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Summary of National urban farming efforts: I'd thought I'd send along these little bits of info about urban farming goings on around the country that have apparently found support from their respective cities which seem to be excited about what they are doing:

See Time Magazine July 2008 article "inner city farms":

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1826271,00.html

which says in part: "With its estimated 600 small-scale farms (which are often large-scale vegetable… Continue

NYTimes Op Ed
Published: January 4, 2009
A 50-Year Farm Bill
By WES JACKSON and WENDELL BERRY
Published: January 4, 2009
THE extraordinary rainstorms last June caused catastrophic soil erosion in the grain lands of Iowa, where there were gullies 200 feet wide. But even worse damage is done over the long term under normal rainfall — by the little rills and sheets of erosion on incompletely covered or denuded cropland, and by various degradations resulting from industrial procedures and technologi… Continue

[editting - if anyone can tell me how to reduce the photos at the end plz do! i tried everything i knew!]



The Sustainable Farmer: this wonderful Online magazine site has both local and broad usa coverage regarding sustainable farming enterprises: http://www.sustainablefarmer.com/index.html

Bonnie Bucqueroux, teaching faculty at MSU, has a new online magazine that is wonderful, and that will be featuring a Michigan section in the future.

Here's what the intro says: The Sustaina… Continue

Obama and Community Supported Agriculture
Categories: Food & Health, Politics & Social Justice
Posted on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 11:46 am by dpacheco


See Chelsea Green: http://www.chelseagreen.com/content/index.php?p=1648


It’s nice to have an administration that understands the importance of the family farm. Barack Obama’s plan for rural America will, wisely, place small family and organic farms above big agribusiness. Obama’s administration plans to implement measures to sup… Continue