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Urban Gardens Sprout in Mall Food Courts

Administrator — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:20:30 +0100

Think there's no suitable space left in your urban neighborhood for growing sustainable local food? Think again. As awareness grows about the positive impact environmentally sustainable, local food farms and gardens can have on local economies and public health, new urban and suburban food gardens are sprouting in some surprising places. Here are just a few innovative gardens in creative locations that may change the way city residents think about where good food comes from:

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Oakland gardener questions need for permit to sell produce

Administrator — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 17:34:01 +0100

Novella Carpenter took over a vacant lot on a hardscrabble corner of West Oakland eight years ago and turned it into a working farm of vegetables, goats, rabbits and, sometimes, pigs.

Carpenter milked goats, made cheese and ate much of the produce. She also wrote a popular book, "Farm City," about the experience and became an icon of the Bay Area's urban farming movement.

But the future of her Ghost Town Farm is in question. This week, Oakland officials suggested it may ...

Want Milk? Get Goats

Administrator — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:57:04 +0100

Goat milk ice cream? Some of you might he raising your eyebrows right now because you've heard goat milk tastes funny. We could blame the funny-taste fallacy on a conspiracy concocted by those comical Far Side cows. But more likely it is because someone kept the buck among the herd, especially at milking time. A buck can be quite odoriferou...

Environmentalists gather at RISD to hear about food-scrap recycling

Administrator — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 13:22:17 +0100

PROVIDENCE — Americans throw away enough food scraps each year to fill Yankee Stadium 130 times, a speaker at Tuesday’s composting conference told those assembled at the Rhode Island School of Design.

“Would it smell as bad?” joked one of the environmental enthusiasts in the audience of 150 t...

Downtown area begins growing

Administrator — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 08:47:41 +0100

When the urban farmer stood on Overlook Park for the first time and looked out over a sliver of property that he soon would cultivate, he saw rampant kudzu and the undeveloped land that was once a rail yard.

Jetson Brown also saw tremendous potential.

Aside from a ceremonial groundbreaking in November...

Urban Beekeeping Creates Buzz

Administrator — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:13:10 +0100

APPLETON — Amid a tidy row of homes in Grand Chute, a backyard waking from a winter slumber will soon be buzzing with activity.

How much honey Lowell Holverson's five beehives will produce this season will depend on the colony's health and the sunshine. Two years ago, h...

Chicken Coop Pointers

Administrator — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:45:09 +0100

Before beginning your project make sure that you write a detailed plan, gather the right materials, chose the proper location, and plan the coops operation and functionalities.

The main objective of a chicken house is to protect your flock from predators, inclemente weather, and provide a safe h...