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• Intersectionality

  
  Vegans of Color — Authority: 413
  Imagine that your community has been devastated by an un/natural disaster, like Hurricane Katrina. Imagine that where you live is at great risk for being devastated again. Imagine that you know wealthier, whiter parts of town are better protected from future disasters. Imagine that there are two toxic landfills ...
  2 days ago

• Farm City: Tales from an Urban Farmer

  
  The Sac Rag — Authority: 129
  Novella Carpenter compares herself to the witch in Hansel and Grettle, “I fatten things up so I can eat them.” A more apt description might be Charlie from the Chocolate Factory: she’s found a golden ticket to building community through urban farming, and she sure is ecstatic! Carpenter recently spoke about her ...
  1 week ago

• Growing Up: 3 DIY Vertical Gardening Solutions

  
  WebEcoist — Authority: 597
  [ See more under Home & Garden or in the Food & Health category ] Vertical farming is a big deal , and as urban centers become more and more populous there’s a good chance we’ll finally start seeing some of those large-scale vertical farm projects being built. Until then, though, Inka ...
  2 weeks ago

• Forget Borrowing a Cup of Sugar When Neighbors Are Giving Away Fruit!

  
  EcoSalon — Authority: 478
  Money doesn’t grow on trees, but the excess fruit from a neighbor’s yard can make your diet richer and it won’t cost a dime . Shouldn’t we share the wealth? That’s the thinking of Neighborhood Fruit , created by San Francisco urban farmers to reduce the tragic waste of fruit, which is forbidden in their ...
  2 weeks ago

• Edible City: faces of the food revolution

  
  Cluster — Authority: 118
  Above is the trailer for the forthcoming documentary from East Bay Pictures : Edible City which unfolds the story of the people who, in response to the global food crisis, have initiated a grassroots movement of growing a local and sustainable food system in the Bay Area of San Francisco. Edible City is currently ...
  2 weeks ago

• Agroecology/ Urban Farming Certificate/ Degree at Merritt College

  
  City Farmer News — Authority: 133
  The Urban Farming and Agro Ecology program The Urban Farming and Agro Ecology program provides practical hands-on training for urban and sustainable farming methods, and nursery and food production. Production of an organic and local sustainable food supply is the fastest growing sector of students for work in ...
  2 weeks ago

• Front yard farming!

  
  Tiny Farm Blog organic gardening: vegetables, herbs, flowers growing local food — Authority: 114
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  3 weeks ago

• Growing Home: Fresh Veggies for Everyone

  
  signs of life — Authority: 119
  Once again a sign of life has shown up in the form of food; delicious, locally grown food.  I first mentioned the folks at Growing Home last fall when Maggie and I visited their rural farm.  A “rural farm” may sound like an oxymoron, but Growing Home also has a couple of ingenious urban farms within ...
  3 weeks ago

• Mini-greenhouses at the side of the house: why not?

  
  Haas414 — Authority: 468
  This is a great idea: make simple cold frames or mini-greenhouses along the side of your house. It makes otherwise idle space into possible food-growing space. I’ve been fairly idle on this front lately, what with focusing on my last semester at college. And the cold autumn hampered everything. But having a cold ...
  3 weeks ago

• Field of Dreams

  
  BCBUSINESS RSS Feed — Authority: 421
  Lindsey Norris On the grounds of a former sanatorium near Kamloops, a group of B.C. and Alberta investors hope to build a new “urban-agricultural” community for 3,000 people. 
But if they build it, will buyers come? read more
  3 weeks ago

• Celebrate the Harvest with Mill Creek Farm

  
  Things to Do in Philadelphia: uwishunu Philly — Authority: 145
  Celebrate another successful growing season (their fourth!) with the community from Mill Creek Farm, this Sunday, December 6th from 3 – 7 p.m. at the First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut Street). There will be food, drinks, live music the Three Stories Jazz Trio and Old Goats, a silent auction and a raffle. The ...
  3 weeks ago

• Kootenay Grain CSA 2009

  
  UrbanWorkbench — Authority: 122
  The Kootenay Grain Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Project  is one of the greatest Kootenay-created initiatives for food and sustainability. This year’s harvest was great for some crops and around 50% of expected for Kamut and Spelt. We are yet to open any of our bags of grain or lentils, as we are still ...
  3 weeks ago

• Garden Maintenance Manager

  
  Seattle Greendrinks - Convening and growing Seattle's environmental community since 2003. — Authority: 124
  Contact Email:  brad@seattleurbanfarmco.com Company/Contact:  Seattle Urban Farm Company 11550 North Park Ave N Seattle , WA , 98133 United States See map: Google Maps Link:  ...
  3 weeks ago

• Installation Crew Leader

  
  Seattle Greendrinks - Convening and growing Seattle's environmental community since 2003. — Authority: 124
  Contact Email:  brad@seattleurbanfarmco.com Company/Contact:  Seattle Urban Farm Company 11550 North Park Ave N Seattle , WA , 98133 United States See map: Google Maps Link:  ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Roadside Culture Stand: A call for artists

  
  www.HOMEGROWN.org — Authority: 407
  This is a fantastic opportunity for building – literally – a link between farms and art. From Wormfarm Institute, Reedsburg, WI: Call for Proposals: Opportunity for Artists, Artisans, and Builders The Roadside Culture Stand tangibly unites art and farming – reminding us that ...
  3 weeks ago

• Planting fall garlic.

  
  A posse ad esse — Authority: 103
  Garlic is one of those things that Ive never really put any effort into growing. Ive planted them in the spring before and got from them a few heads that were smallish and not too impressive . However, I literally only planted some 8 or 10 cloves and it was in my first year of growing so Im not too worried that Im ...
  3 weeks ago

• The (Award-Winning) Green Wall Editor in the News

  
  Sky Gardens — Authority: 103
  In all the hustle and bustle of editing feature articles, posting news stories, upcoming events, industry news and project profiles, amid other publisher duties, I sometimes forget to acknowledge the outside accomplishments (from Greenroofs.com ) of our contributing editors…  This oversight will be addressed as ...
  4 weeks ago

• Urban Farming Lend a hand

  
  Lair of the Blue Bear — Authority: 414
  From Grist ...in the early 2000s, ... Mayor Giuliani essentially issued a fatwa against community gardens, declaring them “communism.” He tried to sell them off for development; citizen activism, with a major assist from then attorney general Elliot Spitzer, for the most part stymied the small-minded mayor’s ...
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• Building a vertical food garden at Constantia Village

  
  Mother City Living — Authority: 116
  One thing one generally doesnt expect to spot when entering a shopping mall is a vegetable patch, full of green, leafy edible plants - let alone a "Living Wall" of them. But thats exactly what you will see at Constantia Village this week... and you can plant your own seedling to boot!
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• Overview of Urban Farming

  
  City Farmer News — Authority: 133
  This paper explores the growth of urban farming across the United States, and highlights three different case studies. An Overview of Urban Farming A Report from Green For All’s Capital Access Program Excerpt: III. Urban Farming as a Business Urban farms come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Almost all, ...
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