Carrots among the concrete: the role of urban agriculture
Urban agriculture is cutting edge. It’s what we need right now.
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New Urban Ag Study Touts Potential of Small Cities
To see beyond the hype to urban agriculture’s true potential to meet the growing need for healthy food in cities, a recent study published by IOPScience looked at how much food (specifically vegetables) the world’s “urban clusters” could actually produce.
Get ready for farms in cities, from skyscrapers to vacant lots
With all cultivation, it’s like the old Buddhist saying, “Chop wood, carry water.” Or maybe in this case it’s “Seed, weed, and carry water.”
Peaceful Grounds
Monday morning a group of gardeners from the neighborhood had a private tour of Peaceful Grounds, Linda Proffitt’s endeavor at Marion County Fairgrounds, where the county fair is going on.
Urban Agriculture in Rust Belt Cities
In many Great Lakes “rust belt” cities, urban agriculture has emerged as a productive reuse of vacant land resultant from economic decline, population loss, and home foreclosures.
Toward a Future: Permaculture
We use the magic of radio to fly around to garden roof tops in Brooklyn USA, a permaculture fruit farm in Quebec, and small acres restored in Nottingham UK. Buckle up.
Greening Philly’s vacant lots
Community access to vacant land has the potential to reduce crime rates in the US.
Rosie Boycott on Capital Growth and scaling up urban agriculture
An enormous amount of benefits do flow from a community garden.
Doria Robinson on scaling up community resilience in the shadow of Chevron
How can you even think about creating community resilience in a neighbourhood that suffers from poverty, gangs and guns, and which has, at its centre, a huge Chevron refinery which last year exploded, resulting in 15,000 people seeking hospital treatement of breathing difficulties? That’s what Doria does, and she does it with humour, passion, and a fire in her belly.
New Law Breaks Ground for Urban Ag
A new California law just signed by Governor Jerry Brown might take some of the risk out of the equation for urban farmers by making longer-term leases an appealing proposition for landowners.
Detroit Bankrupt? Six Ways the Motor City Is Thriving
Detroit is a story in progress with many possible endings.
Policies for Shareable Cities: A Sharing Economy Policy Primer for Urban Leaders
This report details 32 specific policy steps that local leaders can take to benefit from the growing sharing economy and support innovations such as carsharing, ridesharing, cohousing, cooperatives, and urban agriculture.