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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

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

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/

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

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