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What to do with white fungus growth on top soil?
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Very nice design studio based in San Francisco, related to some of our Berlin growers (Henrik Lebuhn and Megan Saperstein) who have kept an urban growing allotment for many years: http://www.futurefarmers.com/
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Site for the American Community Gardening Association: http://www.communitygarden.org/
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This has been a great discovery, although the plot lease expires at the end of 2010. http://kidsgardenberlin.wordpress.com/garten/
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http://www.edibleschoolyard.org/ "The Edible Schoolyard (ESY), a program of the Chez Panisse Foundation, is a one-acre organic garden and kitchen classroom for urban public school students at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School in Berkeley, C…
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Permaculture - Farms for the Future

A short film I just watched about a woman trying to determine the direction she should take the farm she will inherit from her father. Essentially, after being introduced to permaculture by other farmers who decided that this was for them the most effective (in terms of labor and land) practice, she ponders whether gardening, rather than farming is the most sensible way forward.

http://www.viddler.com/explore/PermaScience/videos/4/ Continue

Posted on February 3, 2010 at 12:14pm —

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Large scale Vertical Farming

Some fodder for debate on shifting farming to large scale indoor spaces in response to land depletion from traditional agriculture: http://www.verticalfarm.com

Posted on February 2, 2010 at 5:15pm —

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FutureFarmers

Very nice design studio based in San Francisco, related to some of our Berlin growers (Henrik Lebuhn and Megan Saperstein) who have kept an urban growing allotment for many years:

http://www.futurefarmers.com/

Posted on January 31, 2010 at 9:26pm —

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ACGA

The site for the American Community Gardening Association: http://www.communitygarden.org/ outlines some key benefits of community gardens, especially in urban locations:

* Improves the quality of life for people in the garden
* Provides a catalyst for neighborhood and community development
* Stimulates Social Interaction
* Encourages Self-Reliance
* Beautifies Neighborhoods
* Produces Nutritious Food
* Reduces Family Food Budgets
* Conserves Resour… Continue

Posted on January 25, 2010 at 11:20pm —

camalo

Who Will Grow Your Food?

Nina Fallenbaum, who writes a food column for Hyphen Magazine sent me the article "Who Will Grow Your Food? Part I: The Coming Demographic Crisis in Agriculture" by Sharon Astyk posted on scienceblogs.com:

http://scienceblogs.com/casaubonsbook/2010/01/who_will_grow_your_food_part_i.php

Posted on January 24, 2010 at 12:03am —

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At 6:06pm on February 4, 2010, Rachel Wingfield said…
Hi! sorry for silence - we are still working on the outline for you!! you will have it beofre week is out and it would be great to get your feedback. We have some great designers help us prepare visuals and illustrations too.. xxx
At 2:49pm on March 24, 2009, Rachel Wingfield said…
Hi Malo! thanks for joining - would love to hear about your composting exploits! xx
 
 
 

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