Posted in posts, tagged food security, local food, urban agriculture on November 6, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Great article about growing local food here.
(and don’t forget, if you want to get on the garden listserv, see post below for address).
The urban gardener
Kingston Whig-Standard (ON)
Mon 05 Nov 2007
Page: 1 Section: Front
Byline: Jennifer Pritchett – Environment Reporter
A Queen’s researcher has found that if Kingston residents grew some
of their own fruit and [...]
Posted in posts, tagged food security, SPIN farming, urban agriculture on September 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There is so much discussion and attention on food issues these days. Finally, fortunately, and necessarily. Here are a couple websites that are worth checking out.
First, the UN has a Food and Agriculture division. This year, on October 16th, they will celebrate World Food Day with the theme, Right to Food.
- The Right to Food [...]
Posted in 1, tagged food security, guerrilla gardening, interconnections, local food, SPIN farming, urban agriculture on June 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here are a bunch of tasty tidbits that have passed through across my screen lately that may be of interest.
First up, Spin Farming. Small Plot INtensive farming is a business model out of Saskatechewan to do successful organic market gardening in urban environments. Here is a lovely article about it.
Second, SeeMore Green made the [...]
