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History | Life April 21, 2021 The birds-eye view into the past is available through the desktop version of Google Earth, with maps of Warsaw from 1935 as well as Gdańsk and Wrocław from 1943. Google Earth The birds-eye view into the past is available through the desktop version of Google Earth, with maps of Warsaw from 1935 as well as  Gdańsk and Wrocław from 1943. Google Earth ...

Austins farmers markets have changed a lot since the days of City Market. Thats the name of a covered market that opened in 1935 at the corner of East Seventh Street and what was then called East Avenue, the precursor to Interstate 35. For nearly 20 years, Austinites bought produce from local and regional farmers seven days a week at this Art Deco concrete building that stood where Austins police headquarters is located today. It was the site of early fat stock shows and Depression-era food giv...

So, in my area of central Texas, such efficient, enterprising farms as Boggy Creek, Eden East, Green Gate and Hat & Heart had row after row of veggies turn to g

Run by erin flynn and skip conig. they raise rare breed hogs in a wide range of organically grown vegetables. >> in farming, theres heavy up front costs -- a barn, a tractor, fencing -- it takes a long time before youre going to see a profit. >> green gate is a very small, very local business. it provides food for about 100 families a year and at the same time provides income to a fair number of other local businesses and suppliers. >> were growing rare breed guinea hogs. they need organic feed....

To shop with small, independent vendors. thats austin-based mason arnold. he was born and raised in austin, texas. his 6-year-old company, greenling, regularly buys produce from green gate farms along with most of the other organic farms in the region. greene greenling distributes this locally grown produce to homes in austin. as a disstrib tore of locally grown foods, they offer familiar and exotic new produce to customers like lynette of austin, texas. >> it challenges me to make something i...

Chuck schumer and grover norquist and what should happen next. how to avoid the rush this weekend, but first, the most searched items on price grabber black friday. topping that list, 11 inch televisions followed by the play station slim console. that is followed by the x-box 460. then rebel black slr digital camera kit and the ipod touch fourth generation media player. you got that? yeah. small businesses in austin texas are thinking local. mason arnold runs greenway which distributes produ...

I hope a lot of people buy atlanta and everywhere. >> shop, shop, shop small businesses. >> thank you so much. small business saturday is all about getting customers to support their home grown businesses. nowhere is the buy local movement greater than in austin, texas. its there that local farmers and suppliers are working with distributors to supply residents the opportunity to stock up with items from their own backyard. >> here piggy, wiggies. >> it doesnt get more local than this. green g...

Venture capitalist. he understands why investors shun local small businesses like green gate, greenling, and little blue stem. >> if youre using financial speak, most of the things that we actually want to preserve in our communities dont make the grade. >> thats why he started an organization called slow money. to encourage investments that pay off by making our communities better places to live through agriculture. >> its a network of investors and entrepreneurs who are committed to rebuilding...

We broke even. weve been farming in the worst drought in history here this past year. >> green gate is a very small, very local business. it provides food for about 100 families a year. and at the same time, provides income to a fair number of other local businesses and suppliers. >> were growing. they need organic feed that supports the feed mill. we need fencing. that supports the supply stores. then theres a butcher i need to hire whos going to start making sausages who will sell it to a rest...

Which distributes produce from green gate farms theyre chapel being the buy local movement and helping the economy of their communities. ♪ [ man #1 ] i was fascinated by balsa wood airplanes ever since i was a kid. [ man #2 ] i always wondered how did an airplane get in the air. to design and create the next greatest thing, takes a lot of imagination and a lot of courage. [ man #3 ] i always wanted to be one of those guys