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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “urban farming”

 

• Sowing a green business [News]

  
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  By Gena Ng, Channel NewsAsia, 17 Jun 2013. Derrick Ng is a 32-year-old hawker. But behind the humble demeanor lies an entrepreneur with a great passion and dedication towards green agriculture. “Fish soup is a family business and my dad has been cooking for the past 17 years,” explains Ng, who began with a ...
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• Seattle Planting Country’s Largest Urban Food Forest, For Free Food

  
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  If you live in Seattle, it won’t be long before you can pick your own fruits and veggies right in the city – and it won’t cost you a thing. Set to be the country’s largest forageable food space, the Beacon Food Forest is located on seven acres of land donated by Seattle Public Utilities. It will contain a ...
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• Multifunctional Mobiel Bike Cart Helps Urban Farmers Carry Tools and Produce

  
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  Inspired by a thriving demographic in Vancouver, Mobiel is a multifunctional cart designed to support the day-to-day needs of commercial urban farmers – people who grow food on a medium to large scale on urban land to sell it to markets, restaurants and other businesses. Beginning with the basic features of a ...
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• HOMEGROWN Life: Update on the Hugelkultur Experiment

  
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  Last fall we decided to convert part of a garden bed into a low hugelkultur bed to see how it would work for us. (A quick-and-dirty explanation of hugelkultur: You pile up twigs, branches, rotting wood, and even small trees to create a raised bed then cover it with soil; read more about the method here .) To ...
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• Rochester Doctor Feeds Community with Urban Gardens

  
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  Rochester area parking lots are now growing grounds for a local doctor’s take on urban farming. Dr. Jay Mitchell, a 51-year-old Rochester pediatrician, is the founder of Raising Rochester, an urban gardening project that will supply fresh, organic produce to needy families and local businesses. The program is run ...
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• Solar Ready to Expolde in NYC

  
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  Thanks to solar’s resiliency, falling prices and ability to help out in disasters, New York is anticipating more solar installed in 2013 than ever before in the Empire state and in New York City. That’s based on experts who discussed the “Tipping Point for Solar in New York” at the City University of New York ...
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• Black and Into Green and Pink! Grist Recognizes Women in Agriculture

  
  Black and Into Green — Authority: 107
  To often when we think of women growing vegetables, we may think of women gardening at home, working farmers markets, community gardens or women chefs, but did you know that there is another demographic of women growing vegetables? They are women farmers! Ive been recently re- introduced to women farmers through the ...
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• Apps For Urban Farmers

  
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  Nothing shouts ‘traditional’ as urban farming does. Actively trying to pull away from our digital world, it encourages people to roll up their sleeves and start getting their precious typing hands dirty. Still, it seems quite impossible to avert anything from the digital revolution, which is once more proven by ...
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• GrowUp’s Aquaponic Urban Farm Produces Sustainable Fish and Vegetables in a Recycled Shipping Container

  
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  Last week London-based GrowUp unveiled their small urban farm which produces sustainable vegetables and fish through vertical growing and aquaponics. After successfully raising over £16,000 through a Kickstarter campaign , the GrowUp team constructed their GrowUp Box from a reused shipping container, modified to ...
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• Sole Food Farms – Urban Farming Solution

  
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  I sat down to talk with Michael Ableman recently and quickly realized I was meeting a modern day pioneer with the expertise to fix our broken food system. Organics, local, GMO, and family farming are not new concepts for Michael, co-founder of Sole Food Farms. He’s been an organic farmer for over 30 years and [...]
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• Quinlivan to unveil new mobile produce zones, urban gardens

  
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  Council Member Quinlivan will unveil three new Mobile Produce Zones, two in Over-the-Rhine and one in the East End, as well as showcase two urban gardens Friday, June 7. 9:30 a.m. Council Member Quinlivan will unveil the Mobile Produce Zone at Permaganic Eco Garden, 1718 Main Street, where neighborhood children ...
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• How to Build Indoor Hydroponic Gardens Using IKEA Storage Boxes

  
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  Hey apartment and small space dwellers, here’s an easy DIY compact hydroponic indoor farm system you can make with repurposed off-the-shelf IKEA storage boxes. ELIOOO  is not a product, it’s architect and designer Antonio Scarponi’s cleverly conceived and designed instruction … Read More...
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• Urban logging and urban farming saves forests and cities

  
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  Entrepreneurs in urban areas are starting to do urban logging and urban farming within big cities, something which helps both the cities and the forests. Trees in urban areas need to be logged for any number of reasons. Instead of burning or mulching them, some are using these trees for lumber . Urban Timberworks ...
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• Sprout it: A New, Simple Tool To Create Your Backyard Farm

  
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  Want to grow a bit of fresh food in your backyard, but struggling to iron out the details? A boatload of online tools  can guide you, including a newcomer to the web: Sprout it . In beta, Sprout it boasts spare functionality today, but I’m intrigued. Enter your zip code to find herbs and vegetables suited to ...
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• A Truly Urban Farm in Austin, TX Seeks to Satisfy Demand for Organic Produce

  
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  In 1992, 69-year old Carol Ann Sayle and her husband of 47 years, 65-year old Larry Butler, were fortunate enough, through owner financing, to buy five acres and a declining historic house in East Austin, TX, which, with ... Read More
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• Urban Homesteaders with a Mission: Yisrael Family Farm

  
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  As a culture we have become so disconnected from our food. The sustainable agriculture movement is making strides to rectify the matter, but there is so much work still to be done. For those living in the inner ... Read More
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• FarmedHere: The Nation’s Largest Indoor Organic Farm Now Growing in Chicago

  
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  Read the rest of FarmedHere: The Nation’s Largest Indoor Organic Farm Now Growing in Chicago Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: aeroponics , aquaponics , chicago , farmed here , farmedhere , indoor farm , indoor organic farm , Jolanta Hardej , organic farm , sustainable food , ...
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• memorial day...

  
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  happy memorial day, happy beginning of summer! i hope you are hanging out in the backyard (or front yard, or park, or pool) on a big old blanket like we are. enjoy it, it goes so fast!
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• ‘Pinkhouses’ May Become The Vertical Farming Way Of The Future

  
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  Indoor vertical farms require a lot of light in order to produce vibrant, fresh greens, which is why a growing trend in vertical farming is to take advantage of a tall building’s facade. Still, indoor vertical farms are increasing in number and may help to feed growing urban populations, which is why this fancy ...
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• Meet our backyard chickens.

  
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  Last week we went to a cookout at my friend Emily’s house, our kids are very close in age so it’s always a good time. Well, they have backyard chickens. Sebby was entranced. Ever since we bought our house last spring, we’ve occasionally talked about getting our own flock, because well, farm fresh eggs are [...]
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