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  • Window Farming Via Gothamist Via Coolhunting


    Po-Po-Mo Ho (the post-post modern hoe)Authority Authority: 125
    Check it out here . Ill have to definitely do more of this considering my apartment is so small. Mostly Im thinking about growing vegetables on the roof and then making a rain water retention system so as to not drag buckets of water up three flights of stairs.
    3 days ago
  • Heart of Dryness: Climate Change Coping Strategies


    Circle of Blue | WaterNewsAuthority Authority: 474
    By James G. Workman Special to Circle of Blue Copyright 2009 Walker & Company, Excerpt from Heart of Dryness Circle of Blue’s “Water + Climate: Words” highlights literary investigations of water and climate intersections. As politicians debate the line-by-line contents of a global climate change ...
    4 days ago
  • It Was Only A Dream


    Po-Po-Mo Ho (the post-post modern hoe)Authority Authority: 125
    So I dreamed of dirt last night. Please understand that Ive become the most boring girl in the universe. Or at least this destroys my north Brooklyn rep and I might as well now shack up with my old man, move to Prospect Heights and adopt from Guatemala. But it wasnt just any dirt! Specifically dreamed of constructing ...
    4 days ago
  • Sustainability as a vehicle for education


    Sustainable Cities NetworkAuthority Authority: 118
    Source: guardian.co.uk Photograph: Anita Maric/News Team International From “The sausage squad” by Chris Arnot, 27 October 2009 Gloucester Old Spots are thin on the ground in Coventry, UK. But then so are alpacas, pygmy goats, Jacob’s sheep or, indeed, sheep of any kind. Yet Cardinal Wiseman ...
    1 week ago
  • Revolution Rock


    Po-Po-Mo Ho (the post-post modern hoe)Authority Authority: 125
    So heres a links to an old friends site on permaculture for renters , perhaps something I should have paid better attention to before I began my experiments in urban agriculture at last backyard. He and I met at a small school in Massachusetts for wayward children with revolutionary ideas. Now he runs this ...
    1 week ago
  • Elements of Urban Agriculture – Jason King


    World Landscape ArchitectAuthority Authority: 139
    Jason King, is a Senior Associate at Greenworks and an enthusiastic landscape architect who shares his passionate views at his sites  Landscape+Urbanism and veg.itecture . He is also a member of the Sustainable Sites Technical Advisory Group (see our interview ). He has has just posted Elements of Urban ...
    1 week ago
  • Fall for Garlic, Surprise Spring


    FoodCyclesAuthority Authority: 108
    (Photo via Shepherd’s Notebook ) Les amis, you’re all invited to come and plant garlic with the FoodCycles crew Sat Nov 7, starting 10 am to 2 pm – directions are http://bit.ly/1GYyWQ . Please RSVP by Doodle ( http://doodle.com/5a9hztg32tmptgdc ) or email foodcycles@gmail.com . Check out the full post ...
    1 week ago
  • OverWintering Vegetables


    UrbanWorkbenchAuthority Authority: 414
    With the first frost comes the need to harvest most vegetables. Our cold room is stacked with fruit and vegetables chilling out till it’s time to be eaten. Some vegetables can be overwintered in the garden , but there are a few steps to managing the crops that are left out in the cold. This year we are overwintering ...
    1 week ago
  • FoodCycles for “A” Soil Education


    FoodCyclesAuthority Authority: 108
    Vince McDermott did a short video on what FoodCycles does! Wow, he got a whole tour down to the “T” – haha, I couldn’t even pull that off. Get the full video at FoodCycles.org . Posted in Agriculture, Community Development, Compost, Environment & Sustainability, Food, Food Security, Food Sovereignty, ...
    1 week ago
  • Nibbles: Chocolate, Bloggers, Tokyo rice, Breeding, Nutrition


    Agricultural Biodiversity WeblogAuthority Authority: 478
    Yesterday was National Chocolate Day . Who knew? Not even the experts . Oxford 2009 ; report of the veg bloggers and breeders get-together. Ginza rice farm . What happened ? How do we fund plant breeding? You will let us know, won’t you. More Food May Not Mean Less Hunger . Say it isn’t so.
    1 week ago
  • The real dirt on Farmer Wim’s clogs


    culiblogAuthority Authority: 98
    Guess you could nail a shingle to any old shoe… On a recent trip to the border between rural and urban Amsterdam I got a look-see into the tamping-technique of Farmer Wim Bijma. He produces organic leafy greens that you can order online and pick up on site. Despite it’s reputation, it’s a beautiful bike ride ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Food in a Terrorist EMP Crisis


    Gary A. ScottAuthority Authority: 471
    Finding food and water could be a problem in a terrorist EMP crisis. Tuesday’s message at this site saw seven steps that could help us survive and prosper in a new era that could unfold if there would be a terrorist EMP attack. #1:  Move well away from the USA…. to an agriculturally based country.  This is ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Philips Design’s ‘Food Probe’ Promotes Healthy Eating With 3 Concepts


    INHABITATAuthority Authority: 745
    Home Farming Pesticides. Genetic-modification. Mistreated animals. It could just about kill anyone’s appetite to hear about all the horrible news about food production. Fortunately, the emerging food revolution focuses on both health and re-establishing the connection between people and the food they eat ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Kitchen Garden Workshop: Kinglake Temporary Village


    Sustainable MelbourneAuthority Authority: 125
    Source: Climate Action CalendarImage: K. Archdeacon CC_attribution_share-alikeGet your garden plants sowing, for when the house and garden get going! Come and learn about growing in limited spaces such as planter boxes, tubs and wine barrels. You can have a garden, even in the midst of a construction site!There will ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Blurring boundaries: farmland and vegie gardens


    Sustainable Cities NetworkAuthority Authority: 118
    Source: The Ecologist , from “Room to grow: turning farmland into allotments “ by Dorienne Robinson, Oct 6 Image: net_efekt via flickr CC David and Kay Hicks run a small family farm, “Chyanhall”, in Cornwall (UK) with their daughter Carly. Just over two years ago they ...
    2 weeks ago
  • News Roundup: LGBT Homeless Youth, Alternative Energy Theme Park, etc.


    Idealist in NYCAuthority Authority: 415
    News from the past week: Arts Education and Graduation Rates (New York Times) Lanes for Buses Only, and New M.T.A. Chief Means It (New York Times) Ruling Eases Transgender Name-Change Process (City Room) Competing visions spark turf war in Longwood Park (Hunts Point Express) Green Energy Alternatives: ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Making Opportunities for City Farming


    FoodCyclesAuthority Authority: 108
    There’s a city farming/urban agriculture conference called “Opportunities for Action: An Urban Agriculture Symposium” taking place in Guelph, Ontario on Friday, November 20, 2009. The event aims to inspire and find ways to move city farming forward. You can register at Backyard Bounty or contact Shannon Lee ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Sky Vegetables Take Roofs to New Heights


    FoodCyclesAuthority Authority: 108
    Sky Vegetables takes a slightly unique twist in rooftop gardening by covering all the administrative stuff, having others put in the equipment and make its money only from the sale of vegetables. What’s good is that it aims to use proven technologies like solar to help it take off. At the same time its pretty high ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Sprout Community Market: November & December


    Sustainable MelbourneAuthority Authority: 125
    Sprout holds a diverse and vibrant local Community Market on the first Thursday of each month (except winter & Jan)  at Sprout Community Gardens – corner of Clapham and Watt Sts, Thornbury (Mel ref 30 F4) from 3pm-7pm.Sprout Market has a variety of stalls (organically grown produce, dried herbs and plants; food ...
    3 weeks ago
  • New York Has 10,000 Acres of Farmland


    FoodCyclesAuthority Authority: 108
    Backyard farming – City of Toronto has 5000 ha (2500 acres) of rooftop space alone, Downsview Park has at least 500 acres – in Toronto there’s a huge amount of space to use – even using a bit would make TO a greener, more food secure place. Read the full post and see the video link at FoodCycles.org Posted ...
    3 weeks ago

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