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Much, much more soon!
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What am I doing here?
I made this website as a resource for urban agriculture around the country. Right now, its only a fraction of what I expect it to be soon so be patient and check back lots and lots. There'll be new stuff every day..... This whole website thing is brand new to me so if you have any advise or feedback, pleeaase don't hesitate to tell me what you think! My email is LEHeimer@gmail.com Don't hesitate to contact me!- I wanted to let everyone know that I haven't given up on urban agriculture, I'm just on in contact with computers very often these days as I'm on a big sailing boat teaching for the next two months. When I settle back down I'll be back to daily updates! thanks so much!
Pages
- What is urban agriculture?
- History of Urban Agriculture
- Cities!
- Site Map
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Recent Posts
- Cuba’s Urban Agrarians Flourish
- Growing in Seattle: Food aid from the home front
- I Tractor Farm: art from urban agrarians
- Even Seattle hospitals are full of sustainable, local food…
- Rocket Science – An edible rooftop garden in Portland
- One Country’s Table Scraps, Another Country’s Meal
- Anna Lappé, Maverick Farms, and the next generation of farmers
- Southeast Regional Farm to School Conference
- Urban agriculture meets the Jetsons: Some wacky and some plausible ideas for the future of feeding cities
- Montréal Closes 167 Urban Garden Plots Due to Soil Contamination
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- Agriculture in Middle Eastern cities: Commonalities and contrasts
- Are urban gardens an efficient use of resources?
- Change We Can Stomach
- Chicago Green Action Guide
- Does Urban Agriculture Help Prevent Malnutrition? Evidence from Kampala
- Edens Lost & Found: Philadelphia Action Plan
- Edens Lost and Found
- Farming Inside Cities: Entrepreneurial Urban Agriculture in the United States
- Food and Energy – Strategies for Sustainable Development
- Food Failures and Futures
- Food For Growth: A Community Food System Plan for Buffalo’s West Side
- From Basketball to Urban Farming
- From the Desk of Jac Smit – “Urban Agriculture”
- Green Seattle Guide
- Growing a beautiful edible landscape in an urban neighborhood
- Growing urban farms provide useful greens and earnings for poor, but reforms could boost supplies
- Healthy Cities (IDRC)
- Involving Children In Children’s Gardens Farm In The City: St. Paul, Minnesota
- Los Angeles Action Guide
- New report shows edible cities are the future
- Placing the food system on the urban agenda: The role of municipal institutions in food systems planning
- Rising Food Prices: What should be done?
- The newly recognized importance of urban agriculture
- Urban Agriculture and Community Food Security in the United States: Farming from the City Center to the Urban Fringe
- Urban Agriculture: A Guide to Container Gardening
- Urban Agriculture: The Potential of Rooftop Gardening
- Urban Challenges to Food and Nutrition Security
- What Would the World be Like in the 21st Century if Cities Were Nutritionally Self-Reliant?
Blogs
- Agrowth
- Daily Prandium
- Ffenyx Rising
- Homegrown Evolution
- LOCAL CHOICES
- Local Foods Research Project
- Media and the Environment
- One Straw: Be The Change
- Rooftop Vegetable Farming
- Rooted in Community Blog
- Sleepy Cat Hollow
- Suzie-Q
- Terroncito’s Thoughts
- The Apartment Farm
- Urban Ministry Community Garden Blog
Business
Crazy Cool Architecture
- Cascadia Region Green Building Council
- Escaper (Evolo design)
- Evolo Skyscraper Competition and Designs
- Foster + Partners Eco Tower
- Futurama Farming in New York
- Hot Summer of Urban Farming
- Mithun Architects’ Vertical Farm for Seattle
- Prosthetic Gardens
- Retrofitting our Skyscrapers For Food and Power
- Sky Farm Proposed for Downtown Toronto
- Surface/Subsurface
- Symbiotic Interlock
- The Vertical Farm Project
- Urban Bypass (Evolo design)
- Urban Cactus
- Vertical (Diagonal?) Farm from Work AC in NYC
- Wayback Machine 1984: The Future of Agriculture
eBooks
- Agropolis
- Cities Farming for the Future: Urban Agriculture for Green and Productive Cities
- Cities Feeding People: An Examination of Urban Agriculture in East Africa
- For Hunger-Proof Cities
- Growing Better Cities: Urban Agriculture for Sustainable Development
- Urban Agriculture: Food Jobs and Sustainable Cities
Edible Gardening
Education
Events
farm bill
- 2008 Farm Bill?
- Ag Observatory: Farm Bill Page
- America’s Second Harvest Applauds House Override Of President’s Veto
- Breakdown of Farm Bill Programs
- Crunch time for the farm bill: The legislation isn’t perfect, but it’s far better than extending the 2002 bill
- EDITORIAL: A Disgraceful Farm Bill
- Farm bill still stuck in rut
- Food Fight: The 2007 Farm Bill by Dan Imhoff
- House overrides Bush veto of U.S. farm bill
- Hungry Americans Still Waiting for a Farm Bill
- Long-Delayed Farm Bill Conference Begins
- Mixup negates House override of farm bill veto
- New US Farm Bill will anger the world
- Senate set to join House on override of farm bill veto
- Siding with the Bushies?
- Soaring Food and Fuel Prices Create Urgent Need for a Farm Bill
- The 2007 Farm Bill Gets More Attention Than Any Other in History
- The White House Official Farm Bill Veto Message
- USDA Farm Bill Website
- We’ll reap what we sow by Daniel Imhoff
Fishies
Food Crisis
Food Security
- American’s Second Harvest
- Are urban gardens an efficient use of resources?
- Center for Food and Justice
- Center for Food Safety
- City Harvest: Rescuing food for New York’s Hungry
- Community Alliance with Family Farmers
- Community Food Security Coalition
- Does Urban Agriculture Help Prevent Malnutrition? Evidence from Kampala
- Food First
- Food First: Institute for Food and Development Policy
- Food For Thought
- How secure is our food supply?
- International Food Policy Research Institute
- Northeast Regional Anti-Hunger Network
- Organic UK
- Urban Agriculture and Community Food Security in the United States: Farming from the City Center to the Urban Fringe
- Urban Challenges to Food and Nutrition Security
- World Hunger Year
Forums
International
Listserves
Local Foods
News
Policy
Practical Gardening
Projects
- Center for Informed Food Choices
- Edens Lost and Found
- Federation of City Farms & Community Gardens
- From Basketball to Urban Farming
- Grassroots Gardens of Buffalo
- Heart Beet Gardening
- Heifer International’s Urban Agriculture Projects
- Involving Children In Children’s Gardens Farm In The City: St. Paul, Minnesota
- Massachusetts Avenue Project (MAP): Buffalo, NY
- New York Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
- Queen City Farm
- Rochester Roots
- Sustainable Table
- The Food Project
- Urban Agriculture in Milwaukee – Growing Power
- Urban Poverty and Environment Program
Rooftops and Containers
- A Simple Solution
- An Urban Rooftop Integrated Microfarm For Mt.Gravatt’s Commercial Buildings
- Cascadia Region Green Building Council
- Evaluating the Potential of Green Roof Agriculture
- GreenRoofs Australia
- Rooftop Vegetable Farming
- The Vinegar Factory Rooftop Agricultural Greenhouse
- Urban Agriculture: A Guide to Container Gardening
- Urban Agriculture: The Potential of Rooftop Gardening
Sustainable Agriculture
UK
Urban Development
- Best practices database in improving the living environment
- Edens Lost & Found: Philadelphia Action Plan
- Food and Energy – Strategies for Sustainable Development
- Healthy Cities (IDRC)
- New report shows edible cities are the future
- Placing the food system on the urban agenda: The role of municipal institutions in food systems planning
- Urban Poverty and Environment Program
Videos, photos, radio articles...
- Bioneers Digital Media
- Cooking Up a Story Videos (Really Good!!)
- Edible Yard Farms in Colorado
- Expose Urban Solutions Photos
- Food Love: Greenhouse Growing (Part 1 of 3)
- Green Planet Films
- Growing Power Food Love: Aquaculture/Secret to Success (Part 3 of 3)
- Growing Power Food Love: Vermicompost (Part 2 of 3)
- HOMEGROWN REVOLUTION – Radical Change Taking Root (One of my favorites!)
- How to Set Up a Low Maintenance Garden : What is Vertical Gardening?
- It’s Easy Eating Green
- Lets Grow Buffalo! Urban agriculture in Buffalo, NY
- Making a vertical garden – Part 2
- More Square Foot Gardening with Mel (if you feel like getting yelled at)
- Path to Freedom – City Chickens
- Path To Freedom – Getting Started Growing Food
- Path To Freedom’s YouTube Video Channel
- Peak Moment: How Much Food Can I Grow Around My House?
- Peak Moment: Self-sufficient Small Farms
- The Meatrix
- The Urban Homesteaders YouTube Channel
- Treehugger TV YouTube Video Channel
- Urban Agriculture in Milwaukee – Growing Power
- Videos I Recommend on YouTube
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