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Southwest Urban Farmers Meet in Utah
(11/10/09) In Salt Lake County, Utah—as in many places across the U.S.—urban development is eliminating farmland at an alarming rate. To combat this trend, county officials have identified more than 35 government properties that can be used for farms and community gardens. County commissioners [...]
We just found out about this terrific project – check them out!
After working on Organic Farms in VT, founder David Stockhausen moved to San Francisco to learn about urban food movements. The result is Amyitis Gardens, a San Francisco based urban farming project that links empty yards to eager hands and backyard farms to [...]
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Jones Valley Urban Farm is a community-based non-profit organization in Birmingham, Alabama.
Utilizing over 3 acres of vacant downtown property, JVUF grows organic produce and flowers, educates the community about healthy food, and helps make Birmingham a vibrant community.
check out their map – click on carrots to see who’s growing what and where.
The San Francisco Garden Registry is a tool created by the San Francisco Victory Garden Program. It is an online map and social networking tool created to connect city gardeners and to locate current or potential food production zones within the [...]
Almost all towns have a few extra acres of land around their transportation department, police department, water department headquarters. They currently just mow that land. Why not follow the model of the USDA’s offices and plant gardens, or even better–provide grant money, a competitive design process, and some city support to young farmers who use [...]
thanks to greehorns ally Paige Churchman for alerting us to this and sending this note. Sign the petition at the end of the post!
Bed-Stuy Farm (started by Brooklyn Rescue Mission, which was one of the Brooklyn Food Conference sponsors) is at risk of losing half its land.
For five years the Jacksons have tried to [...]
Here’s another urban farm project to keep on your radar.
Landslide is a Hill district based, not for profit, urban farm dedicated to being a free source of healthy food for the community. Landslide is a neighborhood and volunteer run project committed to sustainability and focused on mutual aid. We hold weekly open meetings [...]
we got to meet & share goat sandwiches with Annie & Ben of Rooftop Farms last saturday at the Goat Spit, truly delightful folks. if you’re urban and needing to get your hands in the dirt, give them a shout.
Dear urban farmers, friends and volunteers,
It’s been another great week. Thanks to all who came [...]
Here’s the latest from the Greenpoint Rooftop Farmers – perfect weekend for gardening!
Hello all,
The weather is beautiful, and this is a holiday weekend! Join us on our rooftop farm transplanting peppers, planting beans, corn and herbs, and scaring away the pigeons that keep nibbling our mesclun mix.
Thank you to everyone who came last [...]
The NYC Food Project
We are a group of food justice and urban agriculture activists working to ensure that people of all walks of life have access to fresh, nutritious, and environmentally-sound food. as part of this mission, we run a CSA (community supported agriculture group) in the Lower East Side, and are pursuing several urban [...]
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- greenhorns: rabbits trailered to Dina's farm in Connecticut.chickens gone tomorrow. very sad at having to liquidate animals. wishing hard for own farm November 25, 2009greenhorns: rabbits trailered to Dina's farm in Connecticut.chickens gone tomorrow. very sad at having to liquidate animals. wishing hard for own farm
- greenhorns: rabbit diner super. very productive well run sessions with the USDA beginning farmer working group. I like being part of a municipal effort November 18, 2009greenhorns: rabbit diner super. very productive well run sessions with the USDA beginning farmer working group. I like being part of a municipal effort
- greenhorns: cornell. ithaca. its gloriously warm.
yesterday we did the preview screening, good feedback. hustling along rural highways clakity carsnaks November 16, 2009greenhorns: cornell. ithaca. its gloriously warm. yesterday we did the preview screening, good feedback. hustling along rural highways clakity carsnaks
- greenhorns: now we are improvising with a maple cure--relishing the bits of skittlens trimmed off an added to kale with chillis. oh oh oh. belly yum November 11, 2009greenhorns: now we are improvising with a maple cure--relishing the bits of skittlens trimmed off an added to kale with chillis. oh oh oh. belly yum
- greenhorns: our first bacon just came out of the oven. fresh applesausce. tyler is in the living room saving lettuce seeds with the kittens. farm life! November 11, 2009greenhorns: our first bacon just came out of the oven. fresh applesausce. tyler is in the living room saving lettuce seeds with the kittens. farm life!
- greenhorns: farmhome. warm still. officially 2 roosters, tomorrow rabbit slaughter- hustling film for conference this weekend. irrigation tape rolled. November 10, 2009greenhorns: farmhome. warm still. officially 2 roosters, tomorrow rabbit slaughter- hustling film for conference this weekend. irrigation tape rolled.
- greenhorns: but these new media folks have cool online platforms, much more textured than ning-sites, and broader than our current blog. i'm excited November 9, 2009greenhorns: but these new media folks have cool online platforms, much more textured than ning-sites, and broader than our current blog. i'm excited
- greenhorns: greenhorns has been brainstorming the format for future publications--have been leaning towards a broadsheet with classified ads, events etc November 9, 2009greenhorns: greenhorns has been brainstorming the format for future publications--have been leaning towards a broadsheet with classified ads, events etc
- greenhorns: in washington dc. learning about new media platforms from jlab and the mccormick found.. surprise! young montana farmer courtney is here too November 9, 2009greenhorns: in washington dc. learning about new media platforms from jlab and the mccormick found.. surprise! young montana farmer courtney is here too
- greenhorns: the cats in virginia are huge! must be something in the water here. We're = harvest festival tomorrow. sadly no more pawpaws boo November 7, 2009greenhorns: the cats in virginia are huge! must be something in the water here. We're = harvest festival tomorrow. sadly no more pawpaws boo
- greenhorns: rabbits trailered to Dina's farm in Connecticut.chickens gone tomorrow. very sad at having to liquidate animals. wishing hard for own farm November 25, 2009
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