Making your own compost and once it is ready, sifting it, then turning it into a rich planting medium is both economical and a nutrition boost to young plants. Rick Gush has lived in Italy since 2000 and writes about his cliff garden and other experiences in Italian urban agriculture on UrbanFarmOnline.com,
I cleaned out [...]
It is garden tour season. Many non-profits hook up with community, public and private gardens for organized tours as a fund raising event. This was one in Ferguson, Missouri this past weekend.
Who knew it is easier to get permits for a medical marijuana garden in the San Francisco area than it is for an urban farm to grow and sell vegetables? In cities across the country urban zoning laws are being changed to allow people to grow food for a profit as Zusha Elinson reports for [...]
A homeless shelter has become a garden in the city as Rob Shikina reports for the Honolulu Star Advertiser,
Community members planted malabar spinach, papaya trees, grape tomatoes, banana trees, corn, Okinawan and regular sweet potatoes, and various herbs yesterday as the Institute for Human Services celebrated its Founder’s Day. The event drew about 75 volunteers [...]
Katherine Gustafson reports for Food.Change.Org,
At P.S. 333, a New York City public school otherwise known as The Manhattan School for Children, a little schoolyard garden plot like the ones popping up at schools across the nation is simply not enough. Thanks to the enterprising efforts of parent volunteers, a history-making project is taking shape on [...]
Debbie Gardner writes for TheReminder.com,
Last year’s attempt on South Road was a washout. But this season is looking like a winner for the newly formed Hampden Community Gardens.
The corn is high, as are the sunflowers. Ripe tomatoes peek out among lush green leaves and squash, melons and cucumbers are visible among hillock after hillock of [...]
Will Allen’s Growing Power in Milwaukee, Wisc. is the model for urban farming that many are duplicating. Now, in Cleveland, Ohio, Green Acres Plaza is a planned 60,000 sq. ft. agricultural structure designed for production, distribution, and the processing of locally and regionally grown foods. From Green Acres Plaza’s web site,
Green Acres Plaza will serve [...]
Colleen Vanderlinden writes on the PlanetGreen.com site,
Eliot Coleman is an organic farmer, author, and agricultural innovator. He farms, year-round, in Maine, thanks to systems he’s developed for taking advantage of certain plants’ ability to grow even in the most frigid temperatures. In his latest book, The Winter Harvest Handbook (a fabulous read, by the way) [...]
Emily Oaksford writes about her design of Salazar Green,
Salazar Green is located at Salazar Elementary School, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The ‘Green’ is a landscape project that includes a new track field and community school garden. The early ideas for this site began stirring as far back as seven years ago. [...]
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