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• Oakland and Urban Agriculture

  
  Pluck and Feather — Authority: 104
  The week is speeding by but before it is slips away, I must mention the food systems work happening in Oakland. A new report is out called Cultivating The Commons: An Assessment for the Potential of Urban Agriculture on Oakland’s Public Lands , by Nathan McClintock and Jenny Cooper. The report presents the amount ...
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• Grown In Detroit

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 626
  Teen mothers turn urban farmers at Catherine Ferguson Academy in Detroit.
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• Help Save The Bed-Stuy Farm In Brooklyn (Video)

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 626
  The Bed-Stuy Farm in Brooklyn, NY provides 7,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables every month to around 4,000 residents of the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood where healthy produce is otherwise difficult to find.  Unfortunately, this vitally important urban farm is in danger of being torn up and paved over in ...
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• Rain Storms and Return Periods.

  
  UrbanWorkbench — Authority: 119
  There is a rainfall warning on for today with 40-50mm of rain forecast in the next 24 hours. There is a modest amount of snow on the ground here in Castlegar, more up in Rossland, so there would be some snow melt occurring as well. If it comes, this is probably the biggest daily rainfall we will have had this ...
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• Urban Farming In The South Bronx

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 626
  addictive_picassos Flickr photostream/Creative Commons Urban farming has become increasingly popular these days, as more city dwellers search for rooftops, backyards and abandoned lots where they can grow vegetables.  In addition to providing fresh, healthy produce where concrete and convenience stores once ...
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• Potting Time (34 Days)

  
  A posse ad esse — Authority: 100
  So then, tired of these cloning posts yet? Well, the final phase of the actual cloning process has finished for the most part so you may be in for a break from them. The roots that had begun to poke out at the time of the last update have come out in force now. The stems of tomato plants that I left in water to root ...
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• Pets vs. livestock: Cracking open the myths about backyard chickens

  
  The Ethicurean: Chew the right thing. — Authority: 492
  Last spring I decided that this was the year I was going to finally get some chickens. On a snowy Saturday in March I brought home six tiny cheepers that I bought at my local ranch store in Livingston, Montana. Two of them died right off, which didn’t entirely surprise me: those fluffballs didn’t look like ...
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• Hoping for a Rooftop Farm in Brooklyn

  
  Diner's Journal — Authority: 673
  Robertas in Bushwick is planning to set up a rooftop farm that make take up a full acre.
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• Help Save the Bed-Stuy Farm! (VIDEO)

  
  Civil Eats — Authority: 598
  One of the most logical ways to eliminate food deserts – those places that don’t have adequate access to fresh fruits and vegetables – is through urban agriculture. In Brooklyn, New York, residents of Bedford-Stuyvesant are fighting to keep their urban farm – which produces 7,000 lbs of fresh produce per year ...
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• Urban Farming Hassles

  
  Food Renegade — Authority: 516
  Urban farming. Depending on who you are and what you love, those two words either fill you with excitement or make you cringe. For those of us in the sustainable food movement, urban farming equals an opportunity to grow and produce food locally — often times right in our own yards or neighborhoods. For those of us ...
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• SF Green Festival and Green Week

  
  Broke-Ass Stuart's Goddamn Website — Authority: 559
  Alright.  I’m about to get super green on you, so if you hate trees and recycling and wildlife and the planet then don’t bother reading on.  But also if you really hate all those things do me a solid and try not to procreate.  This weekend is the annual San Francisco Green Festival. Speakers range from ...
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• Micro Pigs - The New Pet?

  
  Garden Fresh Living — Authority: 411
  I just saw this clip from a British telecast on Micro Pigs: little teeny-tiny pigs that never get beyond 14 inches tall! They are a hot new craze in Britain and I can see why. What Urban Farmer wouldnt want...
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• Urban Farmer Novella Carpenter reads at Vox Pop

  
  Sustainable Flatbush — Authority: 108
  Tales of Squatting, Dumpster Diving, and other Urban Farming Pursuits: A Night with Novella Carpenter Novella Carpenter raises pigs, rabbits, chickens, turkeys, and goats on squatted land in downtown Oakland. Her hilarious memoir, Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer, tells the real story of what it takes to ...
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• The Urban Farm’s New Book Series

  
  Down On The Urban Farm — Authority: 110
  Please join me for my book release and signing of The Urban Farm’s Simple Sustainability Book Series Greg Peterson and Rachel Bess Present at: Changing Hands Book Store 6428 S McClintock Drive Tempe, Arizona 85283 7pm Monday November 16th, 2009 Contact: Greg Peterson, The Urban Farm, 602-279-3713 Greg ...
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• Local food (and groceries) in the news.

  
  NA Confidential — Authority: 479
  The summer growing season has passed, but interest in local food seems to be heating up. Much of this interest can be traced to the experience of New Albanians attending the recent Milwaukee leadership training, like Ted, who posts a video you need to watch: Growing Power Inc. Community Leadership Institute, the ...
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• Taking urban farming to the next level

  
  Our Beloved Earth — Authority: 141
  Taking urban farming to the next levelUrban farmer Novella Carpenter experiments with raising farm animals such as pigs, turkeys, geese and rabbits within the Oakland city limits.By Twilight Greenaway, Culinate Oct 19, 2009 Link to full article belowMost urban farmers confine their agricultural efforts to vegetables, ...
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• Meet Virgl and Lisa

  
  Pluck and Feather — Authority: 104
  I took the leap…I made the jump…I…ok ok. The rabbits are here. Vienna Blue Rabbits, which came to be known as American Rabbits (or was that Freedom Rabbits?) after WWII. The buck was named Virgl and the doe, my small friend Neehal just named Lisa. Why Neehal? Why “Lisa?” Why not something like Franziska? ...
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• NYT Encourages Demolition Of Detroit [Rants]

  
  Jalopnik — Authority: 735
  The latest idea-thats-been-around-for-a-decade-and-the-media-is-just-discovering is urban farming , specifically urban farming in Detroit. The New York Times has picked up the story and dutifully regurgitated it without a half-second of rational thought, advocating the wholesale leveling of the "failed city" of ...
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• Digest: Order your local turkey for Thanksgiving now

  
  foodperson.com — Authority: 108
  Kansans have raised turkeys for a long time, says the K-State Research & Extension News . If you act now, you can get one of those birds for your Thanksgiving feast. Among producers within shouting distance of Lawrence are: Clark Family Farm . They were taking orders on Saturday at the Lawrence Farmers Market ...
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• Urban farmers confront zoning regulations in, around Kansas City

  
  The Ethicurean: Chew the right thing. — Authority: 492
  Plowing up zoning restrictions: As urban farming grows, so do conflicts between city zoning laws and farmers. The Kansas City, Mo., City Council is looking to ease some restrictions, while other cities in the area stand firm. The issues — involving where these farmers can farm and sell produce, as well as all ...
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