December 4, 2009
On a recent visit to the mile-high city, I was happy to attend the inaugural day of Denver’s first indoor farmer’s market, November 20th, at Denver Urban Homesteading. I should have arrived earlier because Harvest Acres, a purveyor of … Read More...
Category: Finding, Food & Entertaining, Green & Sustainable, Urban Agriculture
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September 1, 2009
Here’s a new twist on community supported agriculture: online gardening.
“Have you forgotten where the vegetables on your table come from?” It’s a question agricultural firm Azienda Agricola Giacomo Ferraris asks potential customers. Offering Italians the opportunity to reconnect with … Read More...
Category: Community Gardens, Edible Landscaping, Great Finds, Green & Sustainable, Greening
Tags: community supported agriculture, vegetable gardening
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August 30, 2009
Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton
Four years after Hurricane Katrina, there are approximately 700,000 vacant lots in New Orleans. Enter groups like The New Orleans Farm and Food Network who help residents transform neighborhood abandoned or underused green space into urban … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Community Gardens, Composting, Edible Landscaping, Green & Sustainable, Greening, Irrigation, Permaculture, Urban Agriculture
Tags: Community Gardens, community supported agriculture, community supported farms, food justice, food security, gardens, land use agreements, Little Sparrow Farm, lower ninth ward, micro farms, municipal composting, neighborhood farms, New Orleans, post-Katrina, soil amendments, soil testing, sustainable gardening, urban farmin, urban farms, urban gardens, urban micro farms, Villere Urban Farm, White House Garden
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