blog, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, Infrastructure, resource, sustainability 10/10/23 1521-2023, Blog, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, Infrastructure, resource, sustainability 10/10/23

Fall Potager Garden Update 2023

Yhis is a quick update on improvements and modifications, I have made to the potager garden fencing and soil.

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The Age of Steel - Part 1
Alternative Gardens, Blog, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, Infrastructure, resource, Science, sustainability Jim Bruner 10/8/23 Alternative Gardens, Blog, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, Infrastructure, resource, Science, sustainability Jim Bruner 10/8/23

The Age of Steel - Part 1

For the past six years I have relied on cedar pickets to keep animals and livestock out of the gardens. All that is changing with the switch to steel fencing.

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Blog, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, Infrastructure, internship, Project Martian, Recycle, resource, Science 10/5/23 Blog, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, Infrastructure, internship, Project Martian, Recycle, resource, Science 10/5/23

Hopes and Dreams

A quick recounting of how post COVID my summer camp kids gve me the confidence to dream big again.

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1521-2023, Alternative Gardens, Blog, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, Infrastructure, resource, Science, sustainability, Systems 9/25/23 1521-2023, Alternative Gardens, Blog, Farming Tips, Garden Tips, Infrastructure, resource, Science, sustainability, Systems 9/25/23

Nuisance and Willful Animals

What happened to all the leaves on my glorious sweet potato vines and why are there eight eggs in that raised bed? Find out here.

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