Urban farming – a world of possibility
Urban Agriculture: the practice of cultivating, processing and distributing food in, or around (peri-urban), a village, town or city. (This definition was taken from Wikipedia, and the source for this definition is from the article “From Brownfields to Greenfields: Producing Food in North American Cities,” from Community Food Security News written by M. Bailkey and J. Nasr.) Since “farming” is the action of developing agriculture, for this post I will substitute the terms.
Urban farming – what are its forms? Is it a reasonable means of food production? How is the individual and society at large affected by this growing agricultural movement? These are some of the questions to consider when we examine this trend in the local food movement and its roots in urban communities.
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Urban farming, Low-Income Communities and Burgeoning Dietary Epidemics
My wife works in public health. She works for the state of Oregon and facilitates programs that aid single moms, kids and families. She is a great resource when it comes to larger issues in food politics. Even though she is not in ‘food policy’ per se, the field of public health must consider food and people’s diets as a piece of the larger pie (pun intended.)
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Urban Farming in Portland (part 1)
Shortcut Farm - an urban agriculture project
Grow(ing) Your Own Food
I really want to pickle the cauliflower!
Only in the last couple of years have I entered the world of gardening. Our first garden was in Seattle and we planted a whole mishmash of herbs and veggies. Over time my interest in cooking affected my investment in growing. Once I learned what herbs I liked most or what veggies were most used, I wanted to focus on those. And now with my food passions at full speed I want to plant everything! I can see the use of so many herbs, veggies and fruits – one day I may just have to start a mini-farm to stock my kitchen with all these desires.
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